Boaz: meaning of the name

Boaz in Hebrew and Greek

Who named Boaz in the Bible

• Boaz, son of Salmon

  24 verses · first mentioned in Ruth 2:1 · Tribe of Judah, Genealogy of Jesus

Boaz in Scripture

“Boaz” appears in 22 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

• Ruth 2:1

  And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband’s, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz.

• Ruth 2:3

  And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech.

• Ruth 2:4

  And, behold, Boaz came from Beth–lehem, and said unto the reapers, The Lord be with you. And they answered him, The Lord bless thee.

• Ruth 2:5

  Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose damsel is this?

• Ruth 2:8

  Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens:

• Ruth 2:11

  And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband: and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore.

• Ruth 2:14

  And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers: and he reached her parched corn, and she did eat, and was sufficed, and left.

• Ruth 2:15

  And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach her not: