Word Study · Strong's H4248 · Hebrew
מַחְלוֹן
Machlon
makh-lone'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Machlôwn
“Machlon, an Israelite”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Machlon, an Israelite
Rendered in the KJV as
Mahlon.
- 4occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 4 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- וּמַחְל֑וֹן1
- מַחְל֤וֹן1
- מַחְל֣וֹן1
- מַחְל֜וֹן1
How it is rendered · 3
- Mahlon2
- [was] Mahlon1
- and Mahlon1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- proper noun (a name)3
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1
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- HNpm · 3
- HC/Npm · 1
All 4, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Ruth4 occurrences
- Ruth 1:2מַחְל֤וֹןmachlonproper noun (a name)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.here: [was] Mahlon
- Ruth 1:5מַחְל֣וֹןmachlonproper noun (a name)both Mahlon and Chilion also died, and Naomi was left without her two sons and without her husband.here: Mahlon
- Ruth 4:9וּמַחְל֑וֹןumachlonconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)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.here: and Mahlon
- Ruth 4:10מַחְל֜וֹןmachlonproper noun (a name)Moreover, I have acquired Ruth the Moabitess, Mahlon’s widow, as my wife, to raise up the name of the deceased through his inheritance, so that his name will not disappear from among his brothers or from the gate of his home. You are witnesses today.”here: Mahlon