Ῥούθ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Hebrew רות.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ruθ/ → /ruθ/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /rutʰ/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ruθ/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ruθ/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ruθ/

Proper noun

Ῥούθ • (Rhoúth) f (indeclinable) (Koine)

1. Ruth
   • 70 CE – 110 CE, The Gospel of Matthew 1:5:

     Σαλμὼν δὲ ἐγέννησεν τὸν Βόες ἐκ τῆς Ῥαχάβ· Βόες δὲ ἐγέννησεν τὸν Ἰωβὴδ ἐκ τῆς Ῥούθ· Ἰωβὴδ δὲ ἐγέννησεν τὸν Ἰεσσαί·

     Salmṑn dè egénnēsen tòn Bóes ek tês Rhakháb; Bóes dè egénnēsen tòn Iōbḕd ek tês Rhoúth; Iōbḕd dè egénnēsen tòn Iessaí;

     Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth, Obed the father of Jesse,

Inflection

Declension of ἡ Ῥούθ; τῆς Ῥούθ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ῥούθ hē Rhoúth
Genitive	τῆς Ῥούθ tês Rhoúth
Dative	τῇ Ῥούθ têi Rhoúth
Accusative	τὴν Ῥούθ tḕn Rhoúth
Vocative	Ῥούθ Rhoúth
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Ρουθ (Routh)
• Latin: Ruth

References

• G4503 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible