Word 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.