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Thursday, November 21st, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Boaz
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Boaz (bô'az), or Booz (bô'oz), lovely. 1. Was a descendant of Judah, Ruth 2:1, and through him is traced the regular succession of Jewish kings and of Christ. Matthew 1:5. Boaz was a man of wealth and of great respectability. He married Ruth and begat Obed, the father of Jesse, the father of David. 2. One of the brazen pillars erected by Solomon before the portico of the temple. Its companion was Jachin. They were named for their givers or makers, or else had a symbolical meaning. 1 Kings 7:21; 2 Chronicles 3:17; Jeremiah 52:21.
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Rice, Edwin Wilbur, DD. Entry for 'Boaz'. People's Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/rpd/b/boaz.html. 1893.
Rice, Edwin Wilbur, DD. Entry for 'Boaz'. People's Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/rpd/b/boaz.html. 1893.
