H7327 רוּת (Rûwth) rooth

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine)

Quick Definition

Ruth

Biblical Persons & Places

Ruth Woman living before Israel's Monarchy

A woman of the Moabites living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Rut.1.4; referred to as Ruth (רוּת), or Ruth (Ῥούθ); wife of Mahlon and Boaz; mother of Obed.

Strong's Definition

Ruth, a Moabitess

Derivation: probably for H7468 (רְעוּת); friend;

KJV Usage: Ruth.

Outline of Biblical Usage

Ruth = "friendship"

1) daughter-in-law of Naomi, wife of Boaz, and grandmother of David

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G4503

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

רוּת (rut) — Ruth. A woman of the Moabites living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Rut.1.4; married to Mahlon (H4248) and Boaz (H1162); mother of: Obed (H5744) Also named: Rhouth (Ῥούθ "Ruth" G4503) § Ruth = "friendship" daughter-in-law of Naomi, wife of Boaz, and grandmother of David

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

רוּת (H7327)

name

Names of People

Ruth = woman; ◄ from Moab; ► wife of Mahlon, son of Elimelech, after the death of Mahlon she married Boaz and so became the mother of Obed and the great-grandmother of David

RUT 1:4 · RUT 1:14 · RUT 1:16 · RUT 1:22 · RUT 2:2 · RUT 2:8 · RUT 2:21 · RUT 2:22 · RUT 3:9 · RUT 4:5 · RUT 4:10 · RUT 4:13

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

רוּת n.pr.f. Ruth (for רְעוּת, i.e. friendship) base

Bible Occurrences (12)

1:4 1:14 1:16 1:22 2:2 2:8 2:21 2:22 3:9 4:5 4:10 4:13

Ruth 1:4

who took Moabite women as their wives, one named Orpah and the other named Ruth. And after they had lived in Moab about ten years,

Ruth 1:14

Again they wept aloud..., and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law {goodbye}, but Ruth clung to her.

Ruth 1:16

But Ruth replied: Do not urge me to leave you [or] to turn from following you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live; your people will be my people, and your God will be my God.

Ruth 1:22

So Naomi returned from the land of Moab with... her daughter-in-law Ruth the Moabitess. And they arrived in Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.

Ruth 2:2

And Ruth the Moabitess... said to Naomi, Please let me go into the fields and glean heads of grain after [someone] in whose sight I may find favor. Go ahead, my daughter, Naomi replied.

Ruth 2:8

Then Boaz said to Ruth, Listen, my daughter. Do not go and glean in another field, and do not go away from this [place], but stay here close to my servant girls.

Ruth 2:21

Then Ruth the Moabitess said, He also... told me,... Stay with my young men until... they have finished gathering all my harvest -.

Ruth 2:22

And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law Ruth, My daughter,... it is good for you to work with his young women, so that nothing will happen to you in another field.