boaz · Boaz

What it means

boaz (בֹּעַז) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Boaz”.

Of Bethlehem, a relative of Elimelech; he took Ruth as his wife and was the great-grandfather of King David (Ruth 4:21-22; Matthew 1:5). One of the two pillars of Solomon's temple bore the same name (1 Kings 7:21).

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Where it appears

• Ruth×20
• 1 Kings×1
• 1 Chronicles×2
• 2 Chronicles×1

• Ruth 2:1

  Now Naomi had a relative of her husband, a man mighty and of worth, of the clan of Elimelech, and his name was Boaz.

• Ruth 2:3

  So she went, came, and gleaned in the field behind the reapers; and her chance happened to be the plot of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the clan of Elimelech.

• Ruth 2:4

  And look, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and he said to the reapers, “YHWH be with you.” And they said to him, “May YHWH bless you.”

• Ruth 2:5

  Then Boaz said to his young man who was set over the reapers, “Whose is this young woman?”

• Ruth 2:8

  Then Boaz said to Ruth, “Have you not heard, my daughter? Do not go to glean in another field, and also do not pass on from here; and so cling to my young women.

• Ruth 2:11

  Boaz answered and said to her, “It has been fully told to me, all that you have done for your mother-in-law after the death of your husband, and how you abandoned your father and your mother and the land of your birth, and came to a people that you did not know before.

• Ruth 2:14

  At mealtime Boaz said to her, “Come over here and eat some of the bread and dip your morsel in the vinegar.” So she sat beside the reapers, and he handed her roasted grain; she ate, was satisfied, and had some left over.

• Ruth 2:15

  She rose to glean, and Boaz commanded his young men, saying, “Let her glean even among the sheaves, and do not put her to shame.

• Ruth 2:19

  Her mother-in-law said to her, “Where did you glean today, and where did you work? May the one who took notice of you be blessed.” So she told her mother-in-law with whom she had worked, and said, “The name of the man with whom I worked today is Boaz.”

• Ruth 2:23

  So she clung to the young women of Boaz to glean until the end of the barley harvest and the wheat harvest. And she lived with her mother-in-law.

• Ruth 3:2

  And now, is not Boaz our relative, with whose young women you have been? Look, he is winnowing the threshing floor of barley tonight.

• Ruth 3:7

  Boaz ate and drank, and his heart was glad, and he went to lie down at the end of the heap. Then she came quietly, uncovered his feet, and lay down.

• Ruth 4:1

  Now Boaz went up to the gate and sat there; and look, the kinsman-redeemer of whom Boaz had spoken was passing by. And he said, “Turn aside, sit here, so-and-so.” And he turned aside and sat down.

• Ruth 4:5

  Then Boaz said, “On the day you acquire the field from the hand of Naomi and from Ruth the Moabite, the wife of the dead man, you acquire it to raise up the name of the dead man on his inheritance.”

• Ruth 4:8

  So the kinsman-redeemer said to Boaz, “Acquire it for yourself.” And he took off his sandal.

• Ruth 4:9

  Then Boaz said to the elders and all the people, “You are witnesses today that I have acquired all that belonged to Elimelech and all that belonged to Chilion and Mahlon from the hand of Naomi.

• Ruth 4:13

  So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife; he went in to her, and YHWH granted her conception, and she bore a son.

• Ruth 4:21

  Salmon fathered Boaz, and Boaz fathered Obed;

• 1 Kings 7:21

  And he set up the pillars at the portico of the temple; and he set up the right pillar and called its name Jachin; and he set up the left pillar and called its name Boaz.

• 1 Chronicles 2:11

  And Nahshon fathered Salma, and Salma fathered Boaz.

• 1 Chronicles 2:12

  And Boaz fathered Obed, and Obed fathered Jesse.

• 2 Chronicles 3:17

  He set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the right and one on the left; and he called the name of the right one Jachin, and the name of the left one Boaz.

And 2 more times.