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Ruth 3

Ruth 3:7 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And when Boaz
Bo`az (Hebrew #1162)
Boaz, the ancestor of David; also the name of a pillar in front of the temple
KJV usage: Boaz.
Pronounce: bo'-az
Origin: from an unused root of uncertain meaning
had eaten
'akal (Hebrew #398)
to eat (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: X at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, X freely, X in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, X quite.
Pronounce: aw-kal'
Origin: a primitive root
and drunk
shathah (Hebrew #8354)
to imbibe (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: X assuredly, banquet, X certainly, drink(-er, -ing), drunk (X -ard), surely. (Prop. intensive of 8248.)
Pronounce: shaw-thaw'
Origin: a primitive root
, and his heart
leb (Hebrew #3820)
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
KJV usage: + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom.
Pronounce: labe
Origin: a form of 3824
was merry
yatab (Hebrew #3190)
to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)
KJV usage: be accepted, amend, use aright, benefit, be (make) better, seem best, make cheerful, be comely, + be content, diligent(-ly), dress, earnestly, find favour, give, be glad, do (be, make) good((-ness)), be (make) merry, please (+ well), shew more (kindness), skilfully, X very small, surely, make sweet, thoroughly, tire, trim, very, be (can, deal, entreat, go, have) well (said, seen).
Pronounce: yaw-tab'
Origin: a primitive root
k, he went
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
to lie down
shakab (Hebrew #7901)
to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
KJV usage: X at all, cast down, ((lover-))lay (self) (down), (make to) lie (down, down to sleep, still with), lodge, ravish, take rest, sleep, stay.
Pronounce: shaw-kab'
Origin: a primitive root
at the end
qatseh (Hebrew #7097)
from 7096; an extremity (used in a great variety of applications and idioms; compare 7093)
KJV usage: X after, border, brim, brink, edge, end, (in-)finite, frontier, outmost coast, quarter, shore, (out-)side, X some, ut(-ter-)most (part).
Pronounce: kaw-tseh'
Origin: or (negative only) qetseh {kay'-tseh}
of the heap of corn
`arem (Hebrew #6194)
from 6192; a heap; specifically, a sheaf
KJV usage: heap (of corn), sheaf.
Pronounce: aw-rame'
Origin: (Jer. 50:26 or (feminine) aremah {ar-ay-maw'}
: and she came
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
softly
lat (Hebrew #3909)
properly, covered, i.e. secret; by implication, incantation; also secrecy or (adverb) covertly
KJV usage: enchantment, privily, secretly, softly.
Pronounce: lawt
Origin: a form of 3814 or else participle from 3874
, and uncovered
galah (Hebrew #1540)
to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal
KJV usage: + advertise, appear, bewray, bring, (carry, lead, go) captive (into captivity), depart, disclose, discover, exile, be gone, open, X plainly, publish, remove, reveal, X shamelessly, shew, X surely, tell, uncover.
Pronounce: gaw-law'
Origin: a primitive root
his feet
marglah (Hebrew #4772)
(plural for collective) a footpiece, i.e. (adverbially) at the foot, or (direct.) the foot itself
KJV usage: feet. Compare 4763.
Pronounce: mar-ghel-aw'
Origin: denominative from 7272
, and laid her down
shakab (Hebrew #7901)
to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
KJV usage: X at all, cast down, ((lover-))lay (self) (down), (make to) lie (down, down to sleep, still with), lodge, ravish, take rest, sleep, stay.
Pronounce: shaw-kab'
Origin: a primitive root
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Judg. 19:6,9,22• 6And they sat down, and ate and drank, both of them together. And the damsel's father said to the man, Be content, I pray thee, and pass the night, and let thy heart be glad.
9And the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant; and his father-in-law, the damsel's father, said to him, Behold now, the day draws toward evening—I pray you stay all night; behold, the day is declining, lodge here, and let thy heart be merry; and tomorrow get you early on your way, that thou mayest go to thy tent.
22They were making their hearts merry, when behold, the men of the city, sons of Belial, surrounded the house, beating at the door; and they spoke to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man that came into thy house, that we may know him.
(Judg. 19:6,9,22)
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2 Sam. 13:28• 28And Absalom commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, Smite Amnon; then slay him, fear not: have not I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant. (2 Sam. 13:28)
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Esther 1:10• 10On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Me-human, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that ministered in the presence of Ahasuerus the king, (Esther 1:10)
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Eccl. 8:15• 15Then I commended mirth,{HR}Because a man hath no better thing under the sun,{HR}Than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry:{HR}For that shall abide with him in his labour the days of his life{HR}Which God hath given him under the sun. (Eccl. 8:15)
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Eccl. 9:7• 7Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy,{HR}And drink thy wine with a merry heart;{HR}For God hath already accepted thy works. (Eccl. 9:7)
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Eccl. 10:19• 19A feast is made for laughter,{HR}And wine maketh glad the life;{HR}And money answereth all things. (Eccl. 10:19)

