Bible Strands

Boaz

A man, before Israel's Monarchy · Tribe of Judah · named in 22 verses

the name means from an unused root of uncertain meaning Strong's Lexicon

Boaz, a wealthy Bethlehemite, married Ruth and became an ancestor of King David and Jesus Christ.

From Easton's Bible Dictionary

Alacrity. (1.) The husband of Ruth, a wealthy Bethlehemite. By the "levirate law" the duty devolved on him of marrying Ruth the Moabitess (Ruth 4:1-13). He was a kinsman of Mahlon, her first husband.

Easton's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 1897 — public domain, quoted in full and unedited.

Family

Parents Salmon, Rahab
Partners Ruth
Children Obed

From STEPBible's TIPNR genealogy data. A relationship the data marks uncertain is not shown here.

First named at Ruth 2:1.

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Verses that name Boaz