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Friday, October 31st, 2025
the Week of Proper 25 / Ordinary 30

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Bible Lexicons

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Strong's #7327 - רוּת

Transliteration

Rûwth

Phonetics

rooth

Origin

probably for (H7468)

Parts of Speech

proper feminine noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Ruth = "friendship"
1. daughter-in-law of Naomi, wife of Boaz, and grandmother of David

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (12)

Ruth 12

BSB (12)

Ruth 12

CSB (12)

Ruth 12

ESV (12)

Ruth 12

KJV (12)

Ruth 12

LEB (12)

Ruth 12

LSB (12)

Ruth 12

N95 (12)

Ruth 12

NAS (12)

Ruth 12

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (8)

Ruth 8

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

רוּת proper name, feminine Ruth (for רְעוּת, i.e. friendship, Syriac

, Thes Lag^{BN 84,156; Or. ii. 41} Kö^{ii. 1. 481}); — Moabitess, ancestress of David, Ruth 1:4,14,16,22; Ruth 2:2,8,21,22; Ruth 3:9; Ruth 4:5,10,13; Ρουθ.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

רוּת (contr. from רְאוּת] “appearance,” “beauty,” or for רְעוּת “friend” (fem.), whence Pesh. ܪܥܘܬ), Ruth, pr.n. of a woman, an ancestress of the house of David, the history of whom is given in the book that bears her name.

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List of Word Forms

וְר֖וּת וְר֨וּת ורות ר֑וּת ר֜וּת ר֣וּת ר֨וּת רוּת֙ רות Rut rūṯ veRut wə·rūṯ wərūṯ