אֱלִימֶלֶךְʼĔlîymelek

proper name, masculine: husband of Naomi (Ruth 2:1; Ruth 1:2; Ruth 1:3; Ruth 2:3; Ruth 4:3)

Pronunciation: el-ee-meh'-lek · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H458

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 6 times in the Bible.

  • Ruth 1:2 The man’s name was Elimelech, and his wife was Naomi. Their two sons were Mahlon and Kilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in the land of Judah. And when they reached Moab, they settled there.
  • Ruth 1:3 Then Elimelech died, and Naomi was left with her two sons.
  • Ruth 2:1 Now there was a wealthy and influential man in Bethlehem named Boaz, who was a relative of Naomi’s husband, Elimelech.
  • Ruth 2:3 So Ruth went out to gather grain behind the harvesters. And as it happened, she found herself working in a field that belonged to Boaz, the relative of her father-in-law, Elimelech.
  • Ruth 4:3 And Boaz said to the family redeemer, “You know Naomi, who came back from Moab. She is selling the land that belonged to our relative Elimelech.
  • Ruth 4:9 Then Boaz said to the elders and to the crowd standing around, “You are witnesses that today I have bought from Naomi all the property of Elimelech, Kilion, and Mahlon.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).