Ruth
Biblical character described in the Book of Ruth as a woman from Moab who, after the death of her husband, refused to abandon her widowed mother-in-law Naomi, accompanying her back to Naomi's home town of Bethlehem. Her loyalty was rewarded when Naomi managed to arrange Ruth's marriage to Boaz, a wealthy kinsman of Naomi's deceased husband, and their son was said to be the grandfather of David.
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The name Ruth can refer to:
The Book of Ruth, one of the books of the Hebrew Bible. Ruth, an archangel appearing in the Marvel Comics Ghost Rider series. Baby Ruth, a candy bar. Babe Ruth, nickname of the famed baseball player George Herman Ruth. Ruth, a novel by Elizabeth Gaskell. A name meaning friend or compassion. Citizen Ruth is a 1996 motion picture about the abortion issue in US. Ruth is a dragon in Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern novels. Ruth Simmons, 18th President of Brown University, is affectionately referred to as "Ruth" by many students. Ruth is a band out of Vancouver, Washington.
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