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<p> [[Boaz]] ( ''Bô'Az'' ), or [[Booz]] ( ''Bô'Oz'' ), ''Lovely.'' 1. Was a descendant of Judah, &nbsp;Ruth 2:1, and through him is traced the regular succession of Jewish kings and of Christ. &nbsp;Matthew 1:5. Boaz was a man of wealth and of great respectability. He married Ruth and begat Obed, the father of Jesse, the father of David. 2. One of the brazen pillars erected by Solomon before the portico of the temple. Its companion was Jachin. They were named for their givers or makers, or else had a symbolical meaning. &nbsp;1 Kings 7:21; &nbsp;2 Chronicles 3:17; &nbsp;Jeremiah 52:21. </p>

<li> 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 (&nbsp;1 Kings 7:21; &nbsp;2 Chronicles 3:17 ). These pillars were broken up and carried to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar. <div> <p> '''Copyright Statement''' These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton [[M.A., DD]]  Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by [[Thomas]] Nelson, 1897. Public Domain. </p> <p> '''Bibliography Information''' Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Boaz'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/b/boaz.html. 1897. </p> </div> </li>

<p> ''''' bō´az ''''' ( בּעז , <i> ''''' bō‛az ''''' </i> ; Βόοζ , <i> ''''' Bóoz ''''' </i> ; "quickness" (?) Ruth 2 through 4; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 2:11 , &nbsp;1 Chronicles 2:12; &nbsp;Matthew 1:5; &nbsp;Luke 3:32 ): </p> <p> (1) A resident of [[Bethlehem]] and kinsman of Elimelech, Naomi's husband. In Rth 2:1 he is described as a <i> ''''' gibbōr ḥayil ''''' </i> , a phrase which can mean either "a mighty man of valor" or else "a man of position and wealth." The latter is probably the sense in which the phrase is applied to Boaz (compare &nbsp;1 Samuel 9:1 ). He had fields outside the town, and to them Ruth went to glean. Boaz noticed her and extended special kindness and protection to her, bidding her remain with his female workers, and charging the men not to illtreat her, and also giving her of the reapers' food at mealtime. Boaz awoke one night and found Ruth lying at his feet. He praised her virtue, and promised to take charge of her if her dead husband's next-of-kin failed to do so. He laid her case before the next-of-kin, and finally redeemed the family property himself and bought as well the right to take Ruth in marriage. The son of Boaz and Ruth was Obed, father of Jesse, and grandfather of David. &nbsp;1 Chronicles 2:11 , &nbsp;1 Chronicles 2:12 makes Boaz a descendant of Hezron, and so probably a chief of the [[Hezronite]] clan in Bethlehem. Jewish tradition identifies Boaz with [[Ibzan]] (&nbsp; Judges 12:8-10 ). </p> <p> Boaz "is set before us as a model of piety, generosity and chastity" (H. P. Smith, <i> Old [[Testament]] History </i> , 398). He found virtue and rewarded it. <i> HPM </i> , sections 501-8, gives a picture of the life of "a well-to-do landed proprietor of central Palestine," much of which could aptly be taken as a description of Boaz. </p> <p> (2) The name of one of the two bronze pillars erected in front of Solomon's temple, the other being Jachin (&nbsp;1 Kings 7:21; &nbsp;2 Chronicles 3:17 ). See [[Jachin And Boaz]]; Temple . </p>

<p> is mentioned in the genealogy, &nbsp;Matthew 1:5 ("Booz"), as the son of Salmon by Rahab, but there is some difficulty in assigning his date. The genealogy in Ruth (&nbsp;Ruth 4:18-22) only allows ten generations for the 833 years from Judah to David, and only four for the 535 years between Salmon and David, if (as is almost certain from Matthew and from Jewish tradition) the Rahab mentioned is Rahab the harlot. If Boaz be identical with the judge Ibzan (q.v.), as is stated with little shadow of probability by the Jerusalem [[Talmud]] and various rabbins, several generations must be inserted. Dr. Kennicott, from the difference in form between Salmah and Salmon (&nbsp;Ruth 4:20-21), supposes that by mistake two different men were identified (Dssert. i, 543); but we seem to want at least three generations, and this supposition gives us only one. Hence, even if we interpolate two generations before Boaz and one after Obed, still we must suppose each was the youngest son of his father, and that they did not marry till an advanced age (Dr. Mill, On the Genealogies; Lord Hervey, Id. p. 262, etc.; Browne, [[Ordo]] Seclorum, p. 263). (See [[Genealogy]]); (See [[David]]). </p> <p> '''2.''' (Sept. '''''Βολώζ''''' , and in the latter passage translates '''''Ι᾿Σχύς''''' , ''Strength).'' The name given to the left-hand one of the two brazen pillars which Solomon erected in the court of the Temple (&nbsp;1 Kings 7:21; &nbsp;2 Chronicles 3:17); so called, either from the architect or (if it were a votive offering) from the donor. It was hollow, and surmounted by a chapiter five cubits high, ornamented with net-work and 100 pomegranates. The apparent discrepancies in stating the height of it arise from the- including or excluding of the ornament which united the shaft to the chapiter, etc. (See Jachin). </p>

<p> Boaz, 1 </p> <p> Bo´az, a wealthy Bethlehemite, and near kinsman of the first husband of Ruth, whom he eventually espoused under the obligations of the [[Levirate]] law, which he willingly incurred. The conduct of Boaz—his fine spirit, just feeling, piety, and amenity of manners—appears to great advantage in the book of Ruth, and forms an interesting portraiture of the condition and deportment of what was in his time the upper class of Israelites. By his marriage with Ruth he became the father of Obed, from whom came Jesse, the father of David. He was thus one of the direct ancestors of Christ, and as such his name occurs in &nbsp;Matthew 1:5 [[[Ruth; Genealogy]]]  </p> <p> Boaz, 2 </p> <p> Boaz, the name given to one of the two brazen pillars which Solomon erected in the court of the Temple [[[Jachin And Boaz]]] </p>

<p> wo pillars of brass at the entrance of Solomon's Temple, signifying respectively strength and stability. </p>