H458 אֱלִימֶלֶךְ
ʼĔlîymelek — Elimelek, an Israelite
KJV: Elimelech.
Built from אֵל ʼêl (strength) + מֶלֶךְ melek (a king) — means “God of (the) king”
Occurs 6 times. Every verse with this word
Brown–Driver–Briggs
- אֱלִימֶ֫לֶךְ n.pr.m. (God is king) husband of Naomi
Where it occurs
- Ruth 1:2 — 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 1:3 — Elimelech, Naomi’s husband, died; and she was left with her two sons.
- Ruth 2:1 — Naomi had a relative of her husband’s, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech, and his name was Boaz.
- Ruth 2:3 — She went, and came and gleaned in the field after the reapers; and she happened to come to the portion of the field…
- Ruth 4:3 — He said to the near kinsman, “Naomi, who has come back out of the country of Moab, is selling the parcel of land, which…
- Ruth 4:9 — Boaz said to the elders and to all the people, “You are witnesses today, that I have bought all that was Elimelech’s…