Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:
(lovely). (1) The Bethlehemite who married Ruth (Book of Ruth; Matt. 1:5). (2) A brazen pillar in the porch of Solomon’s temple (1 Kings 7:21; 2 Chron. 3:17; Jer. 52:21).
Concise Bible Dictionary:
A wealthy Bethlehemite of the tribe of Judah, who married Ruth the Moabitess and was great grandfather of David (Ruth 2-4; Chron. 2:11-12; Matt. 1:5; Luke 3:32). Boaz is a type of Christ who in a future day will raise up the name of the dead in Israel through the returned but desolate remnant.
Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:
in him is strength