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e.li.me.lekh H458

אֱלִימֶ֫לֶךְ (e.li.me.lekh) means “Elimelech” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

אֱלִימֶ֫לֶךְ Hebrew · H458 6 tagged occurrences in 6 verses

Pronunciation guide: el-ee-meh'-lek Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H0458

אֱלִימֶ֫לֶךְ · e.li.me.lekh · Elimelech

A man living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Rut.1.2; married to Naomi (H5281); father of: Mahlon (H4248), Chilion (H3630) § Elimelech = "my God is king" Naomi's husband

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

from H410 (אֵל) and H4428 (מֶלֶךְ); God of (the) king; Elimelek, an Israelite

KJV glosses: Elimelech.

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How translators render H458

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
elimelech 2
of elimelech 2
belonged to elimelech 1
was elimelech 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
elimelechs 2
of elimelech 2
and elimelech 1
elimelech 1

Verses containing H458

Page 1 of 1. 6 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Ruth 1:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The man’s name was Elimelech, his wife’s name was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah, and they entered the land of Moab and settled there.

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  2. Ruth 1:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Naomi’s husband Elimelech died, and she was left with her two sons,

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  3. Ruth 2:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now Naomi had a relative on her husband’s side, a prominent man of noble character from the clan of Elimelech, whose name was Boaz.

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  4. Ruth 2:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Ruth departed and went out into the field and gleaned after the harvesters. And she happened to come to the part of the field belonging to Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelech.

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  5. Ruth 4:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And he said to the kinsman-redeemer, “Naomi, who has returned from the land of Moab, is selling the piece of land that belonged to our brother Elimelech.

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  6. Ruth 4:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    At this, Boaz said to the elders and all the people, “You are witnesses today that I am buying from Naomi all that belonged to Elimelech, Chilion, and Mahlon.

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Sources and text

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