Boaz
    alacrity. (1.) 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). He was a kinsman of Mahlon, her first
    husband.

      (2.) The name given (for what reason is unknown) to one of the
    two (the other was called Jachin) brazen pillars which Solomon
    erected in the court of the temple (1 Kings 7:21; 2 Chr. 3:17).
    These pillars were broken up and carried to Babylon by
    Nebuchadnezzar.



 Boaz, or Booz, in strength