# H458 אֱלִימֶלֶךְ

אֱלִימֶלֶךְ (ʼĔlîymelek), Strong’s H458: Elimelek, an Israelite KJV: Elimelech.. Occurs 6 times.

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*ʼĔlîymelek* — Elimelek, an Israelite

KJV: Elimelech.

Built from [אֵל ʼêl](https://besorah.bible/word/H410) (strength) + [מֶלֶךְ melek](https://besorah.bible/word/H4428) (a king) — means “God of (the) king”

Occurs 6 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- אֱלִימֶ֫לֶךְ n.pr.m. (God is king) husband of Naomi

## 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 1:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ruth/1?v=3) — Elimelech, Naomi’s husband, died; and she was left with her two sons.
- [Ruth 2:1](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ruth/2?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ruth/2?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ruth/4?v=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](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…