Ruth

Ruth

__NOTOC__Ruth (Hebrew: רוּת) is a common female given name, from Ruth the Moabite in the Book of Ruth, from the Hebrew for "compassion". Ruth can also refer to:

People

urname

* Babe Ruth (1895-1948), American baseball player
* Earl B. Ruth (1916-1989), American politician
* Elizabeth Ruth, Canadian novelist
* Kristin Ruth, American judge
* Nancy Ruth, Canadian politician
* Roy Del Ruth (1893−1961), American film director
* Ted Ruth, American hockey player
* Thomas Del Ruth (1942-), American cinematographer

Known by their given name

* Ruth Buzzi, comedienne and entertainer
* Princess Ruth (1826-1883), Hawaiian princess
* Ruth Langsford, British television presenter
* Ruth Westheimer, American author and sex therapist

Places

* Ruth, Nevada
* Ruth, North Carolina
* Ruth Island, artificial island off Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
* Ruth Lake Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada

Fictional characters

* Ruth (comics), archangel in the "Ghost Rider" comic book
* Ruth (dragon), dragon in Anne McCaffrey's "Dragonriders of Pern" novels

Other

* Book of Ruth, one of the books of the Hebrew Bible
* The Book of Ruth (novel)
* 798 Ruth, asteroid
* Ruth (band), American band out of Vancouver, Washington
* Ruth Ruth, American pop punk band
* Ruth (lunar crater), crater on the Moon
* Ruth (crater on Venus), crater on Venus
* Ruth (novel), novel by Elizabeth Gaskell
* Baby Ruth, candy bar
* "Citizen Ruth", 1996 movie about abortion in the United States
* Ruth's Chris Steak House, an American restaurant chain
* Ruth-Aaron pair, two consecutive integers for which the sums of the prime factors of each integer are equal

References


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  • Ruth — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Ruth o Rut (Hebreo: רוּת‎ Rut) es un nombre propio. Procede de Rut, una moabita del Libro de Rut, que en hebreo significa compañera. También puede referirse a: Contenido 1 Personas 1.1 Nombre de pila …   Wikipedia Español

  • Ruth — ist ein weiblicher Vorname: Ruth (Vorname) (Bedeutung, Liste der Namensträgerinnen) Ruth ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Babe Ruth (1895–1948), US amerikanischer Baseballspieler Earl B. Ruth (1916–1989), US amerikanischer Politiker… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Ruth — (r[udd]th), n. [From {Rue}, v.: cf. Icel. hrygg[eth], hryg[eth].] 1. Sorrow for the misery of another; pity; tenderness. [Poetic] They weep for ruth. Chaucer. Have ruth of the poor. Piers Plowman. [1913 Webster] To stir up gentle ruth, Both for… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Rüth — ist der Name des Ortsteils Rüth der Gemeinde Kall im Kreis Euskirchen und ist der Name folgender Personen Berthold Rüth (* 1958), deutscher Politiker (CSU) Georg Rüth (1880–1945), deutscher Bauingenieur Michael Rüth (* 1938), deutscher… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Ruth — Ruth,   Rut, biblische Gestalt; Hauptgestalt des gleichnamigen alttestamentlichen Buches. Im Mittelpunkt des in frühnachexilischer Zeit (4. Jahrhundert v. Chr.?) entstandenen Buches Ruth, einer kunstvoll erzählten Geschichte, steht die verwitwete …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Ruth — Ruth, ein erhabenes Beispiel frommen Glaubens und kindlicher Ergebenheit, die Tochter des Königs von Moab, Eglon genannt. – Als Ephrata von einer großen Hungersnoth heimgesucht ward, zogen Eli Melech, sein Weib Naemi und seine beiden Söhne in das …   Damen Conversations Lexikon

  • Ruth — 1 Ruth 2 Ruth 3 Ruth 4 …   The King James version of the Bible

  • Ruth B&B — (Skutskär,Швеция) Категория отеля: Адрес: Televägen 10, 814 31 Skutskär, Швеция …   Каталог отелей

  • Ruth — Ruth, NC U.S. town in North Carolina Population (2000): 329 Housing Units (2000): 155 Land area (2000): 0.438794 sq. miles (1.136471 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.438794 sq. miles (1.136471… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Ruth, NC — U.S. town in North Carolina Population (2000): 329 Housing Units (2000): 155 Land area (2000): 0.438794 sq. miles (1.136471 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.438794 sq. miles (1.136471 sq. km)… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Ruth — f Biblical: name (of uncertain derivation) of a Moabite woman who left her own people to remain with her mother in law Naomi, and afterwards became the wife of Boaz and an ancestress of David. Her story is told in the book of the Bible that bears …   First names dictionary

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