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Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Boaz Means Piller

Boaz's Name Means Pillar


\ Boaz is of Hebrew origin. Possibly "swiftness" or "strength like a pillar." Biblical: names of several characters, including the second husband of Ruth, who treats her generously. Revived by the Puritans and occasionally used in England in the 17th and 18th centuries. Now, it's very rare. Sometimes used in Jewish families.

The story is under construction at this time but is in process.

The story of Boaz and Ruth.

Boaz’s name in Hebrew: a pillar of strength – and became the Bridegroom of Ruth – Isaiah the prophet wrote, “For your Maker is your husband, the LORD Almighty is His name” (Isa. 54:5). Let’s look further, God protected the Israelites in the desert from the Egyptians by becoming a pillar of fire. The Lord protected Israel since their heritage was one day to produce the coming King Jesus. Boaz protected Ruth the Moabite from molestation by the farm hands.

God protected Israel, and Boaz represented redemption as the kinsman redeemer for Ruth the Moabite. Later, Jesus became the kingsman redeemer for all mankind through that bloodline.

Going further, King Solomon named one of the pillars of the temple Boaz.  The entrance to God was going through the door, first passing the pillars.

The Jachin pillar (meaning Yah establishes) is King Solomon, and the Boaz pillar (meaning strength) is King David. These two were Israel’s most illustrious kings and were primarily responsible for planning and/or building the Jewish Temple. Both kings are messianic figures. All that follows is explanatory.

To find the relation between the names of the pillars and these two kings, we must travel an additional route. For a description of the pillars, see 1 Kings 7:15 - 22 and 2 Chronicles 3:16, 17.

In I Chronicles 17:1, King David expresses a desire to build God a house (temple), but the Lord gently declines the offer, v.3, telling him that, instead, his son (Solomon) will build it and through his son, David’s dynasty and kingdom will be “established,” a word used five time in vs. 17:9 - 14 in the Jewish Publication Society’s Tanakh, and five more in 2 Samuel  7:10 -16. Therefore, Solomon is the establisher.

Solomon made various Temple vessels, including the twin bronze pillars Jachin and Boaz.  The name Cun is etymologically related to Jachin (Yakin). Cun means establish or stand upright, while Jachin (Yakin, Yah-kin) means Yah establishes. Yah is a contraction for Yahweh, God’s name. Hence, establish links Cun, Jachin, and Solomon, who was also named Jedidyah, beloved of Yah . If so, is Tibbath also possibly linked to David?


Traci Morin
Touch of God International Ministries of Healing and Deliverance - A Christian Healing and Deliverance Ministry - Setting the Captives Free from bondages