Boaz
Bible Usage:
- Boaz used 24 times.
- First Reference: Ruth 2:1
- Last Reference: 2 Chronicles 3:17
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: Yes
- Included in Hitchcocks: Yes
- Included in Naves: Yes
- Included in Smiths: Yes
- Included in Websters: No
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: No
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
- H1162 Used 23 times
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Boaz
Alacrity.
1. The husband of Ruth, a wealthy Bethlehemite. By the "levirate law" the duty devolved on him of marrying Ruth the Moabitess (Ruth 4:1-13). He was a kinsman of Mahlon, her first husband.
2. The name given (for what reason is unknown) to one of the two (the other was called Jachin) brazen pillars which Solomon erected in the court of the temple (1 Kings 7:21; 2 Chronicles 3:17). These pillars were broken up and carried to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar.
Hitchcock's Names Dictionary
Boaz
or Booz, in strength
Naves Topical Index
Boaz
1. An ancestor of Jesus
General references
Matthew 1:5; Luke 3:32
History of
Luke 8:2
2. One of the brazen pillars of the temple
1 Kings 7:21; 2 Chronicles 3:17
Smith's Bible Dictionary
Boaz
(fleetness).
- A wealthy Bethlehemite kinsman to Elimelech the husband of Naomi. He married Ruth, and redeemed the estates of her deceased husband Mahlon. (Ruth 4:1) Boaz is mentioned in the genealogy of Christ, (Matthew 1:5) (B.C. 1250, but there is great difficulty in assigning his date.)
- The name of one of Solomon's brazen pillars erected in the temple porch. [JACHIN] It stood on the left, and was eighteen cubits high. (1 Kings 7:15; 21; 2 Chronicles 3:15; Jeremiah 52:21)