1. (

• Ruth ,
• Babe_Ruth ,
• George_Herman_Ruth ,
• Sultan_of_Swat

) United States professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948) ;

2. (

• Ruth ,

) the great-grandmother of king David whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament ;

3. (

• commiseration ,
• pity ,
• ruth ,
• pathos

) a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others; "the blind are too often objects of pity" ;

4. (

• Ruth ,
• Book_of_Ruth

) 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 ;