Elimelech אֱלִימֶ֫לֶךְ

Naomi's husband from Bethlehem. Elimelech was Naomi's husband from Bethlehem who died in Moab.

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Also called Elimelek.

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Where Elimelech appears

Ruth (6)

Key verses

• Ruth 1:2 first mention — 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 Beth-lehem-judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.
• Ruth 1:3 — And Elimelech Naomi’s husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.
• Ruth 2:1 — And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband’s, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz.
• Ruth 2:3 — 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.
• Ruth 4:3 — 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:
• Ruth 4:9 — 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.

Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Verse text: King James Version.