Bible Dictionary: Elimelech

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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Elimelech

my God is king

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Elimelech

(my God is king), a man of the tribe of Judah and of the family of the Hezronites, who dwelt in Bethlehem-Ephratah in the days of the Judges. (B.C. 1312.) In consequence of a great death in the land he went with his wife, Naomi, and his two sons, Mahlon and Chilion, to dwell in Moab, where he and his sons died without posterity. (Ruth 1:2,3) etc.

ATS Bible Dictionary

Elimelech

A Bethlehemite, husband of Naomi, Ruth 1:2.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

God his king, a man of the tribe of Judah, of the family of the Hezronites, and kinsman of Boaz, who dwelt in Bethlehem in the days of the judges. In consequence of a great dearth he, with his wife Naomi and his two sons, went to dwell in the land of Moab. There he and his sons died (Ruth 1:2, 3; 2:1, 3; 4:3, 9). Naomi afterwards returned to Palestine with her daughter Ruth.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ELIMELECH

e-lim'-e-lek ('elimelekh, "my God is king"; Abeimelech, Alimelek):

Elimelech was a member of the tribe of Judah, a native of Bethlehem Judah, a man of wealth and probably head of a family or clan (Ruth 1:2, 3; Ruth 2:1, 3). He lived during the period of the Judges, had a hereditary possession near Bethlehem, and is chiefly known as the husband of Naomi, the mother-in-law of Ruth and ancestress of David the king. Because of a severe famine in Judea, he emigrated to the land of Moab with his wife and his sons, Mahlon and Chilion. Not long afterward he died, and his two sons married Moabite women, Ruth and Orpah. Ten years in all were spent in Moab, when the two sons died, and the three widows were left. Soon afterward Naomi decided to return to Judah, and the sequel is told in the Book of Ruth.

See RUTH; NAOMI.

J. J. Reeve

Strong's Hebrew

458. Elimelek -- "God is king," the husband of Naomi
... Elimelek. 459 . "God is king," the husband of Naomi. Transliteration: Elimelek
Phonetic Spelling: (el-ee-meh'-lek) Short Definition: Elimelech. ... Elimelech. ...
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Library

The Story of Ruth, the Gleaner
... In the time of the Judges in Israel, a man named Elimelech was living in the town
of Bethlehem, in the tribe of Judah, about six miles south of Jerusalem. ...
/.../marshall/the wonder book of bible stories/the story of ruth the.htm

How under Eli's Government of the Israelites Booz Married Ruth ...
... Under him, when the country was afflicted with a famine, Elimelech of Bethlehem,
which is a city of the tribe of Judah, being not able to support his family ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 9 how under elis.htm

The Devotion of Ruth
... His name was Elimelech and his wife's Naomi, and his two sons were Mahlon
and Chilion. After they had been living in Moab for some ...
//christianbookshelf.org/sherman/the childrens bible/the devotion of ruth.htm

Scriptural Poems; Being Several Portions of Scripture Digested ...
... His name Elimelech, his eldest son Was called Mahlon, t'other Chilion, His wife
was Naomi, Ephrathites they were: They went to Moab and continued there: Where ...
/.../scriptural poems being several portions.htm

Ruth and Naomi.
... A long time ago, in the days of the judges of Israel, there was a famine in the
land of Canaan, and a man named Elimelech, whose home was in Bethlehem, went ...
//christianbookshelf.org/anonymous/wee ones bible stories/ruth and naomi.htm

Boaz and Ruth.
... from her mother-in-law to go gleaning, and went to glean in the field of a rich
man named Boaz, who happened to be a kinsman, or relative of Elimelech. ...
/.../anonymous/mother stories from the old testament/boaz and ruth.htm

Ruth and Naomi.
... Naomi was the wife of a Jew named Elimelech, who left his own city of Bethlehem
to go into the land of Moab, because there was a famine in Canaan. ...
/.../anonymous/mother stories from the old testament/ruth and naomi.htm

Ruth
... Then Boaz calls all the town to witness that day, that he has bought all
that was Elimelech's, and Ruth the Moabitess to be his wife. ...
/.../kingsley/the water of life and other sermons/sermon x ruth.htm

A Gentle Heroine, a Gentile Convert
... The household of Elimelech emigrated to Moab in a famine, and, whether that were
right or wrong, they were there among heathens as Jehovah worshippers. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture f/a gentle heroine a gentile.htm

Appendices
... The cities of the king my lord are lost which Elimelech is destroying, even all
the country of the king; so let the king my lord send help to his country. ...
/.../sayce/early israel and the surrounding nations/appendices.htm

Thesaurus

Elimelech (6 Occurrences)
... Ruth. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ELIMELECH. e ... Ruth. See RUTH; NAOMI. JJ
Reeve. Multi-Version Concordance Elimelech (6 Occurrences). Ruth ...
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Elimelech's (2 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Elimelech's (2 Occurrences). Ruth 4:3 He said
to the near kinsman, "Naomi, who has come back out of the ...
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Elim'elech (6 Occurrences)
Elim'elech. Elimelech, Elim'elech. Elimelech's . ... (See RSV). Ruth 1:3 And Elimelech
Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons. (See RSV). ...
/e/elim'elech.htm - 8k

Ruth (19 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary A friend, a Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, whose
father, Elimelech, had settled in the land of Moab. On ...
/r/ruth.htm - 26k

Na'omi (21 Occurrences)
... Ruth 1:2 The name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and
the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehem Judah. ...
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Chilion (3 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary The pining one, the younger son of Elimelech and Naomi,
and husband of Orpah, Ruth's sister (Ruth 1:2; 4:9). Int. ...
/c/chilion.htm - 8k

Naomi (25 Occurrences)
... The lovable; my delight, the wife of Elimelech, and mother of Mahlon and Chilion,
and mother-in-law of Ruth (1:2, 20, 21; 2:1). Elimelech and his wife left the ...
/n/naomi.htm - 17k

Mahlon (4 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Sickly, the elder of Elimelech the Bethlehemite's
two sons by Naomi. He married Ruth and died childless ...
/m/mahlon.htm - 8k

Bo'az (24 Occurrences)
... Ruth 2:1 Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of
the family of Elimelech, and his name was Boaz. (See RSV). ...
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Boaz (25 Occurrences)
... az (bo`az; Booz; "quickness" (?) Ruth 2-4 1 Chronicles 2:11, 12; Matthew 1:5 Luke
3:32): (1) A resident of Bethlehem and kinsman of Elimelech, Naomi's husband. ...
/b/boaz.htm - 19k

Bible Concordance

Elimelech (6 Occurrences)

Ruth 1:2 The name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehem Judah. They came into the country of Moab, and continued there.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Ruth 1:3 Elimelech, Naomi's husband, died; and she was left, and her two sons.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Ruth 2:1 Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech, and his name was Boaz.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

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 belonging to Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

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 was our brother Elimelech's.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Ruth 4:9 Boaz said to the elders, and to all the people, "You are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech's, and all that was Chilion's and Mahlon's, from the hand of Naomi.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Subtopics

Elimelech

Elimelech with Naomi, his Wife, and Two Sons, Emigrate to Moab

Related Terms

Elimelech's (2 Occurrences)

Elim'elech (6 Occurrences)

Ruth (19 Occurrences)

Na'omi (21 Occurrences)

Chilion (3 Occurrences)

Naomi (25 Occurrences)

Mahlon (4 Occurrences)

Bo'az (24 Occurrences)