The generosity of Boaz: his first meeting with Ruth

1 .a kinsman Strictly the word does not mean more than familiar friend2 Kings 10:11; Proverbs 7:4.

a mighty man of wealth a wealthy man, 1 Samuel 9:1; 2 Kings 15:20; sometimes the phrase means a valiant man(marg.) Judges 6:12; Judges 11:1; in Ruth 3:11 the word for wealthhas a moral sense.

Boaz Cf. 1 Kings 7:21. The derivation of the name is uncertain: possibly, -in him is strength" (for Ruth). More probably the name is traditional, and a contraction of Ba-al--az i.e. -B. is strong"; cf. in Phoenician Bomilcarfor Ba-al-melḳarth, Salambofor Ṣalm-ba-al etc.

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