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Boaz , in the Bible, Ruth's husband, ancestor of David. The spelling in the New Testament is Booz.

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Boaz in the Old Testament, the name of the wealthy landowner who became the second husband of Ruth.

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1. A landowner in Bethlehem in the time of the judges who acted generously at harvest time to Ruth, a Moabite widow. After marriage, they had a son Obed, who became the grandfather of David (Ruth 4: 17), an ancestor of Jesus (Matt. 1).

2. One of the two pillars situated in front of Solomon's Temple (1 Kgs. 7: 21). See Jachin.

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