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Boaz, Booz. [Bo'az, Bo'oz]


A wealthy Bethlehemite of the tribe of Judah, who married Ruth the Moabitess and was great grandfather of David. Ruth 2 - 4; 1 Chr. 2: 11, 12; Matt. 1: 5; Luke 3: 32. Boaz is a type of Christ who in a future day will raise up the name of the dead in Israel through the returned but desolate remnant.