Meaning
Boaz (fleetness).
1. A wealthy Bethlehemite kinsman to Elimelech the husband of Naomi. He married Ruth, and redeemed the estates of her deceased husband Mahlon. (Ruth 4:1) Boaz is mentioned in the genealogy of Christ, (Matthew 1:5) (B.C. 1250, but there is great difficulty in assigning his date.)
2. The name of one of Solomon’s brazen pillars erected in the temple porch. [JACHIN ] It stood on the left, and was eighteen cubits high. (1Kings 7:15; 21; 2Chronicles 3:15; Jeremiah 52:21)
