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• Boaz — ( [ bəʊæz] ; Heb. בועז) is a major figure in The Book of Ruth in the Bible.Boaz in the Bible He was a rich landowner who noticed Ruth the widowed Moabite daughter in law of Naomi, a relative of his, gleaning grain from his fields. He soon learns… …   Wikipedia

• Boaz — steht für: Boaz (Vorname), männlicher Vorname hebräischer Herkunft Boaz ist der Name mehrerer Orte in den Vereinigten Staaten: Boaz (Alabama) Boaz (Illinois) Boaz (Kentucky) Boaz (Missouri) Boaz (New Mexico) Boaz (Virginia) Boaz (West Virginia)… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• BOAZ — (Heb. בֹּעַז), the son of Salmah, great grandfather of King David. Boaz was descended from Nahshon, the son of Amminadab (Ruth 4:20–22; I Chron. 2:10–15), prince of the tribe of Judah in the generation of the wilderness (Num. 1:7). He lived in… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Boaz — Boaz, AL U.S. city in Alabama Population (2000): 7411 Housing Units (2000): 3468 Land area (2000): 12.195238 sq. miles (31.585519 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.055415 sq. miles (0.143525 sq. km) Total area (2000): 12.250653 sq. miles (31.729044 sq …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

• Boaz, AL — U.S. city in Alabama Population (2000): 7411 Housing Units (2000): 3468 Land area (2000): 12.195238 sq. miles (31.585519 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.055415 sq. miles (0.143525 sq. km) Total area (2000): 12.250653 sq. miles (31.729044 sq. km)… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

• Boaz, WI — U.S. village in Wisconsin Population (2000): 137 Housing Units (2000): 67 Land area (2000): 0.357484 sq. miles (0.925880 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.357484 sq. miles (0.925880 sq. km) FIPS… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

• Boaz, WV — U.S. Census Designated Place in West Virginia Population (2000): 1345 Housing Units (2000): 554 Land area (2000): 3.710809 sq. miles (9.610951 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.816564 sq. miles (2.114891 sq. km) Total area (2000): 4.527373 sq. miles… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

• Boaz — [bō′az΄] n. [Heb boaz, lit., swiftness] Bible Ruth s second husband: Ruth 4:13 …   English World dictionary

• Boaz — m Biblical: Hebrew name of uncertain origin, perhaps meaning ‘swiftness’. In the Bible it is borne by a distant kinsman of Ruth who treats her generously and eventually marries her. The given name was in occasional use in England in the 17th and… …   First names dictionary

• Boaz — Un tableau de Rembrandt représentant Boas et Ruth. Boaz, de l hébreu בועז bô az « en lui (est) la force », est un personnage du Livre de Ruth. Historique Riche propriétaire terrien de Bethléem, il est fils de Salmôn et Rahab …   Wikipédia en Français

• Boaz — (fl. 12th cent, BCE)    Israelite landowner, husband of Ruth. When Ruth came to glean in his fields, Boaz saw and admired her devotion to her widowed mother in law Naomi. As a kinsman of Elimelech (Ruth s father in law), Boaz undertook to marry… …   Dictionary of Jewish Biography