Person of Interest

    Boaz

    meaning: or Booz

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Dictionary Summary: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](/ruth#Ruth.4.1)). He was a kinsman of Mahlon, her first husband. 2


Father

    Salmon

    meaning: peaceable; perfect; he that rewards

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Mother

    Rachab

    meaning: same as Rahab

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Partners

    Ruth

    meaning: drunk; satisfied

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Children

    Obed

    meaning: a servant; workman

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Cross References
BookCross-References
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 
1Kgs
    7.21 
1Chr
    2.11 2.12 
2Chr
    3.17 
Matt
    1.5 
Luke
    3.32 

Figure1:  A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages   (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.) 

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      Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0. 

      2

      M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0. 

      3

      Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.