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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

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

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The man’s name was Elimelech, and his wife’s name was Naomi.[fn] The names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah. They entered the fields of Moab and settled there.

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both Mahlon and Chilion also died, and the woman was left without her two children and without her husband.

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Boaz said to the elders and all the people, “You are witnesses today that I am buying from Naomi everything that belonged to Elimelech, Chilion, and Mahlon.

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“I have also acquired Ruth the Moabitess, Mahlon’s widow, as my wife, to perpetuate the deceased man’s name on his property, so that his name will not disappear among his relatives or from the gate of his hometown. You are witnesses today.”

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