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Boaz
[ boh-az ]
noun
- (in the Bible) the husband of Ruth.
Boaz
/ ˈbəʊæz /
noun
- Old Testament a kinsman of Naomi, who married her daughter-in-law Ruth (Ruth 2–4); one of David's ancestors
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The blood of the daring children of the wilderness flowed in the veins of those who descended from Boaz.
The old story of Boaz and Ruth grew beneath his hands into a delicious idyll of country life.
The twin pillars Jachin and Boaz bear witness to this truth.
Accidentally, so far as related to herself, Ruth went and gleaned in the field of Boaz; but she was guided by an invisible hand.
Boaz may be exhibited as a specimen of that prudential charity which should always regulate our distributions.
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