Boaz
BOAZ
Rth 2:1, a wealthy Bethlehemite, a descendant of Judah, through whom is traced the regular succession of Jewish kings, Mat 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 .
Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
Boaz
is mentioned in the genealogy, Mat 1:5 (“Booz”), as the son of Salmon by Rahab, but there is some difficulty in assigning his date. The genealogy in Ruth (Rth 4:18-22) only allows ten generations for the 833 years from Judah to David, and only four for the 535 years between Salmon and David, if (as is almost certain from Matthew and from Jewish tradition) the Rahab mentioned is Rahab the harlot. If Boaz be identical with the judge Ibzan (q.v.), as is stated with little shadow of probability by the Jerusalem Talmud and various rabbins, several generations must be inserted. Dr. Kennicott, from the difference in form between Salmah and Salmon (Rth 4:20-21), supposes that by mistake two different men were identified (Dssert. i, 543); but we seem to want at least three generations, and this supposition gives us only one. Hence, even if we interpolate two generations before Boaz and one after Obed, still we must suppose each was the youngest son of his father, and that they did not marry till an advanced age (Dr. Mill, On the Genealogies; Lord Hervey, Id. p. 262, etc.; Browne, Ordo Seclorum, p. 263). SEE GENEALOGY; SEE DAVID.
2. (Sept. , and in the latter passage translates , strength). The name given to the left-hand one of the two brazen pillars which Solomon erected in the court of the Temple (1Ki 7:21; 2Ch 3:17); so called, either from the architect or (if it were a votive offering) from the donor. It was hollow, and surmounted by a chapiter five cubits high, ornamented with net-work and 100 pomegranates. The apparent discrepancies in stating the height of it arise from the- including or excluding of the ornament which united the shaft to the chapiter, etc. SEE JACHIN.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Boaz (2)
is mentioned in the genealogy, Mat 1:5 (“Booz”), as the son of Salmon by Rahab, but there is some difficulty in assigning his date. The genealogy in Ruth (Rth 4:18-22) only allows ten generations for the 833 years from Judah to David, and only four for the 535 years between Salmon and David, if (as is almost certain from Matthew and from Jewish tradition) the Rahab mentioned is Rahab the harlot. If Boaz be identical with the judge Ibzan (q.v.), as is stated with little shadow of probability by the Jerusalem Talmud and various rabbins, several generations must be inserted. Dr. Kennicott, from the difference in form between Salmah and Salmon (Rth 4:20-21), supposes that by mistake two different men were identified (Dssert. i, 543); but we seem to want at least three generations, and this supposition gives us only one. Hence, even if we interpolate two generations before Boaz and one after Obed, still we must suppose each was the youngest son of his father, and that they did not marry till an advanced age (Dr. Mill, On the Genealogies; Lord Hervey, Id. p. 262, etc.; Browne, Ordo Seclorum, p. 263). SEE GENEALOGY; SEE DAVID.
2. (Sept. , and in the latter passage translates , strength). The name given to the left-hand one of the two brazen pillars which Solomon erected in the court of the Temple (1Ki 7:21; 2Ch 3:17); so called, either from the architect or (if it were a votive offering) from the donor. It was hollow, and surmounted by a chapiter five cubits high, ornamented with net-work and 100 pomegranates. The apparent discrepancies in stating the height of it arise from the- including or excluding of the ornament which united the shaft to the chapiter, etc. SEE JACHIN.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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.
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Boaz
Explained in margin 1Ki 7:15-21, “in it (is) strength.” Others, fleetness.
1. Of Bethlehem: Elimelech’s (Naomi’s husband’s) kinsman. When the next of kin to Ruth, Naomi’s daughter-in-law, declined to do the part of redeemer (god) (See BLOOD) of the inheritance of her deceased husband Mahlon (compare Deu 25:5-10), Boaz did so by marrying her, though much her senior (Rth 3:10). Their son Obed was grandfather of David. There being no objection to an Israelite’s marriage with a Moabitess marks an early date (contrast Ezra 9).
David’s descent from Ruth the Moabitess accounts for the intimacy of David with the king of Moab, so that it was with him he left his father and mother in his flight from Saul (1Sa 22:3-5); an undesigned coincidence between the books of Samuel and Ruth, a mark of genuineness (compare Psa 27:10). In the genealogy (Rth 4:18-22) several, at least three, generations must be inserted, as the list there only allows ten generations for 850 years, and only four for the 450 years between Salmon and David.
