Lexical Summary Ruth: "friendship", a Moabite ancestress of David Original Word: רוּתTransliteration: Ruth Phonetic Spelling: (rooth) Part of Speech: Proper Name Feminine Short Definition: "friendship", a Moabite ancestress of David Meaning: Ruth -- "friendship", a Moabite ancestress of David Strong's Concordance Ruth Probably for r'uwth; friend; Ruth, a Moabitess -- Ruth. see HEBREW r'uwth Brown-Driver-Briggs H7327. Ruth רוּת proper name, feminine Ruth (for רְעוּת, i.e. friendship, Syriac , Thes LagBN 84, 156; Or. ii. 41 Köii. 1. 481); — Moabitess, ancestress of David, Ruth 1:4, 14, 16, 22; 2:2, 8, 21, 22; 3:9; 4:5, 10, 13; Ρουθ. |
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