{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H1162",
  "lemma": "בֹּעַז",
  "transliteration": "Bôʻaz",
  "definition": "Boaz, the ancestor of David; also the name of a pillar in front of the temple",
  "kjv": "Boaz.",
  "occurrences": 24,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "בֹּ֫עַז n.pr.m. (quickness?)—",
    "1. kinsman of Naomi, who married Ruth",
    "2. name of the left hand of two pillars set up before temple"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "1 Kings 7:21",
      "text": "He set up the pillars at the porch of the temple. He set up the right pillar and called its name Jachin; and he set up…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/7?v=21"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ruth 2:1",
      "text": "Naomi had a relative of her husband’s, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech, and his name was Boaz.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ruth/2?v=1"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ruth 2:3",
      "text": "She went, and came and gleaned in the field after the reapers; and she happened to come to the portion of the field…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ruth/2?v=3"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ruth 2:4",
      "text": "Behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said to the reapers, “May the LORD be with you.” They answered him, “May the LORD…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ruth/2?v=4"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ruth 2:5",
      "text": "Then Boaz said to his servant who was set over the reapers, “Whose young lady is this?”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ruth/2?v=5"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ruth 2:8",
      "text": "Then Boaz said to Ruth, “Listen, my daughter. Don’t go to glean in another field, and don’t go from here, but stay here…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ruth/2?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ruth 2:11",
      "text": "Boaz answered her, “I have been told all about what you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ruth/2?v=11"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ruth 2:14",
      "text": "At meal time Boaz said to her, “Come here, and eat some bread, and dip your morsel in the vinegar.” She sat beside the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ruth/2?v=14"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ruth 2:15",
      "text": "When she had risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, “Let her glean even among the sheaves, and don’t…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ruth/2?v=15"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ruth 2:19",
      "text": "Her mother-in-law said to her, “Where have you gleaned today? Where have you worked? Blessed be he who noticed you.”…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ruth/2?v=19"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H1162",
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}