ruth

Noun
  1. United States professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948) (synset 111296090)
    is an instance of: ballplayer, baseball player - an athlete who plays baseball
    same as: babe ruth, george herman ruth, sultan of swat
  2. The great-grandmother of king David whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament (synset 111295942)
    is an instance of: married woman, wife - a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
  3. A feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others (synset 107569430)
    "the blind are too often objects of pity"
    is a type of: fellow feeling, sympathy - sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish)
    same as: commiseration, pathos, pity
  4. 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 (synset 106446038)
    is an instance of: book - a major division of a long written composition
    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
    same as: book of ruth

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