Ruth Synonyms

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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
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. Book of Ruth

Words Related to Ruth

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. liz
  2. angela
  3. jane
  4. sarah
  5. sally
  6. linda
  7. susan
  8. karen
  9. sheila
  10. sandra
  11. jenny
  12. rachel
  13. julia
  14. alison
  15. fiona

Ruth Sentence Examples

  • Like the stories appended to Judges (by a post-Deuteronomic hand) the book of Ruth connects itself with Bethlehem, the.

  • The Pentateuch, together with Joshua, Judges and Ruth, with which it is usually united in Greek MSS., makes up the Octateuch; the Pentateuch and Joshua together have recently been named the Hexateuch.

  • Ruth visits the cowshed to see how things are going but is despatched to rustle up some food.

  • In its present form this episode appears to be not very ancient; it resembles Ruth in giving a good deal of curious archaeological detail (the feast at Shiloh) in a form which suggests that the usages referred to were already obsolete when the narrative was composed.

  • The book, which is post-exilic, may therefore be grouped with another Midrash, the Book of Ruth, which also appears to represent a current of thought opposed to the exclusive spirit of Jewish legalism.

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