Elimelek means “Elimelech” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G458 — anomia (“iniquity”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H458 אֱלִימֶלֶך (Eliymelek) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. Eliymelek (el-ee-meh'-lek) n/p. 1. God of (the) king 2. Elimelek, an Israelite It has 6 linked Bible usages across 1 book. Visible English usage signals include elimelech and elimelech's. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
Eliymelek (el-ee-meh'-lek) n/p. 1. God of (the) king 2. Elimelek, an Israelite [from H410 and H4428] KJV: Elimelech. Root(s): H410, H4428
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H458. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
Elimelech
Usage: A man living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Rut.1.2; married to Naomi (H5281); father of: Mahlon (H4248), Chilion (H3630) § Elimelech = "my God is king" Naomi's husband
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Eliymelek, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
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6 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And 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 Bethlehemjudah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.
And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.
And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz.
First 6 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H458.
And 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 Bethlehemjudah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.
And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.
And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz.
And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech.
And he said unto the kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of the country of Moab, selleth a parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech's:
And Boaz said unto the elders, and unto all the people, Ye are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech's, and all that was Chilion's and Mahlon's, of the hand of Naomi.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H458, grouped by book.
Elimelek (Strong's H458) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "Elimelech". Eliymelek (el-ee-meh'-lek) n/p. 1. God of (the) king 2. Elimelek, an Israelite
This page currently indexes 6 linked usages for Strong's H458 across 1 book.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H458 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as elimelech and elimelech's. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.