Person
Boaz
בֹּעַז
In him is strength. Kinsman-redeemer of Ruth.
Related
Boaz is the kinsman-redeemer who marries Ruth. He stands in the line from Perez to David and Yahshua.
View Line of Christ
Matthew and Luke both frame a genealogy around Joseph, yet the names differ after David (Solomon in Matthew, Nathan in Luke). Scripture does not explain the difference. Common theories: (1) Matthew gives the legal/royal line and Luke another kinship line (blood, adoption, or levirate), both tied to Joseph; (2) one list is Joseph’s and Luke’s is Mary’s, with Joseph named because Yahshua was “as was supposed” his son (Luke 3:23)—a reading Luke never states outright; (3) both are Joseph’s by different reckonings (for example legal father and biological father). The chains below follow each Gospel as written.
Line of Christ (Matthew)
From Adam to Yahshua. Genesis carries the line to Abraham; Matthew’s genealogy carries it from Abraham to Yahshua through David and Solomon, ending at Joseph the husband of Mary.
- Adam
- Seth
- Enosh
- Kenan
- Mahalalel
- Jared
- Enoch
- Methuselah
- Lamech
- Noah
- Shem
- Arphaxad
- Shelah
- Eber
- Peleg
- Reu
- Serug
- Nahor
- Terah
- Abraham
- Isaac
- Jacob
- Judah
- Perez
- Hezron
- Ram
- Amminadab
- Nahshon
- Salmon
- Boaz
- Obed
- Jesse
- David
- Solomon
- Rehoboam
- Abijah
- Asa
- Jehoshaphat
- Joram
- Uzziah
- Jotham
- Ahaz
- Hezekiah
- Manasseh
- Amon
- Josiah
- Jeconiah
- Shealtiel
- Zerubbabel
- Abiud
- Eliakim
- Azor
- Zadok
- Akim
- Eliud
- Eleazar
- Matthan
- Jacob (father of Joseph)
- Joseph (husband of Mary)
- Yahshua
Line of Christ (Luke)
Luke 3:23–38 as written: from Yahshua, “the son (as was supposed) of Joseph,” back through Heli and Nathan son of David to Adam. The names after David differ from Matthew.
- Adam
- Seth
- Enosh
- Kenan
- Mahalalel
- Jared
- Enoch
- Methuselah
- Lamech
- Noah
- Shem
- Arphaxad
- Cainan
- Shelah
- Eber
- Peleg
- Reu
- Serug
- Nahor
- Terah
- Abraham
- Isaac
- Jacob
- Judah
- Perez
- Hezron
- Aram
- Amminadab
- Nahshon
- Salmon
- Boaz
- Obed
- Jesse
- David
- Nathan
- Mattatha
- Menan
- Melea
- Eliakim
- Jonan
- Joseph
- Judah
- Simeon
- Levi
- Matthat
- Jorim
- Eliezer
- Jose
- Er
- Elmodam
- Cosam
- Addi
- Melchi
- Neri
- Shealtiel
- Zerubbabel
- Rhesa
- Joanan
- Judah
- Joseph
- Semein
- Mattathias
- Maath
- Naggai
- Esli
- Nahum
- Amos
- Mattathias
- Joseph
- Jannai
- Melchi
- Levi
- Matthat
- Heli
- Joseph (as was supposed)
- Yahshua
Strong’s
Strong’s dictionaries compiled by Open Scriptures, used under CC-BY-SA 4.0.
בֹּעַז H1162
Bôʻaz · bo'-az
Boaz, the ancestor of David; also the name of a pillar in front of the temple
Brown-Driver-Briggs
Francis Brown, S. R. Driver, and Charles A. Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906). Public-domain digital text.
בֹּ֫עַז H1162
בֹּ֫עַז proper name, masculine (quickness ?) — 1. kinsman of Naomi, who married Ruth Ruth 2:1; Ruth 2:3; Ruth 2:4; Ruth 2:5; Ruth 2:8; Ruth 2:11; Ruth 2:14; Ruth 2:15; Ruth 2:19; Ruth 2:23; Ruth 3:2; Ruth 3:7; Ruth 4:1 (twice in verse); Ruth 4:5; Ruth 4:8; Ruth 4:9; Ruth 4:13 also vRuth 4:21 (twice in verse); 1Chr 2:11; 1Chr 2:12 (ᵐ5 Βοος, Βοοζ).
2. name of the left hand of two pillars set up before temple (compare also יָכִין below כון) 1Kgs 7:21 = 2Chr 3:17 (meaning obscure; ᵑ0 apparently reference to 1, compare ᵑ7 2Chr 3:17 Thes supposes name of architect or donor; Ew perhaps sons of Solomon, etc.; read possibly בְּעֹז in strength, ᵐ5 2Chr 3:17 ἰσχύς; Th thinks יכין בעז a sentence, one word being engraved on each pillar, he (God) establisheth in strength; against him, however, Ke Be; Öttli thinks an exclamation, in strength ! expressing satisfaction of architect; Klo proposes for בעז, בַּעַל עֹז (compare B 1Kgs 7:21 Βαλαζ)).