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BOAZ

(Heb. bōʿaz)

1. A wealthy relative of the family of Elimelech and Naomi, owner of fields near Bethlehem. Boaz is portrayed as the protector of Naomi’s foreign daughter-in-law Ruth, by ordering the workers of his fields not to harass her and to leave extra grain for her (Ruth 2:15-16); by instructing her in the preservation of her reputation (3:14); by publicly persuading Naomi’s next-of-kin to relinquish his right to purchase land belonging to Elimelech (4:7-10); and by acquiring Ruth as his wife and fathering Oded, the grandfather of David (vv. 17, 22).

Bibliography. D. N. Fewell and D. M. Gunn, Compromising Redemption: Relating Characters in the Book of Ruth (Louisville, 1990); J. M. Sasson, Ruth, 2nd ed. (Sheffield, 1989).

2. The name of a pillar set in front of Solomon’s temple (1 Kgs. 7:21; 2 Chr. 3:17). The meaning of this naming and its function is disputed.

Alice H. Hudiburg






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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