בֹּ֫עַז

bo.azBoaz
hebrewOld TestamentName of a man24 occurrences4 books22 verses
This name belongs to 2 different people in the Bible:
  • Boaz: Kinsman-redeemer who married Ruth, ancestor of David and Jesus
  • Boaz: One of two bronze pillars in Solomon's Temple

Definition

from an unused root of uncertain meaning; Boaz, the ancestor of David; also the name of a pillar in front of the temple
Traditional renderings: Boaz.

Glossary entries

Boaz (Person) Boaz (Pillar) Booz

Where it occurs

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

24 total
  1. Ruth 2:1בֹּֽעַז׃ · [was] Boaz
    Now Naomi had a relative on her husband’s side, a prominent man of noble character from the clan of Elimelech, whose name was Boaz.
  2. Ruth 2:3לְבֹ֔עַז · [belonging] to Boaz
    So Ruth departed and went out into the field and gleaned after the harvesters. And she happened to come to the part of the field belonging to Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelech.
  3. Ruth 2:4בֹ֗עַז · Boaz
    Just then Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and said to the harvesters, “The LORD be with you.” “The LORD bless you,” they replied.
  4. Ruth 2:5בֹּ֙עַז֙ · And Boaz
    And Boaz asked the foreman of his harvesters, “Whose young woman is this?”
  5. Ruth 2:8בֹּ֨עַז · Then Boaz
    Then Boaz said to Ruth, “Listen, my daughter. Do not go and glean in another field, and do not go away from this place, but stay here close to my servant girls.
  6. Ruth 2:11בֹּ֙עַז֙ · Boaz
    Boaz replied, “I have been made fully aware of all you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband, how you left your father and mother and the land of your birth, and how you came to a people you did not know before.
  7. Ruth 2:14בֹ֜עַז · Boaz
    At mealtime Boaz said to her, “Come over here; have some bread and dip it into the vinegar sauce.” So she sat down beside the harvesters, and he offered her roasted grain, and she ate and was satisfied and had some left over.
  8. Ruth 2:15בֹּ֨עַז · Boaz
    When Ruth got up to glean, Boaz ordered his young men, “Even if she gathers among the sheaves, do not insult her.
  9. Ruth 2:19בֹּֽעַז׃ · is Boaz
    Then her mother-in-law asked her, “Where did you glean today, and where did you work? Blessed be the man who noticed you.” So she told her mother-in-law where she had worked. “The name of the man I worked with today is Boaz,” she said.
  10. Ruth 2:23בֹּ֙עַז֙ · of Boaz
    So Ruth stayed close to the servant girls of Boaz to glean grain until the barley and wheat harvests were finished. And she lived with her mother-in-law.
  11. Ruth 3:2בֹ֙עַז֙ · Boaz
    Now is not Boaz, with whose servant girls you have been working, a relative of ours? In fact, tonight he is winnowing barley on the threshing floor.
  12. Ruth 3:7בֹּ֤עַז · After Boaz
    After Boaz had finished eating and drinking and was in good spirits, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of grain. Then Ruth went in secretly, uncovered his feet, and lay down.
  13. Ruth 4:1 (2×)וּבֹ֨עַז · Meanwhile, Boaz; בֹּ֔עַז · of whom [he]
    Meanwhile, Boaz went to the gate and sat down there. Soon the kinsman-redeemer of whom he had spoken came along, and Boaz said, “Come over here, my friend, and sit down.” So he went over and sat down.
  14. Ruth 4:5בֹּ֔עַז · Then Boaz
    Then Boaz said, “On the day you buy the land from Naomi and also from Ruth the Moabitess, you must also acquire the widow of the deceased in order to raise up the name of the deceased on his inheritance.”
  15. Ruth 4:8לְבֹ֖עַז · to Boaz
    So the kinsman-redeemer removed his sandal and said to Boaz, “Buy it for yourself.”
  16. Ruth 4:9בֹּ֨עַז · At this, Boaz
    At this, Boaz said to the elders and all the people, “You are witnesses today that I am buying from Naomi all that belonged to Elimelech, Chilion, and Mahlon.
  17. Ruth 4:13בֹּ֤עַז · So Boaz
    So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife. And when he had relations with her, the LORD enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son.
  18. Ruth 4:21 (2×)בֹּ֔עַז · Boaz; וּבֹ֖עַז · Boaz
    Salmon was the father of Boaz, Boaz was the father of Obed,
  19. 1 Kings 7:21בֹּֽעַז׃ · Boaz
    Thus he set up the pillars at the portico of the temple. The pillar to the south he named Jachin, and the pillar to the north he named Boaz.
  20. 1 Chronicles 2:11בֹּֽעַז׃ · Boaz
    Nahshon was the father of Salmon, and Salmon was the father of Boaz.
  21. 1 Chronicles 2:12וּבֹ֙עַז֙ · Boaz
    Boaz was the father of Obed, and Obed was the father of Jesse.
  22. 2 Chronicles 3:17בֹּֽעַז׃ס · Boaz
    Then he set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the south and one on the north. The pillar on the south he named Jachin, and the pillar on the north he named Boaz.