Ruth: meaning of the name

Ruth in Hebrew and Greek

Who named Ruth in the Bible

• Ruth

  13 verses · first mentioned in Ruth 1:4 · Genealogy of Jesus

Ruth in Scripture

“Ruth” appears in 13 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

• Ruth 1:4

  And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years.

• Ruth 1:14

  And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.

• Ruth 1:16

  And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God:

• Ruth 1:22

  So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Beth–lehem in the beginning of barley harvest.

• Ruth 2:2

  And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter.

• 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 2:21

  And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said unto me also, Thou shalt keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest.

• Ruth 2:22

  And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter in law, It is good, my daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, that they meet thee not in any other field.