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Gen. 43:34• 34And he took messes for them from before him; but Benjamin's mess was five times as much as any of theirs. And they drank and drank largely with him. (Gen. 43:34)
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Judg. 16:25• 25And it came to pass when their hearts were merry that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison house; and he made them sport: and they set him between the pillars. (Judg. 16:25)
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Judg. 19:6,9,22• 6And they sat down, and ate and drank, both of them together. And the damsel's father said to the man, Be content, I pray thee, and pass the night, and let thy heart be glad.
9And the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant; and his father-in-law, the damsel's father, said to him, Behold now, the day draws toward evening—I pray you stay all night; behold, the day is declining, lodge here, and let thy heart be merry; and tomorrow get you early on your way, that thou mayest go to thy tent.
22They were making their hearts merry, when behold, the men of the city, sons of Belial, surrounded the house, beating at the door; and they spoke to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man that came into thy house, that we may know him.
(Judg. 19:6,9,22)
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2 Sam. 13:28• 28And Absalom commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, Smite Amnon; then slay him, fear not: have not I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant. (2 Sam. 13:28)
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Esther 1:10• 10On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Me-human, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that ministered in the presence of Ahasuerus the king, (Esther 1:10)
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Psa. 104:15• 15And wine that gladdeneth man's heart,{HR}To make [his] face shine with oil;{HR}And bread upholdeth man's heart. (Psa. 104:15)
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Eccl. 2:24• 24[There] is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink,{HR}And make his soul enjoy good in his labour.{HR}This also I saw, that it [is] from the hand of God. (Eccl. 2:24)
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Eccl. 3:12‑13• 12I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice,{HR}And to do good so long as they live;
13And also, that every man should eat and drink,{HR}And enjoy good in all his labour, is the gift of God.
(Eccl. 3:12‑13)
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Eccl. 8:15• 15Then I commended mirth,{HR}Because a man hath no better thing under the sun,{HR}Than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry:{HR}For that shall abide with him in his labour the days of his life{HR}Which God hath given him under the sun. (Eccl. 8:15)
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Eccl. 9:7• 7Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy,{HR}And drink thy wine with a merry heart;{HR}For God hath already accepted thy works. (Eccl. 9:7)
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Eccl. 10:19• 19A feast is made for laughter,{HR}And wine maketh glad the life;{HR}And money answereth all things. (Eccl. 10:19)
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1 Cor. 10:31• 31Whether then ye eat or drink or do anything, do all things unto God's glory. (1 Cor. 10:31)
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Eph. 5:18• 18And be not drunk with wine, in which is dissoluteness, but be filled with [the] Spirit, (Eph. 5:18)
went to lie.Such was the simplicity of those early times, that the most wealthy persons looked after their own affairs, both at home and in the field.
These threshing-floors were covered at top to keep off the rain, but lay open on all sides, that the wind might come in freely, for winnowing the corn; which being done, it is probable they were shut up at night, with doors fitted to them, that if any one lay there he might be kept warm, and the corn be secured from robbers.

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Boaz ate and drank, and his heart was merry, and he went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn. Then she went softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid herself down.

W. Kelly Translation

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And Boaz ate and drank, and his heart was merry, and he went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn. Then she went softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid herself down.

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)