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Boaz
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Bo'az. (fleetness).
1. A wealthy Bethlehemite, kinsman to Elimelech, the husband of Naomi. He married Ruth, and redeemed the estates of her deceased husband, Mahlon. Ruth 4:1. Boaz is mentioned in the genealogy of Christ, Matthew 1:5. (B.C. 1250, but there is great difficulty in assigning his date).
2. The name of one of Solomon's brazen pillars, erected in the Temple porch. See Jachin. It stood on the left, and was eighteen cubits high. 1 Kings 7:15; 21; 2 Chronicles 3:15; Jeremiah 52:21.
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Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Boaz'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/sbd/b/boaz.html. 1901.
Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Boaz'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/sbd/b/boaz.html. 1901.
