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Lexicon :: Strong's H1162 - bōʿaz

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בֹּעַז
Transliteration
bōʿaz
Pronunciation
bo'-az
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root of uncertain meaning
Strong’s Definitions

בֹּעַז Bôʻaz, bo'-az; from an unused root of uncertain meaning; Boaz, the ancestor of David; also the name of a pillar in front of the temple:—Boaz.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 24x

The KJV translates Strong's H1162 in the following manner: Boaz (24x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 24x
The KJV translates Strong's H1162 in the following manner: Boaz (24x).

  1. 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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בֹּעַז Bôʻaz, bo'-az; from an unused root of uncertain meaning; Boaz, the ancestor of David; also the name of a pillar in front of the temple:—Boaz.
STRONGS H1162: Abbreviations
† 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 (Greek Version of the LXX 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; MT apparently reference to 1, compare Targum 2 Chronicles 3:17; Thes supposes name of architect or donor; Ew perhaps sons of Solomon, etc.; read possibly בְּעֹז in strength, Greek Version of the LXX 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)).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Ruth

2:1; 2:3; 2:4; 2:5; 2:8; 2:11; 2:14; 2:15; 2:19; 2:23; 3:2; 3:7; 4:1; 4:5; 4:8; 4:9; 4:13; 4:21

1 Kings

7:21; 7:21

1 Chronicles

2:11; 2:12

2 Chronicles

3:17; 3:17; 3:17

H1162

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1162 matches the Hebrew בֹּעַז (bōʿaz),
which occurs 24 times in 22 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:1 - Now Naomi had a relative of her husband’s, a worthy man of the clan of Elimelech, whose name was Boaz.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:3 - So she set out and went and gleaned in the field after the reapers, and she happened to come to the part of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the clan of Elimelech.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:4 - And behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem. And he said to the reapers, “The LORD be with you!” And they answered, “The LORD bless you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:5 - Then Boaz said to his young man who was in charge of the reapers, “Whose young woman is this?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:8 - Then Boaz said to Ruth, “Now, listen, my daughter, do not go to glean in another field or leave this one, but keep close to my young women.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:11 - But Boaz answered her, “All that you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband has been fully told to me, and how you left your father and mother and your native land and came to a people that you did not know before.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:14 - And at mealtime Boaz said to her, “Come here and eat some bread and dip your morsel in the wine.” So she sat beside the reapers, and he passed to her roasted grain. And she ate until she was satisfied, and she had some left over.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:15 - When she rose to glean, Boaz instructed his young men, saying, “Let her glean even among the sheaves, and do not reproach her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:19 - And her mother-in-law said to her, “Where did you glean today? And where have you worked? Blessed be the man who took notice of you.” So she told her mother-in-law with whom she had worked and said, “The man’s name with whom I worked today is Boaz.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:23 - So she kept close to the young women of Boaz, gleaning until the end of the barley and wheat harvests. And she lived with her mother-in-law.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:2 - Is not Boaz our relative, with whose young women you were? See, he is winnowing barley tonight at the threshing floor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:7 - And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of grain. Then she came softly and uncovered his feet and lay down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:1 - Now Boaz had gone up to the gate and sat down there. And behold, the redeemer, of whom Boaz had spoken, came by. So Boaz said, “Turn aside, friend; sit down here.” And he turned aside and sat down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:5 - Then Boaz said, “The day you buy the field from the hand of Naomi, you also acquire Ruth[fn] the Moabite, the widow of the dead, in order to perpetuate the name of the dead in his inheritance.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:8 - So when the redeemer said to Boaz, “Buy it for yourself,” he drew off his sandal.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:9 - Then Boaz said to the elders and all the people, “You are witnesses this day that I have bought from the hand of Naomi all that belonged to Elimelech and all that belonged to Chilion and to Mahlon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:13 - So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife. And he went in to her, and the LORD gave her conception, and she bore a son.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 4:21

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:21 - Salmon fathered Boaz, Boaz fathered Obed,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:21 - He set up the pillars at the vestibule of the temple. He set up the pillar on the south and called its name Jachin, and he set up the pillar on the north and called its name Boaz.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:11 - Nahshon fathered Salmon,[fn] Salmon fathered Boaz,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:12 - Boaz fathered Obed, Obed fathered Jesse.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 3:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:17 - He set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the south, the other on the north; that on the south he called Jachin, and that on the north Boaz.
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