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Translation	Verse	Text
Strong Concordance	Ru 4:21	And Salmon [08012] begat [03205] Boaz [01162], and Boaz [01162] begat [03205] Obed [05744],

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Word	King James Dictionary - Definition
BEGAT	To bear; to bring forth.

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American Tract Society - Definition

BOAZ

Ru 2:1, a wealthy Bethlehemite, a descendant of Judah, through whom is traced the regular succession of Jewish kings, Mt 1:5. His conduct in the case of Ruth proves him to have been a man of fine spirit and of strict integrity. He admitted the claim which Ruth had upon him as a near kinsman: under the obligations of the Levitical law, he married the poor gleaner, and thus became one of the ancestors of David, and also of David's Son and Lord. He was the father of Obed, Obed was the father of Jesse, and Jesse of David. The whole narrative is a beautiful picture of the simplicity of the age, when artificial courtesies had not usurped the place of natural and sincere expressions of love.

Boaz was also the name of one of the two brazen pillars which Solomon erected in the porch of the temple, the other being called JACHIN. These columns were about thirty-five feet high, 1Ki 7:15,16,21.

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Easton Dictionary - Definition

BOAZ

alacrity. (1.) The husband of Ruth, a wealthy Bethlehemite. By the "levirate law" the duty devolved on him of marrying Ruth the Moabitess (Ruth 4:1-13). He was a kinsman of Mahlon, her first husband.

(2.) The name given (for what reason is unknown) to one of the two (the other was called Jachin) brazen pillars which Solomon erected in the court of the temple (1 Kings 7:21; 2 Chr. 3:17). These pillars were broken up and carried to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar.

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Word	American Tract Society - Definition
OBED	Son of Boaz and Ruth, and grandfather of David, Ru 4:17. See also the genealogies of Christ, Mt 1:5 Lu 3:32.

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Word	Easton Dictionary - Definition
OBED	serving; worshipping. (1.) A son of Boaz and Ruth (Ruth 4:21, 22), and the grandfather of David (Matt. 1:5). (2.) 1 Chr. 2:34-38. (3.) 1 Chr. 26:7. (4.) 2 Chr. 23:1.

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Word	American Tract Society - Definition
SALMON	Or SALMAH 1Ch 2:11, a chief man of the tribe of Judah, husband of Rahab, and father of Boaz, Ru 4:20 Mt 1:4,5 Lu 3:32. See ZALMON.

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