ʼĔlîymelek — H458
H458 · Hebrew — אלימלך
Pronunciation: el-ee-meh'-lek
Definition
masculine proper noun
Elimelek, an Israelite
- Elimelech = "my God is king"
- Naomi's husband
Usually translated as
Elimelech
Origin
from H410 and H4428; God of (the) king
Occurrences
ʼĔlîymelek occurs 6 times in the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Ruth (6)
- Ruth 1:2 — And the name of the man was Elimelech (אֱֽלִימֶ֡לֶךְ), and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Beth-lehem-judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.
- Ruth 1:3 — And Elimelech (אֱלִימֶ֖לֶךְ) Naomi’s husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.
- Ruth 2:1 — And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband’s, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech (אֱלִימֶ֑לֶךְ); and his name was Boaz.
- Ruth 2:3 — And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech (אֱלִימֶֽלֶךְ).
- Ruth 4:3 — And he said unto the kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of the country of Moab, selleth a parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech’s (לֶאֱלִימֶ֑לֶךְ):
- Ruth 4:9 — And Boaz said unto the elders, and unto all the people, Ye are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech’s (לֶֽאֱלִימֶ֔לֶךְ), and all that was Chilion’s and Mahlon’s, of the hand of Naomi.
Strong's Lexicon — E