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Machlon <a href="../hebrew/4249.htm" title="4249">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">Machlon: Mahlon</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="hebrew">מַחְלוֹן</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Proper Name Masculine<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>Machlown<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>makh-LOHN<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(makh-lone')<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Mahlon<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>Machlon<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from the Hebrew root חָלָה (chaláh), meaning "to be weak" or "to be sick."<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>There is no direct Greek equivalent for Machlon, as it is a proper name specific to the Hebrew text. However, the Greek Septuagint transliterates the name as Μααλών (Maalon).<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>Machlon is a personal name in the Hebrew Bible, specifically in the Book of Ruth. The name is often understood to mean "sickly" or "weak," which may reflect the character's fate or condition.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>Machlon is one of the two sons of Elimelech and Naomi, a family from Bethlehem in Judah. During a famine, the family relocates to Moab, where Machlon marries Ruth, a Moabite woman. The narrative takes place during the time of the judges, a period marked by social and religious upheaval in Israel. The marriage of an Israelite to a Moabite would have been culturally significant, as Moabites were often viewed with suspicion by the Israelites.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>of uncertain derivation<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>the first husband of Ruth<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>Mahlon (4).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> <font class="hebrew2">מַחְלוֺן</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>proper name, masculine</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>son of Elimelech and Naomi, first husband of Ruth</b></font>, <a href="/interlinear/ruth/1-2.htm">Ruth 1:2,5</a>; <a href="/interlinear/ruth/4-9.htm">Ruth 4:9</a>,10, <font class="hebrew2">ᵐ5</font> <font face="Gentium,Galatia SIL,SBL Greek,GFS Porson,Times New Roman">Μααλων</font>. <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>Mahlon <p>From <a href="/hebrew/2470.htm">chalah</a>; sick; Machlon, an Israelite -- Mahlon. <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/2470.htm">chalah</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>וּמַחְל֑וֹן ומחלון מַחְל֜וֹן מַחְל֣וֹן מַחְל֤וֹן מחלון machLon maḥ·lō·wn maḥlōwn ū·maḥ·lō·wn umachLon ūmaḥlōwn<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/ruth/1-2.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ruth 1:2</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ruth/1.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">שְׁנֵֽי־ בָנָ֣יו ׀ <b> מַחְל֤וֹן </b> וְכִלְיוֹן֙ אֶפְרָתִ֔ים</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ruth/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> sons <span class="itali">[were] Mahlon</span> and Chilion,<br><a href="/kjvs/ruth/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> sons <span class="itali">Mahlon</span> and Chilion,<br><a href="/interlinear/ruth/1-2.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of his two sons <span class="itali">Mahlon</span> and Chilion Ephrathites<p><b><a href="/text/ruth/1-5.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ruth 1:5</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ruth/1.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">גַם־ שְׁנֵיהֶ֖ם <b> מַחְל֣וֹן </b> וְכִלְי֑וֹן וַתִּשָּׁאֵר֙</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ruth/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Then both <span class="itali">Mahlon</span> and Chilion also<br><a href="/kjvs/ruth/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">And Mahlon</span> and Chilion died<br><a href="/interlinear/ruth/1-5.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> also of her two <span class="itali">Mahlon</span> and Chilion was bereft<p><b><a href="/text/ruth/4-9.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ruth 4:9</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ruth/4.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">אֲשֶׁ֥ר לְכִלְי֖וֹן <b> וּמַחְל֑וֹן </b> מִיַּ֖ד נָעֳמִֽי׃</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ruth/4.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> that belonged to Chilion <span class="itali">and Mahlon.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/ruth/4.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and all that [was] Chilion's <span class="itali">and Mahlon's,</span> of the hand<br><a href="/interlinear/ruth/4-9.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> that to Chilion <span class="itali">and Mahlon</span> the hand of Naomi<p><b><a href="/text/ruth/4-10.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ruth 4:10</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ruth/4.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">הַמֹּאֲבִיָּה֩ אֵ֨שֶׁת <b> מַחְל֜וֹן </b> קָנִ֧יתִי לִ֣י</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ruth/4.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> the widow <span class="itali">of Mahlon,</span> to be my wife<br><a href="/kjvs/ruth/4.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> the wife <span class="itali">of Mahlon,</span> have I purchased<br><a href="/interlinear/ruth/4-10.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the Moabitess the widow <span class="itali">of Mahlon</span> have acquired to be my wife<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4248.htm">4 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4248.htm">Strong's Hebrew 4248<br>4 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/machlon_4248.htm">maḥ·lō·wn — 3 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/umachlon_4248.htm">ū·maḥ·lō·wn — 1 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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