BOOK OF RUTH
Dictionary entry overview: What does Book of Ruth mean? • BOOK OF RUTH (noun)
The noun BOOK OF RUTH has 1 sense:
1. a book of the Old Testament that tells the story of Ruth who was not an Israelite but who married an Israelite and who stayed with her mother-in-law Naomi after her husband died
Familiarity information: BOOK OF RUTH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BOOK OF RUTH (noun)
Meaning:
A book of the Old Testament that tells the story of Ruth who was not an Israelite but who married an Israelite and who stayed with her mother-in-law Naomi after her husband died
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
Book of Ruth; Ruth
Instance hypernyms:
book (a major division of a long written composition)
Holonyms ("Book of Ruth" is a part of...):
Old Testament (the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible)
Hagiographa; Ketubim; Writings (the third of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures)
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