4248 - Machlon

Strong's Concordance

Original word: מַחְלוֹן
Transliteration: Machlon
Definition (short): Mahlon
Definition (full): Mahlon -- the first husband of Ruth

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: of uncertain derivation
Definition: the first husband of Ruth
NASB Translation: Mahlon (4).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

From chalah; sick; Machlon, an Israelite -- Mahlon.

see HEBREW chalah

KJV: 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.
NASB: The name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife, Naomi; and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehem in Judah. Now they entered the land of Moab and remained there.
KJV: And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband.
NASB: Then both Mahlon and Chilion also died, and the woman was bereft of her two children and her husband.
KJV: 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.
NASB: Then Boaz said to the elders and all the people, "You are witnesses today that I have bought from the hand of Naomi all that belonged to Elimelech and all that belonged to Chilion and Mahlon.
KJV: Moreover 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.
NASB: "Moreover, I have acquired Ruth the Moabitess, the widow of Mahlon, to be my wife in order to raise up the name of the deceased on his inheritance, so that the name of the deceased will not be cut off from his brothers or from the court of his birth place; you are witnesses today."