Ruth Definition

ro͝oth
noun
Pity; compassion.
Webster's New World
Sorrow; grief; remorse.
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A Moabite widow deeply devoted to her mother-in-law, Naomi, for whom she left her own people to later become the wife of Boaz of Bethlehem.
Webster's New World
The book that tells her story.
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(archaic) Sorrow for the misery of another; pity, compassion; mercy. [from 13th c.]

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pronoun
A female given name.
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A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.

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Ruth the Moabite, around whom the text centers.

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Origin of Ruth

  • Middle English ruthe, reowthe, corresponding to rue +"Ž -th, perhaps after early Scandinavian (compare Old Norse hrygð, hryggð (“ruth, sorrow")). Compare rue.

    From Wiktionary

  • From Ruth the Moabite, Hebrew רות, of uncertain origin, possibly meaning "companion". Also associated with the English noun ruth by Puritans.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English ruthe from Old Norse hrygdh (influenced by Old English hrēow sorrow, regret)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Hebrew or Moabite Rût rwy in Semitic roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Ruth Sentence Examples

  • Like the stories appended to Judges (by a post-Deuteronomic hand) the book of Ruth connects itself with Bethlehem, the.

  • The Pentateuch, together with Joshua, Judges and Ruth, with which it is usually united in Greek MSS., makes up the Octateuch; the Pentateuch and Joshua together have recently been named the Hexateuch.

  • In its present form this episode appears to be not very ancient; it resembles Ruth in giving a good deal of curious archaeological detail (the feast at Shiloh) in a form which suggests that the usages referred to were already obsolete when the narrative was composed.

  • The book, which is post-exilic, may therefore be grouped with another Midrash, the Book of Ruth, which also appears to represent a current of thought opposed to the exclusive spirit of Jewish legalism.

  • Called to Paris in 1640 to assist Le Jay in the preparation of his polyglot Bible, he contributed to that work the Arabic and Latin versions of the book of Ruth and the Arabic version of the third book of Maccabees.

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