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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 on her husband’s side, a man of standing from the clan of Elimelek, whose name was Boaz.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:3 - So she went out, entered a field and began to glean behind the harvesters. As it turned out, she was working in a field belonging to Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:4 - Just then Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and greeted the harvesters, “The LORD be with you!” “The LORD bless you!” they answered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:5 - Boaz asked the overseer of his harvesters, “Who does that young woman belong to?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:8 - So Boaz said to Ruth, “My daughter, listen to me. Don’t go and glean in another field and don’t go away from here. Stay here with the women who work for me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:11 - Boaz replied, “I’ve been told all about what you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband—how you left your father and mother and your homeland and came to live with a people you did not know before.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:14 - At mealtime Boaz said to her, “Come over here. Have some bread and dip it in the wine vinegar.” When she sat down with the harvesters, he offered her some roasted grain. She ate all she wanted and had some left over.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:15 - As she got up to glean, Boaz gave orders to his men, “Let her gather among the sheaves and don’t reprimand her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:19 - Her mother-in-law asked her, “Where did you glean today? Where did you work? Blessed be the man who took notice of you!” Then Ruth told her mother-in-law about the one at whose place she had been working. “The name of the man I worked with today is Boaz,” she said.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:23 - So Ruth stayed close to the women of Boaz to glean until the barley and wheat harvests were finished. And she lived with her mother-in-law.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:2 - Now Boaz, with whose women you have worked, is a relative of ours. Tonight he will be winnowing barley on the threshing floor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:7 - When Boaz had finished eating and drinking and was in good spirits, he went over to lie down at the far end of the grain pile. Ruth approached quietly, uncovered his feet and lay down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:1 - Meanwhile Boaz went up to the town gate and sat down there just as the guardian-redeemer[fn] he had mentioned came along. Boaz said, “Come over here, my friend, and sit down.” So he went over and sat down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:5 - Then Boaz said, “On the day you buy the land from Naomi, you also acquire Ruth the Moabite, the[fn] dead man’s widow, in order to maintain the name of the dead with his property.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:8 - So the guardian-redeemer said to Boaz, “Buy it yourself.” And he removed his sandal.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:9 - Then Boaz announced to the elders and all the people, “Today you are witnesses that I have bought from Naomi all the property of Elimelek, Kilion and 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. When he made love to her, the LORD enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 4:21

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:21 - Salmon the father of Boaz, Boaz the father of Obed,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:21 - He erected the pillars at the portico of the temple. The pillar to the south he named Jakin[fn] and the one to the north Boaz.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:11 - Nahshon was the father of Salmon,[fn] Salmon the father of Boaz,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:12 - Boaz the father of Obed and Obed the father of Jesse.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 3:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:17 - He erected the pillars in the front of the temple, one to the south and one to the north. The one to the south he named Jakin[fn] and the one to the north Boaz.[fn]
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