Lexical Summary Boaz: "quickness", an ancestor of David, also a pillar before the temple Original Word: בֹּעַזTransliteration: Boaz Phonetic Spelling: (bo'-az) Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine Short Definition: "quickness", an ancestor of David, also a pillar before the temple Meaning: Boaz -- "quickness", an ancestor of David, also a pillar before the temple Strong's Concordance Boaz From an unused root of uncertain meaning; Boaz, the ancestor of David; also the name of a pillar in front of the temple -- Boaz. Brown-Driver-Briggs H1162. Boaz בֹּ֫עַז proper name, masculine (quickness ?) — 1 kinsman of Naomi, who married Ruth Ruth 2:1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 11, 14, 15, 19, 23; 3:2, 7; 4:1 (twice in verse); 4:5; 4:8; 4:9; 4:13; also 4:21 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 2:11-12, (ᵐ5 Βοος, Βοοζ). 2 name of the left hand of two pillars set up before temple (compare also יָכִין below כון) 1 Kings 7:21 2 Chronicles 3:17; (meaning obscure; ᵑ0 apparently reference to 1, compare ᵑ73:17; Thes supposes name of architect or donor; Ew perhaps sons of Solomon, etc.; read possibly בְּעֹז in strength, ᵐ53:17 ἰσχύς; Th thinks בעז יכין a sentence, one word being engraved on each pillar, he (God) establisheth in strength; against him, however, Ke Be; Öttli thinks an exclamation, in strength ! expressing satisfaction of architect; Klo proposes for עֹז בַּעַל בעז, (compare B 1 Kings 7:21 Βαλαζ)). |
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