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Strong's #1162 - בֹּעַז

Transliteration

Bôʻaz

Phonetics

bo'-az

Origin

from an unused root of uncertain meaning

Parts of Speech

proper masculine noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Boaz = "fleetness"
1. ancestor of David, kinsman-redeemer to Ruth, daughter-in-law of Naomi
2. name of the left of two brazen pillars, 18 cubits high, erected in the porch of Solomon´s temple

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (24)

Ruth 20

1 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 1

BSB (24)

Ruth 20

1 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 1

CSB (22)

Ruth 20

1 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 1

ESV (23)

Ruth 20

1 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 1

KJV (23)

Ruth 19

1 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 1

LEB (24)

Ruth 20

1 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 1

LSB (24)

Ruth 20

1 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 1

N95 (24)

Ruth 20

1 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 1

NAS (24)

Ruth 20

1 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (24)

Ruth 20

1 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 1

ASV (24)

and boaz 4

and now is not boaz 1

and when boaz 1

and, behold, boaz 1

belonging unto boaz 1

boaz 8

is boaz 1

now boaz 1

of boaz 1

of whom boaz 1

so boaz 1

thereof boaz 1

unto boaz 1

was boaz 1

BSB (24)

after boaz 1

and boaz 1

at this, boaz 1

belonging to boaz 1

boaz 11

is boaz 1

meanwhile, boaz 1

of boaz 1

of whom he 1

so boaz 1

then boaz 2

to boaz 1

was boaz 1

CSB (22)

boaz 21

boaz's 1

ESV (23)

boaz 23

KJV (23)

boaz 23

LEB (24)

and boaz 11

boaz 9

is boaz 1

so boaz 1

to boaz 1

was boaz 1

LSB (24)

boaz 24

N95 (24)

boaz 24

NAS (24)

boaz 24

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (24)

and boaz 2

belonging to boaz 1

boaz 6

is boaz 1

now boaz 1

of boaz 3

of whom boaz 1

so boaz 1

then boaz 3

to boaz 1

was boaz 1

when boaz 1

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

בֹּ֫עַז proper name, masculine ( quickness ?) —

1 kinsman of Naomi, who married Ruth Ruth 2:1,3,4,5,8,11,14,15,19,23; Ruth 3:2,7; Ruth 4:1 (twice in verse); Ruth 4:5; Ruth 4:8; Ruth 4:9; Ruth 4:13; also Ruth 4:21 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 2:11,12 (ᵐ5 Βοος, Βοοζ).

2 name of the left hand of two pillars set up before temple (compare also יָכִין below כון) 1 Kings 7:21 2 Chronicles 3:17; (meaning obscure; ᵑ0 apparently reference to 1, compare ᵑ7 2 Chronicles 3:17; Thes supposes name of architect or donor; Ew perhaps sons of Song of Solomon , etc.; read possibly בְּעֹז in strength, ᵐ5 2 Chronicles 3:17 ἰσχύς; Th thinks יכין בעז a sentence, one word being engraved on each pillar, he (God) establisheth in strength; against him, however, Ke Be; Öttli thinks an exclamation, in strength ! expressing satisfaction of architect; Klo proposes for בעז, בַּעַל עֹז (compare B 1 Kings 7:21 Βαλαζ)).

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

בֹּעַז (“fleetness”), pr.n. Boaz.

(1) a Bethlehemite, who married Ruth, Ruth 2:1, seq.

(2) of a pillar erected before the temple of Solomon, so called from either the architect, or if perhaps it were an ἀνάθημα, from the donor, 1 Kings 7:21; 2 Chronicles 3:17.

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List of Word Forms

בֹ֗עַז בֹ֙עַז֙ בֹ֜עַז בֹּ֔עַז בֹּ֙עַז֙ בֹּ֤עַז בֹּ֨עַז בֹּֽעַז׃ בעז בעז׃ וּבֹ֖עַז וּבֹ֙עַז֙ וּבֹ֨עַז ובעז לְבֹ֔עַז לְבֹ֖עַז לבעז bō‘az ḇō‘az bō·‘az ḇō·‘az Boaz lə·ḇō·‘az ləḇō‘az leVoaz ū·ḇō·‘az ūḇō‘az uVoaz Voaz