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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 - And Naomi hath an acquaintance of her husband's, a man mighty in wealth, of the family of Elimelech, and his name is Boaz.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:3 - And she goeth and cometh and gathereth in a field after the reapers, and her chance happeneth -- the portion of the field is Boaz's who is of the family of Elimelech.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:4 - And lo, Boaz hath come from Beth-Lehem, and saith to the reapers, 'Jehovah is with you;' and they say to him, 'Jehovah doth bless thee.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:5 - And Boaz saith to his young man who is set over the reapers, 'Whose is this young person?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:8 - And Boaz saith unto Ruth, 'Hast thou not heard, my daughter? go not to glean in another field, and also, pass not over from this, and thus thou dost cleave to my young women:

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:11 - And Boaz answereth and saith to her, 'It hath thoroughly been declared to me all that thou hast done with thy mother-in-law, after the death of thy husband, and thou dost leave thy father, and thy mother, and the land of thy birth, and dost come in unto a people which thou hast not known heretofore.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:14 - And Boaz saith to her, 'At meal-time come nigh hither, and thou hast eaten of the bread, and dipped thy morsel in the vinegar.' And she sitteth at the side of the reapers, and he reacheth to her roasted corn, and she eateth, and is satisfied, and leaveth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:15 - And she riseth to glean, and Boaz chargeth his young men, saying, 'Even between the sheaves she doth glean, and ye do not cause her to blush;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:19 - And her mother-in-law saith to her, 'Where hast thou gleaned to-day? and where hast thou wrought? may he who is discerning thee be blessed.' And she declareth to her mother-in-law with whom she hath wrought, and saith, 'The name of the man with whom I have wrought to-day is Boaz.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:23 - And she cleaveth to the young women of Boaz to glean, till the completion of the barley-harvest, and of the wheat-harvest, and she dwelleth with her mother-in-law.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:2 - and now, is not Boaz of our acquaintance, with whose young women thou hast been? lo, he is winnowing the threshing-floor of barley to-night,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:7 - And Boaz eateth and drinketh, and his heart is glad; and he goeth in to lie down at the end of the heap; and she cometh in gently, and uncovereth his feet, and lieth down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:1 - And Boaz hath gone up to the gate, and sitteth there, and lo, the redeemer is passing by of whom Boaz had spoken, and he saith, 'Turn aside, sit down here, such a one, such a one;' and he turneth aside and sitteth down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:5 - And Boaz saith, 'In the day of thy buying the field from the hand of Naomi, then from Ruth the Moabitess, wife of the dead, thou hast bought it, to raise up the name of the dead over his inheritance.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:8 - And the redeemer saith to Boaz, 'Buy it for thyself,' and draweth off his sandal.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:9 - And Boaz saith to the elders, and to all the people, 'Witnesses are ye to-day that I have bought all that is to Elimelech, and all that is to Chilion and Mahlon, from the hand of Naomi;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:13 - And Boaz taketh Ruth, and she becometh his wife, and he goeth in unto her, and Jehovah giveth to her conception, and she beareth a son.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 4:21

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:21 - and Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:21 - And he raiseth up the pillars for the porch of the temple, and he raiseth up the right pillar, and calleth its name Jachin, and he raiseth up the left pillar, and calleth its name Boaz;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:11 - and Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:12 - and Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 3:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:17 - And he raiseth up the pillars on the front of the temple, one on the right, and one on the left, and calleth the name of that on the right Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz.
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