2. The name of one of the two brass pillars in Solomon’s temple porch, on the left, as Jachin was on the right. The difference of the height as given in 1Ki 7:15; 1Ki 7:21; 2Ch 3:15, arises from the height in one place including, in the other place excluding, the ornament which united the shaft to the chapiter (compare Jer 52:17-21). The pillars, which were hollow, were broken up and carried to Babylon at the fall of Jerusalem before Nebuchadnezzar.
Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary
BOAZ
If the Rahab whom the Israelites saved at the time of Jerichos destruction is the same Rahab whose name appears in the genealogy of Jesus, then Boaz was descended from her (Jos 6:17; Rth 4:18-22; Mat 1:1; Mat 1:5). He features in the book of Ruth as the man who helped the young Moabite widow Ruth and later married her (see RUTH).
Boaz was a godly man who was eager to reward Ruth when he learnt of her kindness to her widowed mother-in-law (Rth 2:11-12). He protected her from the local youths (Rth 2:8-9; Rth 2:22), supplied her with food and drink during her days work (Rth 2:9; Rth 2:14), rewarded her gleaning (Rth 2:16-20) and gave her extra supplies of grain (Rth 3:15). He showed no racial prejudice against her in spite of the traditional hostility between Israel and Moab (Rth 2:6; Rth 2:10).
When Ruth asked Boaz to keep alive the name of her late husband by fulfilling the duties of a close relative, Boaz responded generously. He was open and honourable in all his dealings with her, whether concerning marriage or property (Rth 3:11-13; Rth 4:1-6). He married Ruth, and the child born to them was an ancestor of King David and of Jesus the Messiah (Rth 4:18-22; Mat 1:1; Mat 1:5).
Fuente: Bridgeway Bible Dictionary
Boaz
BOAZ.The husband of Ruth, named in the genealogies of our Lord (Mat 1:5, Luk 3:32).
Fuente: A Dictionary Of Christ And The Gospels
Boaz
BOAZ.A Bethlehemite of wealth, the son of Salmon; grandfather of Jesse, and thus ancestor of David (Rth 4:21-22, 1Ch 2:11, Mat 1:5-6, Luk 3:32). He became the second husband of the widowed Ruth, whom he married (according to ancient Hebrew custom) as next-of-kin, when her near kinsman refused to undertake this duty (Rth 4:1-10). See Ruth.
W. O. E. Oesterley.
BOAZ, the name of one of the two bronze pillars which stood in front of Solomons Temple. The other was named Jachin (1Ki 7:21, 2Ch 3:17). See Jachin and Boaz, Temple.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Boaz
The son of Salmon and Rahab, and the father of Obed, by Ruth; of whom, by descent, after the flesh, sprung Christ. (See Mat 1:5-6) I beg the reader not to overlook the grace of the Lord Jesus in this wonderful relation. Jesus will not only take our nature for the purpose of redemption, but he will take it from the lowest order of the people. Rahab was an harlot of the city of Jericho, cursed by Joshua, (Jos 6:26) though famous for her faith in the Lord God of Israel; and Ruth a poor outcast of Moab. Both Gentiles, and yet brought into the genealogy of the Lord Jesus Christ. Was it to shew the astonishing condescension of Jesus? And was it not to shew also, that long before the great events of redemption were to be accomplished, the Jew and Gentile church were both in Christ? (Gal 3:28-29)
See Harlot
Boaz (2)
One of the pillars in the porch of Solomon’s temple, (1Ki 7:21) It was on the left hand, as Jachin, the other pillar corresponding to it, was placed on the right. The names of both were significant. Jachin means, he that strengthens and makes steadfast. Boaz means, in it is strength and firmness. No doubt, they both were figurative of Him who condescends to call himself the Door; in whom, and by whom, unless an entrance be made into the temple, the same is “a thief and a robber.” (Joh 10:8)
We are told these pillars were eighteen cubits high each of them, and twelve in circumference, 1Ki 7:15. And from their magnificence, they formed no unapt resemblance of Him “who is the pillar and ground of the truth.” (1Ti 3:15)
Fuente: The Poor Mans Concordance and Dictionary to the Sacred Scriptures
Boaz
boaz (, boaz; , Booz; quickness (?) Ruth 2 through 4; 1Ch 2:11, 1Ch 2:12; Mat 1:5; Luk 3:32):
(1) A resident of Bethlehem and kinsman of Elimelech, Naomi’s husband. In Rth 2:1 he is described as a gibbor hayil, a phrase which can mean either a mighty man of valor or else a man of position and wealth. The latter is probably the sense in which the phrase is applied to Boaz (compare 1Sa 9:1). He had fields outside the town, and to them Ruth went to glean. Boaz noticed her and extended special kindness and protection to her, bidding her remain with his female workers, and charging the men not to illtreat her, and also giving her of the reapers’ food at mealtime. Boaz awoke one night and found Ruth lying at his feet. He praised her virtue, and promised to take charge of her if her dead husband’s next-of-kin failed to do so. He laid her case before the next-of-kin, and finally redeemed the family property himself and bought as well the right to take Ruth in marriage. The son of Boaz and Ruth was Obed, father of Jesse, and grandfather of David. 1Ch 2:11, 1Ch 2:12 makes Boaz a descendant of Hezron, and so probably a chief of the Hezronite clan in Bethlehem. Jewish tradition identifies Boaz with Ibzan (Jdg 12:8-10).
