In the Bible, a Moabite widow who left home with her mother-in-law and went to Bethlehem, where she later married Boaz.
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"the great-grandmother of king David whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament"
"a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others"
"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"