Lexical Summary Rhouth: Ruth, a Moabitess and an ancestor of Christ Original Word: ῬούθTransliteration: Rhouth Phonetic Spelling: (hrooth) Part of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable Short Definition: Ruth, a Moabitess and an ancestor of Christ Meaning: Ruth -- a Moabitess and an ancestor of Christ Strong's Concordance Ruth. Of Hebrew origin (Ruwth); Ruth, a Moabitess -- Ruth. see HEBREW Ruwth Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4503: ΡουθΡουθ (in Josephus, Antiquities 5, 9, 2 Ρ᾽ουθη, Ρ᾽ουθης), ἡ (רוּת for רְעוּת, a female friend), Ruth, a Moabitish woman, one of the ancestors of king David, whose history is related in the canonical book bearing her name: Matthew 1:5. (B. D. under the word |
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