אֱלִימֶלֶךְ
elimelech · Elimelech
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H458 · appears 6 times in the Bible
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elimelech (אֱלִימֶלֶךְ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Elimelech”.
Of Bethlehem in Judah, husband of Naomi. The name means "my God is king."
How to say it
e·li·me·lech
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Ruth 1:2
The name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion; they were Ephrathites from Bethlehem of Judah. They came into the fields of Moab and stayed there.
- Ruth 1:3
Then Elimelech, Naomi’s husband, died, and she and her two sons were left.
- Ruth 2:1
Now Naomi had a relative of her husband, a man mighty and of worth, of the clan of Elimelech, and his name was Boaz.
- Ruth 2:3
So she went, came, and gleaned in the field behind the reapers; and her chance happened to be the plot of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the clan of Elimelech.
- Ruth 4:3
He said to the kinsman-redeemer, “The plot of the field that belonged to our brother Elimelech Naomi is selling, the one who returned from the field of Moab.
- Ruth 4:9
Then Boaz said to the elders and all the people, “You are witnesses today that I have acquired all that belonged to Elimelech and all that belonged to Chilion and Mahlon from the hand of Naomi.