רוּת
Rûwth · rooth
Ruth, a Moabitess
Lexicon
Derivation: probably for H7468 (רְעוּת); friend;
Ruth, a Moabitess
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Ruth.
Letters
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the head, the highest › to fasten and establish › the mark, the covenant sign
The head, the highest that works to fasten and establish of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רוּת above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
12 occurrences · 12 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and ruth4 · 33%
- ruth2 · 17%
- unto ruth2 · 17%
- but ruth1 · 8%
- i am ruth1 · 8%
- it also of ruth1 · 8%
- moreover ruth1 · 8%
Where it is used, by book.
- Ruth12
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.