How to Pronounce Booz
BOH-ahz
Booz is pronounced BOH-ahz (ˈbəʊɑz): two syllables, stress on the first.
What does Booz mean?
Booz means “or Booz, in strength”.
Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.
Who was Booz?
Alacrity. (1.) The husband of Ruth, a wealthy Bethlehemite. By the “levirate law” the duty devolved on him of marrying Ruth the Moabitess (Ruth 4:1-13). He was a kinsman of Mahlon, her first husband. (2.) The name given (for what reason is unknown) to one of the two (the other was called Jachin) brazen pillars which Solomon erected in the court of the temple (1 Kings 7:21; 2 Chr. 3:17). These pillars were broken up and carried to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar.
Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.
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