Boaz is set before us as a model of piety, generosity and chastity (H. P. Smith, Old Testament History, 398). He found virtue and rewarded it. HPM, sections 501-8, gives a picture of the life of a well-to-do landed proprietor of central Palestine, much of which could aptly be taken as a description of Boaz.
(2) The name of one of the two bronze pillars erected in front of Solomon’s temple, the other being Jachin (1Ki 7:21; 2Ch 3:17). See JACHIN AND BOAZ; TEMPLE.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Boaz
Boaz, 1
Boaz, a wealthy Bethlehemite, and near kinsman of the first husband of Ruth, whom he eventually espoused under the obligations of the Levirate law, which he willingly incurred. The conduct of Boazhis fine spirit, just feeling, piety, and amenity of mannersappears to great advantage in the book of Ruth, and forms an interesting portraiture of the condition and deportment of what was in his time the upper class of Israelites. By his marriage with Ruth he became the father of Obed, from whom came Jesse, the father of David. He was thus one of the direct ancestors of Christ, and as such his name occurs in Mat 1:5 [RUTH; GENEALOGY].
Boaz, 2
Boaz, the name given to one of the two brazen pillars which Solomon erected in the court of the Temple [JACHIN AND BOAZ].
Fuente: Popular Cyclopedia Biblical Literature
Boaz
[Bo’az]
This and JACHIN were the names given to two pillars in the porch of the temple built by Solomon. They are minutely described in 1Ki 7:15-22; 2Ch 3:15-17. It will be observed that in Kings and Jer 52:21 the height of each pillar is 18 cubits, but in Chronicles their length is said to be 35 cubits. The explanation of this difference is that in Kings the height of each is given, and in Chronicles the length of the pillars , the two together; so that the 17-1/2 cubits, with perhaps a socket, would be the same as the 18 cubits in Kings. JACHIN signifies ‘He will establish,’ and BOAZ, ‘in Him [is] strength’ – implying that the kingdom will be established in strength and in peace, under the administration of Christ: thus the names are typical of the millennium. There appears to be an allusion to these pillars in Rev 3:12, the overcomer being made a ‘pillar’ in the temple of God.
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary
Boaz
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1. An ancestor of Jesus
– General references
Mat 1:5; Luk 3:32
– History of
Rth 2
2. One of the brazen pillars of the temple
1Ki 7:21; 2Ch 3:17
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Boaz
Boaz (b’az), or Booz (b’oz), lovely. 1. Was a descendant of Judah, Rth 2:1, and through him is traced the regular succession of Jewish kings and of Christ. Mat 1:5. Boaz was a man of wealth and of great respectability. He married Ruth and begat Obed, the father of Jesse, the father of David. 2. One of the brazen pillars erected by Solomon before the portico of the temple. Its companion was Jachin. They were named for their givers or makers, or else had a symbolical meaning. 1Ki 7:21; 2Ch 3:17; Jer 52:21.
Fuente: People’s Dictionary of the Bible
Boaz
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. Rth 4:1. Boaz is mentioned in the genealogy of Christ, Mat 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. 1Ki 7:15; 21; 2Ch 3:15; Jer 52:21.
Fuente: Smith’s Bible Dictionary
BOAZ
Husband of Ruth, David’s progenitor
Rth 2:4; Rth 4:13; Mat 1:5; Luk 3:32
–See Book of Ruth
Fuente: Thompson Chain-Reference Bible
Boaz
Rth 2:1 (c) This is a type of the Lord JESUS who owns the field and who marries those who were formerly foreigners and strangers, but who put their trust in Him and become His bride, the church.