Word Study · Strong's H1162 · Hebrew
בֹּעַז
Boaz
bo'-az
Strong's 1890 spelling: Bôʻaz
“Boaz, the ancestor of David”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Boaz, the ancestor of David; also the name of a pillar in front of the temple
Rendered in the KJV as
Boaz.
- 24occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 14inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 24 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 14
- בֹּֽעַז׃4
- בֹּ֙עַז֙3
- בֹּ֨עַז3
- בֹּ֔עַז3
- בֹּ֤עַז2
- בֹ֗עַז1
- בֹ֜עַז1
- בֹ֙עַז֙1
- בֹּֽעַז׃ ס1
- וּבֹ֨עַז1
- וּבֹ֖עַז1
- וּבֹ֙עַז֙1
and 2 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 6
- Boaz16
- and Boaz3
- [is] Boaz2
- [was] Boaz1
- of Boaz1
- to Boaz1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- proper noun (a name)19
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)3
- preposition + proper noun (a name)2
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpm · 19
- HC/Npm · 3
- HR/Npm · 2
All 24, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Ruth carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Ruth20 occurrences
- Ruth 2:1בֹּֽעַז׃boazproper noun (a name)Now Naomi had a relative on her husband’s side, a prominent man of noble character from the clan of Elimelech, whose name was Boaz.here: [was] Boaz
- Ruth 2:3לְבֹ֔עַזlevoazpreposition + proper noun (a name)So Ruth departed and went out into the field and gleaned after the harvesters. And she happened to come to the part of the field belonging to Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelech.here: of Boaz
- Ruth 2:4בֹ֗עַזvoazproper noun (a name)Just then Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and said to the harvesters, “The LORD be with you.” “The LORD bless you,” they replied.here: Boaz
- Ruth 2:5בֹּ֙עַז֙boazproper noun (a name)And Boaz asked the foreman of his harvesters, “Whose young woman is this?”here: Boaz
- Ruth 2:8בֹּ֨עַזboazproper noun (a name)Then Boaz said to Ruth, “Listen, my daughter. Do not go and glean in another field, and do not go away from this place, but stay here close to my servant girls.here: Boaz
- Ruth 2:11בֹּ֙עַז֙boazproper noun (a name)Boaz replied, “I have been made fully aware of all you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband, how you left your father and mother and the land of your birth, and how you came to a people you did not know before.here: Boaz
- Ruth 2:14בֹ֜עַזvoazproper noun (a name)At mealtime Boaz said to her, “Come over here; have some bread and dip it into the vinegar sauce.” So she sat down beside the harvesters, and he offered her roasted grain, and she ate and was satisfied and had some left over.here: Boaz
- Ruth 2:15בֹּ֨עַזboazproper noun (a name)When Ruth got up to glean, Boaz ordered his young men, “Even if she gathers among the sheaves, do not insult her.here: Boaz
- Ruth 2:19בֹּֽעַז׃boazproper noun (a name)Then her mother-in-law asked her, “Where did you glean today, and where did you work? Blessed be the man who noticed you.” So she told her mother-in-law where she had worked. “The name of the man I worked with today is Boaz,” she said.here: [is] Boaz
- Ruth 2:23בֹּ֙עַז֙boazproper noun (a name)So Ruth stayed close to the servant girls of Boaz to glean grain until the barley and wheat harvests were finished. And she lived with her mother-in-law.here: Boaz
- Ruth 3:2בֹ֙עַז֙voazproper noun (a name)Now is not Boaz, with whose servant girls you have been working, a relative of ours? In fact, tonight he is winnowing barley on the threshing floor.here: [is] Boaz
- Ruth 3:7בֹּ֤עַזboazproper noun (a name)After Boaz had finished eating and drinking and was in good spirits, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of grain. Then Ruth went in secretly, uncovered his feet, and lay down.here: Boaz
- Ruth 4:1וּבֹ֨עַזuvoazconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Meanwhile, Boaz went to the gate and sat down there. Soon the kinsman-redeemer of whom he had spoken came along, and Boaz said, “Come over here, my friend, and sit down.” So he went over and sat down.here: and Boaz
- Ruth 4:1בֹּ֔עַזboazproper noun (a name)Meanwhile, Boaz went to the gate and sat down there. Soon the kinsman-redeemer of whom he had spoken came along, and Boaz said, “Come over here, my friend, and sit down.” So he went over and sat down.here: Boaz
- Ruth 4:5בֹּ֔עַזboazproper noun (a name)Then Boaz said, “On the day you buy the land from Naomi and also from Ruth the Moabitess, you must also acquire the widow of the deceased in order to raise up the name of the deceased on his inheritance.”here: Boaz
- Ruth 4:8לְבֹ֖עַזlevoazpreposition + proper noun (a name)So the kinsman-redeemer removed his sandal and said to Boaz, “Buy it for yourself.”here: to Boaz
- Ruth 4:9בֹּ֨עַזboazproper noun (a name)At this, Boaz said to the elders and all the people, “You are witnesses today that I am buying from Naomi all that belonged to Elimelech, Chilion, and Mahlon.here: Boaz
- Ruth 4:13בֹּ֤עַזboazproper noun (a name)So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife. And when he had relations with her, the LORD enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son.here: Boaz
- Ruth 4:21בֹּ֔עַזboazproper noun (a name)Salmon was the father of Boaz, Boaz was the father of Obed,here: Boaz
- Ruth 4:21וּבֹ֖עַזuvoazconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Salmon was the father of Boaz, Boaz was the father of Obed,here: and Boaz