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Strong's #458 - אֱלִימֶלֶךְ

Transliteration

ʼĔlîymelek

Phonetics

el-ee-meh'-lek

Origin

from (H410) and (H4428)

Parts of Speech

Proper Name Masculine

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

Elimelech = “my God is king”

1) Naomi’s husband

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (6)

Ruth 6

NAS (6)

Ruth 6

HCS (6)

Ruth 6

BSB (6)

Ruth 6

ESV (6)

Ruth 6

WEB (6)

Ruth 6

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

אֱלִימֶ֫לֶךְ (& מֶֿ֑לֶח Ruth 2:1) proper name, masculine ( God is king, compare מַלְכִּיאֵל) husband of Naomi Ruth 1:2,3; Ruth 2:3; Ruth 4:3,9.

List of Word Forms

אֱ‍ֽלִימֶ֡לֶךְ אֱלִימֶ֑לֶךְ אֱלִימֶ֖לֶךְ אֱלִימֶֽלֶךְ׃ א‍לימלך אלימלך׃ לֶֽאֱלִימֶ֔לֶךְ לֶאֱלִימֶ֑לֶךְ לאלימלך ’ĕ·lî·me·leḵ ’ĕlî·me·leḵ ’ĕlîmeleḵ eliMelech le’ĕlîmeleḵ le·’ĕ·lî·me·leḵ leeliMelech