# H4248 מַחְלוֹן

מַחְלוֹן (Machlôwn), Strong’s H4248: Machlon, an Israelite KJV: Mahlon.. Occurs 4 times.

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*Machlôwn* — Machlon, an Israelite

KJV: Mahlon.

Derived from [חָלָה châlâh](https://besorah.bible/word/H2470) (to be rubbed or worn)

Occurs 4 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- מַחְלוֹן n.pr.m. son of Elimelech and Naomi, first husband of Ruth

## Where it occurs
- [Ruth 1:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ruth/1?v=2) — The name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi. The names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion…
- [Ruth 1:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ruth/1?v=5) — Mahlon and Chilion both died, and the woman was bereaved of her two children and of her husband.
- [Ruth 4:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ruth/4?v=9) — Boaz said to the elders and to all the people, “You are witnesses today, that I have bought all that was Elimelech’s…
- [Ruth 4:10](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ruth/4?v=10) — Moreover, Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, I have purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead on…