7327. Ruth

Strong's Lexicon

Ruth: Ruth

Original Word: רוּת
Part of Speech: Proper Name Feminine
Transliteration: Ruwth
Pronunciation: rooth
Phonetic Spelling: (rooth)
Definition: Ruth
Meaning: Ruth

Word Origin: Of uncertain derivation, possibly from the Hebrew root רְעִי (re'i), meaning "friend" or "companion."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - The Book of Ruth: The entire narrative is dedicated to her story, detailing her loyalty to her mother-in-law Naomi, her gleaning in the fields of Boaz, and her eventual marriage to Boaz, which secures her place in the lineage of David and ultimately Jesus Christ.

- Ruth 1:16-17 (BSB): "But Ruth replied, 'Do not urge me to leave you or to turn from following you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live; your people will be my people, and your God will be my God. Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD punish me, and ever so severely, if anything but death separates you and me.'"

10. Corresponding Strong's Greek Entries:

- G4503: Ῥούθ (Routh) - The Greek transliteration of Ruth, used in the genealogy of Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew (Matthew 1:5).

Usage: Ruth is a proper noun used as a personal name in the Hebrew Bible.

Cultural and Historical Background: It refers to a Moabite woman who becomes the great-grandmother of King David. Her account is a testament to loyalty, faith, and divine providence.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from raah
Definition
"friendship," a Moabite ancestress of David
NASB Translation
Ruth (12).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

רוּת proper name, feminine Ruth (for רְעוּת, i.e. friendship, Syriac , Thes Lag^{BN 84, 156; Or. ii. 41} Kö^{ii. 1. 481}); — Moabitess, ancestress of David, Ruth 1:4,14,16,22; Ruth 2:2,8,21,22; Ruth 3:9; Ruth 4:5,10,13; Ρουθ.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Ruth

Probably for r'uwth; friend; Ruth, a Moabitess -- Ruth.

see HEBREW r'uwth

Forms and Transliterations

וְר֖וּת וְר֨וּת ורות ר֑וּת ר֜וּת ר֣וּת ר֨וּת רוּת֙ רות Rut rūṯ veRut wə·rūṯ wərūṯ

Englishman's Concordance

Ruth 1:4
HEB: וְשֵׁ֥ם הַשֵּׁנִ֖ית ר֑וּת וַיֵּ֥שְׁבוּ שָׁ֖ם
NAS: of the other Ruth. And they lived
KJV: of the other Ruth: and they dwelled
INT: and the name of the other Ruth lived there

Ruth 1:14
HEB: עָרְפָּה֙ לַחֲמוֹתָ֔הּ וְר֖וּת דָּ֥בְקָה בָּֽהּ׃
NAS: her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung
KJV: her mother in law; but Ruth clave
INT: and Orpah her mother-in-law Ruth clung

Ruth 1:16
HEB: וַתֹּ֤אמֶר רוּת֙ אַל־ תִּפְגְּעִי־
NAS: But Ruth said, Do not urge
KJV: And Ruth said, Intreat
INT: said Ruth not urge

Ruth 1:22
HEB: וַתָּ֣שָׁב נָעֳמִ֗י וְר֨וּת הַמּוֹאֲבִיָּ֤ה כַלָּתָהּ֙
NAS: returned, and with her Ruth the Moabitess,
KJV: returned, and Ruth the Moabitess,
INT: returned Naomi her Ruth the Moabitess her daughter-in-law

Ruth 2:2
HEB: וַתֹּאמֶר֩ ר֨וּת הַמּוֹאֲבִיָּ֜ה אֶֽל־
NAS: And Ruth the Moabitess said
KJV: And Ruth the Moabitess said
INT: said and Ruth the Moabitess to

Ruth 2:8
HEB: בֹּ֨עַז אֶל־ ר֜וּת הֲל֧וֹא שָׁמַ֣עַתְּ
NAS: said to Ruth, Listen
KJV: Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest
INT: Boaz to Ruth carefully Listen

Ruth 2:21
HEB: וַתֹּ֖אמֶר ר֣וּת הַמּוֹאֲבִיָּ֑ה גַּ֣ם ׀
NAS: Then Ruth the Moabitess said,
KJV: And Ruth the Moabitess said,
INT: said Ruth the Moabitess Furthermore

Ruth 2:22
HEB: נָעֳמִ֖י אֶל־ ר֣וּת כַּלָּתָ֑הּ ט֣וֹב
NAS: said to Ruth her daughter-in-law,
KJV: said unto Ruth her daughter in law,
INT: Naomi to Ruth her daughter-in-law is good

Ruth 3:9
HEB: וַתֹּ֗אמֶר אָנֹכִי֙ ר֣וּת אֲמָתֶ֔ךָ וּפָרַשְׂתָּ֤
NAS: are you? And she answered, I am Ruth your maid.
KJV: Who [art] thou? And she answered, I [am] Ruth thine handmaid:
INT: answered I am Ruth your maid spread

Ruth 4:5
HEB: נָעֳמִ֑י וּ֠מֵאֵת ר֣וּת הַמּוֹאֲבִיָּ֤ה אֵֽשֶׁת־
NAS: you must also acquire Ruth the Moabitess,
KJV: thou must buy [it] also of Ruth the Moabitess,
INT: of Naomi for Ruth the Moabitess the widow

Ruth 4:10
HEB: וְגַ֣ם אֶת־ ר֣וּת הַמֹּאֲבִיָּה֩ אֵ֨שֶׁת
NAS: I have acquired Ruth the Moabitess,
KJV: Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife
INT: Moreover Ruth the Moabitess the widow

Ruth 4:13
HEB: בֹּ֤עַז אֶת־ רוּת֙ וַתְּהִי־ ל֣וֹ
NAS: took Ruth, and she became
KJV: took Ruth, and she was his wife:
INT: took Boaz Ruth became his wife

12 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 7327
12 Occurrences

rūṯ — 10 Occ.
wə·rūṯ — 2 Occ.