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BOOK OF RUTH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
Book of Ruth; Ruth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Instance hypernyms:
book (a major division of a long written composition)
Holonyms ("Book of Ruth" is a part of...):
Old Testament (the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible)
Hagiographa; Ketubim; Writings (the third of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures)
