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Lexicon :: Strong's H4248 - maḥlôn

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מַחְלוֹן
Transliteration
maḥlôn
Pronunciation
makh-lone'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

מַחְלוֹן Machlôwn, makh-lone'; from H2470; sick; Machlon, an Israelite:—Mahlon.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's H4248 in the following manner: Mahlon (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's H4248 in the following manner: Mahlon (4x).

  1. Mahlon = "sick"

    1. son of Elimelech by Naomi and first husband of Ruth

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מַחְלוֹן Machlôwn, makh-lone'; from H2470; sick; Machlon, an Israelite:—Mahlon.
STRONGS H4248: Abbreviations
† מַחְלוֺן proper name, masculine son of Elimelech and Naomi, first husband of Ruth, Ruth 1:2, 5; Ruth 4:9, 10, Greek Version of the LXX Μααλων.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Ruth

1:2; 1:5; 4:9; 4:10

H4248

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4248 matches the Hebrew מַחְלוֹן (maḥlôn),
which occurs 4 times in 4 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:2 - The man’s name was Elimelech and his wife’s name was Naomi and his two sons were named Mahlon and Chilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah. They went to the country of Moab and stayed there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:5 - and then both Mahlon and Chilion also died, so the woman [Naomi] was left without her two sons and her husband.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:9 - Then Boaz said to the elders and to all the people, “You are witnesses this day that I have bought everything that was Elimelech’s and everything that was Chilion’s and Mahlon’s from the hand of Naomi.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:10 - “I have also acquired Ruth the Moabitess, the widow of Mahlon, to be my wife to restore the name of the deceased to his inheritance, so that the name of the deceased will not be cut off from his brothers or from the gate of his birthplace. You are witnesses today.”
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