Word Study · Strong's H7327 · Hebrew
רוּת
Ruth
rooth
Strong's 1890 spelling: Rûwth
“Ruth, a Moabitess”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Ruth, a Moabitess
Rendered in the KJV as
Ruth.
- 12occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 7inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 12 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 7
- ר֣וּת5
- רוּת֙2
- וְר֖וּת1
- וְר֨וּת1
- ר֑וּת1
- ר֨וּת1
- ר֜וּת1
How it is rendered · 4
- Ruth8
- and Ruth2
- [am] Ruth1
- [was] Ruth1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- proper noun (a name)10
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)2
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- HNpf · 10
- HC/Npf · 2
All 12, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Ruth12 occurrences
- Ruth 1:4ר֑וּתrutproper noun (a name)who took Moabite women as their wives, one named Orpah and the other named Ruth. And after they had lived in Moab about ten years,here: [was] Ruth
- Ruth 1:14וְר֖וּתverutconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Again they wept aloud, and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth clung to her.here: and Ruth
- Ruth 1:16רוּת֙rutproper noun (a name)But Ruth replied: “Do not urge me to leave you or to turn from following you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live; your people will be my people, and your God will be my God.here: Ruth
- Ruth 1:22וְר֨וּתverutconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)So Naomi returned from the land of Moab with her daughter-in-law Ruth the Moabitess. And they arrived in Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.here: and Ruth
- Ruth 2:2ר֨וּתrutproper noun (a name)And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Please let me go into the fields and glean heads of grain after someone in whose sight I may find favor.” “Go ahead, my daughter,” Naomi replied.here: Ruth
- Ruth 2:8ר֜וּתrutproper 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: Ruth
- Ruth 2:21ר֣וּתrutproper noun (a name)Then Ruth the Moabitess said, “He also told me, ‘Stay with my young men until they have finished gathering all my harvest.’”here: Ruth
- Ruth 2:22ר֣וּתrutproper noun (a name)And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law Ruth, “My daughter, it is good for you to work with his young women, so that nothing will happen to you in another field.”here: Ruth
- Ruth 3:9ר֣וּתrutproper noun (a name)“Who are you?” he asked. “I am your servant Ruth,” she replied. “Spread the corner of your garment over me, for you are a kinsman-redeemer.”here: [am] Ruth
- Ruth 4:5ר֣וּתrutproper 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: Ruth
- Ruth 4:10ר֣וּתrutproper noun (a name)Moreover, I have acquired Ruth the Moabitess, Mahlon’s widow, as my wife, to raise up the name of the deceased through his inheritance, so that his name will not disappear from among his brothers or from the gate of his home. You are witnesses today.”here: Ruth
- Ruth 4:13רוּת֙rutproper 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: Ruth