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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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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:2 - The name of the man was Elimelech, the name of his wife was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion—Ephrathites of Bethlehem, Judah. And they went to the country of Moab and remained there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:5 - Then both Mahlon and Chilion also died; so the woman survived her two sons and her husband.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:9 - And Boaz said to the elders and 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:10 - “Moreover, Ruth the Moabitess, the widow of Mahlon, I have acquired as my wife, to perpetuate the name of the dead through his inheritance, that the name of the dead may not be cut off from among his brethren and from his position at the gate.[fn] You are witnesses this day.”
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