People of the Bible
Boaz
also called Booz · Genealogy of Jesus · Tribe of Judah
Family
Easton’s Bible Dictionary
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.
From M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1893), in the public domain.
Named in 24 verses
- Ruth
- 2:1, 2:3, 2:4, 2:5, 2:8, 2:11, 2:14, 2:15, 2:19, 2:23, 3:2, 3:7, 4:1, 4:5, 4:8, 4:9, 4:13, 4:21
- 1 Kings
- 7:21
- 1 Chronicles
- 2:11, 2:12
- 2 Chronicles
- 3:17
- Matthew
- 1:5
- Luke
- 3:32
The family, dates and events on this page come from Theographic, a knowledge graph of the Bible by Robert Rouse, used and shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. It is a work in progress, and its dates follow one reconstruction of biblical chronology among several. The dictionary article above is separately in the public domain.