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# בֹּעַז

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H1162

**Boaz** — used 22 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

Boaz [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1162/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

בֹּ֫עַז: n.pr.m. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1162/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (quickness?)— kinsman of Naomi, who married Ruth Ru 2:1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 11, 14, 15, 19, 23; 3:2, 7; 4:1(×2), 5, 8, 9, 13, also v 21(×2) 1 Ch 2:11, 12 (𝔊 Βοος, Βοοζ). name of the left hand of two pillars set up before temple (cf. also יָכִין sub כון) 1 K 7:21 = 2 Ch 3:17; (meaning obscure; MT appar. ref. to 1, cf. 𝔗 2 Ch 3:17; Thes supposes name of architect or donor; Ew perhaps sons of Solomon, etc.; read possibly בְּעֹז in strength, 𝔊 2 Ch 3:17 ἰσχύς; Th thinks יכין בעז a sentence, one word being engraved on each pillar, he (God) established in strength; against him, however, Ke Be; Öt thinks an exclamation, in strength! expressing satisfaction of architect; Klo proposes for בעז, בַּעַל עֹז (cf. B 1 K 7:21 Βαλαζ)).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 20 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: Boaz (18); \[is\] Boaz (2); \[was\] Boaz (1).

## In the verses

[Ruth 4:21](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/RUT.4.21/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/RUT.4.21/#tree)

וְשַׂלְמוֹן֙ הוֹלִ֣יד אֶת־בֹּ֔עַז וּבֹ֖עַז הוֹלִ֥יד אֶת־עוֹבֵֽד׃

*Word for word:* and Salmon he.fathered (et) Boaz and Boaz he.fathered (et) Obed

*JPS 1917:* and Salmon begot Boaz, and Boaz begot Obed;

[1 Chronicles 2:11](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.2.11/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.2.11/#tree)

וְנַחְשׁוֹן֙ הוֹלִ֣יד אֶת־שַׂלְמָ֔א וְשַׂלְמָ֖א הוֹלִ֥יד אֶת־בֹּֽעַז׃

*Word for word:* and Nahshon he.fathered (et) Salma and Salma he.fathered (et) Boaz

*JPS 1917:* and Nahshon begot Salma, and Salma begot Boaz;

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/1162.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1162/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).