Word Study · Strong's H458 · Hebrew
אֱלִימֶלֶךְ
Elimelek
el-ee-meh'-lek
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʼĔlîymelek
“Elimelek, an Israelite”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Elimelek, an Israelite
Rendered in the KJV as
Elimelech.
- 6occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 6inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 6 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 6
- אֱֽלִימֶ֡לֶךְ1
- אֱלִימֶ֖לֶךְ1
- אֱלִימֶ֑לֶךְ1
- אֱלִימֶֽלֶךְ׃1
- לֶאֱלִימֶ֑לֶךְ1
- לֶֽאֱלִימֶ֔לֶךְ1
How it is rendered · 4
- Elimelech3
- [belonged] to Elimelech1
- [was] Elimelech1
- to Elimelech1
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)4
- preposition + proper noun (a name)2
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- HNpm · 4
- HR/Npm · 2
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The ledger of occurrences
Ruth6 occurrences
- Ruth 1:2אֱֽלִימֶ֡לֶךְʾelimelekhproper 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] Elimelech
- Ruth 1:3אֱלִימֶ֖לֶךְʾelimelekhproper noun (a name)Then Naomi’s husband Elimelech died, and she was left with her two sons,here: Elimelech
- Ruth 2:1אֱלִימֶ֑לֶךְʾelimelekhproper noun (a name)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.here: Elimelech
- Ruth 2:3אֱלִימֶֽלֶךְ׃ʾelimelekhproper noun (a name)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.here: Elimelech
- Ruth 4:3לֶאֱלִימֶ֑לֶךְleelimelekhpreposition + proper noun (a name)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.here: to Elimelech
- Ruth 4:9לֶֽאֱלִימֶ֔לֶךְleelimelekhpreposition + 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: [belonged] to Elimelech