(Heb. id. , alacrity), the name probably of two men. <\/p>\n
1. (Sept. and N.T. , Josephus .) A wealthy Bethlehemite, kinsman to Elimelech, the husband of Naomi. SEE RUTH. Finding that the kinsman of Ruth, who stood in a still nearer relation than himself, was unwilling to perform the office of goel. he had those obligations publicly transferred with the usual ceremonies to his own discharge; and hence it became his duty by the ” levirate law” (q.v.) to marry Ruth (although it is hinted, Rth 3:10, that he was much her senior, and indeed this fact is evident whatever system of chronology we adopt), and to redeem the estates of her deceased husband Mahlon (iv, 1 sq.; Jahn, Bibl. Arch. 157). B.C. prob. cir. 1360. He gladly undertook these responsibilities, and their happy union was blessed by the birth of Obed, from whom in a direct line our Lord was descended. No objection seems to have arisen on the score of Ruth’s Moabitish birth; a fact which has some bearing on the date of the narrative (comp. Ezr 9:1 sq.). SEE BETHLEHEM.<\/p>\n
(Heb. id. , alacrity), the name probably of two men. <\/p>\n
1. (Sept. and N.T. , Josephus .) A wealthy Bethlehemite, kinsman to Elimelech, the husband of Naomi. SEE RUTH. Finding that the kinsman of Ruth, who stood in a still nearer relation than himself, was unwilling to perform the office of goel. he had those obligations publicly transferred with the usual ceremonies to his own discharge; and hence it became his duty by the ” levirate law” (q.v.) to marry Ruth (although it is hinted, Rth 3:10, that he was much her senior, and indeed this fact is evident whatever system of chronology we adopt), and to redeem the estates of her deceased husband Mahlon (iv, 1 sq.; Jahn, Bibl. Arch. 157). B.C. prob. cir. 1360. He gladly undertook these responsibilities, and their happy union was blessed by the birth of Obed, from whom in a direct line our Lord was descended. No objection seems to have arisen on the score of Ruth’s Moabitish birth; a fact which has some bearing on the date of the narrative (comp. Ezr 9:1 sq.). SEE BETHLEHEM.<\/p>\n
Boiz (Heb. id. , alacrity), the name probably of two men. 1. (Sept. and N.T. , Josephus .) A wealthy Bethlehemite, kinsman to Elimelech, the husband of Naomi. SEE RUTH. Finding that the kinsman of Ruth, who stood in a still nearer relation than himself, was unwilling to perform the office of goel. he had … Continue reading “Boiz (2)”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-encyclopedic-dictionary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27802\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}