Boaz

Boaz in Scripture

Open a book to read its mentions here. Text: Berean Standard Bible. Names repeat in Scripture, so some of these verses may speak of another person called Boaz.

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Old Testament4 books · 27 mentions

Ruth23 mentions

Ruth 2:1Now Naomi had a relative on her husband’s side, a prominent man of noble character from the clan of Elimelech, whose name was Boaz.
Ruth 2:3So 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.
Ruth 2:4Just then Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and said to the harvesters, “The LORD be with you.” “The LORD bless you,” they replied.
Ruth 2:5And Boaz asked the foreman of his harvesters, “Whose young woman is this?”
Ruth 2:8Then 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.

18 further mentions in Ruth, read them in the book.

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1 Kings1 mention

1 Kings 7:21Thus he set up the pillars at the portico of the temple. The pillar to the south he named Jachin, and the pillar to the north he named Boaz.

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1 Chronicles2 mentions

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2 Chronicles1 mention

2 Chronicles 3:17Then he set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the south and one on the north. The pillar on the south he named Jachin, and the pillar on the north he named Boaz.

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New Testament2 books · 2 mentions

Matthew1 mention

Matthew 1:5Salmon was the father of Boaz by Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, Obed the father of Jesse,

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Luke1 mention

Luke 3:32the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Sala, the son of Nahshon,

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Nave's Topical Bible on Boaz

Orville J. Nave gathered 7 passages under this heading in 1896. His outline and his opening passages stand here; the full heading is one click on.

-1. An ancestor of Jesus MAT 1:5; LUK 3:32 -History of RUT 2; 3; 4 -2. One of the bronze pillars of the temple 1KI 7:21; 2CH 3:17

All 7 passages Nave lists here →Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), public domain.

Named alongside

Other people MannaFest has a page for whose name the text uses in Ruth 2, Ruth 3, Ruth 4, 1 Kings 7, 1 Chronicles 2, 2 Chronicles 3, Matthew 1 and Luke 3. Each card shows the verse it came from. Scripture reuses names freely, so a page behind a name here may belong to another person who shares it.

RuthThe Moabitess who clave to Naomi — "thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God" — gleaned in the field of Boaz,…Ruth 2:2And 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.

NaomiElimelech's widow who returned from Moab calling herself Mara — "the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me" — and w…Ruth 2:1Now Naomi had a relative on her husband’s side, a prominent man of noble character from the clan of Elimelech, whose name was Boaz.

SolomonDavid's son and the third king of Israel; the temple-builder and wisdom-king, to whom Psalms 72 and 127 are ascribed.1 Kings 7:1Solomon, however, took thirteen years to complete the construction of his entire palace.

DavidSecond king of united Israel, shepherd-turned-monarch, ancestor of the Messiah, and traditional author of many Psalms.Ruth 4:17The neighbor women said, “A son has been born to Naomi,” and they named him Obed. He became the father of Jesse, the father of David.

CalebOf Judah, one of the twelve spies — the man of another spirit who wholly followed Jehovah; one of only two of the censu…1 Chronicles 2:9The sons who were born to Hezron: Jerahmeel, Ram, and Caleb.

JosephThe rejected-then-exalted son — Genesis's great Christ-type; preserver of his family and of Egypt; the bridge into Exod…1 Chronicles 2:2Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

JudahJacob's fourth son who pledges himself for Benjamin; the tribe that carries the scepter to Shiloh (49:10) and the line…Ruth 4:12And may your house become like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, because of the offspring the LORD will give you by this young woman.”

AbrahamCalled out of Ur, the father of all who believe, justified by faith, and the friend of God through whose seed all natio…Matthew 1:1This is the record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham: