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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - בֹּעַז

בֹּעַז

H1162

Transliteration: Bôʻaz

Pronunciation: bo'-az

Definition: Boaz


Original: בּעז

Transliteration: bô‛az

Phonetic: bo'az

BDB Definition:

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

Origin: from an unused root of uncertain meaning

TWOT entry: None

Part(s) of speech: Proper Name Masculine


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