Boaz, Booz. [Bo'az, Bo'oz]
A wealthy Bethlehemite of the tribe of Judah, who married Ruth the Moabitess and was great grandfather of David. Ruth 2 - 4; 1 Chronicles 1:2, 1 Chronicles 1:2; Matthew 1:5; Luke 3:32. Boaz is a type of Christ who in a future day will raise up the name of the dead in Israel through the returned but desolate remnant.