Strong H4248מַחְלוֹן
Mahlon
- Transliteration
- machlôn
- Pronunciation
- makh-lone'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
From H2470; sick;
{Machlon} an Israelite: - Mahlon.
{Machlon} an Israelite: - Mahlon.
Meaning of the name
Mahlon = "sick"
Detailed definition
In the biblical story
Mahlon
Husband of Ruth, son of Elimelech and Naomi.
Mahlon, the son of Elimelech and Naomi, married Ruth but died in Moab (Rut.1.2,5; 4.9,10).
In the Bible
Strong H4248 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- mahlon3
- s1
First verses
- Ruth 1:2And 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 1:5And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband.
- Ruth 4:9And 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.
- Ruth 4:10Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day.