Word 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
.)