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Ruth 2

Ruth 2:23 KJV (With Strong’s)

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So she keptz fast
dabaq (Hebrew #1692)
properly, to impinge, i.e. cling or adhere; figuratively, to catch by pursuit
KJV usage: abide fast, cleave (fast together), follow close (hard after), be joined (together), keep (fast), overtake, pursue hard, stick, take.
Pronounce: daw-bak'
Origin: a primitive root
by the maidens
na`arah (Hebrew #5291)
a girl (from infancy to adolescence)
KJV usage: damsel, maid(-en), young (woman).
Pronounce: nah-ar-aw'
Origin: feminine of 5288
of 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
to glean
laqat (Hebrew #3950)
properly, to pick up, i.e. (generally) to gather; specifically, to glean
KJV usage: gather (up), glean.
Pronounce: law-kat'
Origin: a primitive root
unto the end
kalah (Hebrew #3615)
to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)
KJV usage: accomplish, cease, consume (away), determine, destroy (utterly), be (when ... were) done, (be an) end (of), expire, (cause to) fail, faint, finish, fulfil, X fully, X have, leave (off), long, bring to pass, wholly reap, make clean riddance, spend, quite take away, waste.
Pronounce: kaw-law'
Origin: a primitive root
of barley
s`orah (Hebrew #8184)
and (masculine meaning the grain); also s or {seh-ore'}; or s-owr {seh-ore'}; from 8175 in the sense of roughness; barley (as villose)
KJV usage: barley.
Pronounce: seh-o-raw'
Origin: or snowrah {seh-o-raw'} (feminine meaning the plant)
harvest
qatsiyr (Hebrew #7105)
severed, i.e. harvest (as reaped), the crop, the time, the reaper, or figuratively; also a limb (of a tree, or simply foliage)
KJV usage: bough, branch, harvest (man).
Pronounce: kaw-tseer'
Origin: from 7114
and of wheat
chittah (Hebrew #2406)
wheat, whether the grain or the plant
KJV usage: wheat(-en).
Pronounce: khit-taw'
Origin: of uncertain derivation
harvest
qatsiyr (Hebrew #7105)
severed, i.e. harvest (as reaped), the crop, the time, the reaper, or figuratively; also a limb (of a tree, or simply foliage)
KJV usage: bough, branch, harvest (man).
Pronounce: kaw-tseer'
Origin: from 7114
; and dwelt
yashab (Hebrew #3427)
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
KJV usage: (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, X fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, X marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(- tle), (down-)sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
Pronounce: yaw-shab'
Origin: a primitive root
with her mother in law
chamowth (Hebrew #2545)
feminine of 2524; a mother-in-law
KJV usage: mother in law.
Pronounce: kham-oth'
Origin: or (shortened) chamoth {kham-oth'}
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Prov. 13:20• 20He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed. (Prov. 13:20)
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1 Cor. 15:33• 33Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners. (1 Cor. 15:33)

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Barley,
Boaz,
Gleaning,
Harvest,
Mother,
Wheat

Cross References

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Prov. 6:6‑8• 6Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
 7Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
 8Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. (Prov. 6:6‑8)
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Prov. 13:1,20• 1A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
 20He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed. (Prov. 13:1,20)
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1 Cor. 15:33• 33Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners. (1 Cor. 15:33)
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Eph. 6:1‑3• 1Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
 2Honor thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)
 3That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth. (Eph. 6:1‑3)

J. N. Darby Translation

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So she kept with the maidens of Boaz to glean, until the end of the barley-harvest and of the wheat-harvest. And she dwelt with her mother-in-law.