בֹּעַזBôʻaz
proper name, masculine: quickness?
Pronunciation: bo'-az · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1162
Meanings
1. kinsman of Naomi, who married Ruth (Ruth 2:1; Ruth 2:3; Ruth 2:4)
2. name of the left hand of two pillars set up before temple (1 Kings 7:21; 2 Chronicles 3:17)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 24 times in the Bible.
- Ruth 2:1 Now there was a wealthy and influential man in Bethlehem named Boaz, who was a relative of Naomi’s husband, Elimelech.
- Ruth 2:3 So Ruth went out to gather grain behind the harvesters. And as it happened, she found herself working in a field that belonged to Boaz, the relative of her father-in-law, Elimelech.
- Ruth 2:4 While she was there, Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and greeted the harvesters. “The Lord be with you!” he said. “The Lord bless you!” the harvesters replied.
- Ruth 2:5 Then Boaz asked his foreman, “Who is that young woman over there? Who does she belong to?”
- Ruth 2:8 Boaz went over and said to Ruth, “Listen, my daughter. Stay right here with us when you gather grain; don’t go to any other fields. Stay right behind the young women working in my field.
- Ruth 2:11 “Yes, I know,” Boaz replied. “But I also know about everything you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband. I have heard how you left your father and mother and your own land to live here among complete strangers.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).