This word comes from the name of Hamath.
Definition
a primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
Traditional renderings: abide, apply, attain, × be, befall, besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, × certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, × doubtless again, eat, employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, have, × indeed, (in-) vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, × (well) stricken (in age), × surely, take (in), way.
Traditional renderings: abide, apply, attain, × be, befall, besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, × certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, × doubtless again, eat, employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, have, × indeed, (in-) vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, × (well) stricken (in age), × surely, take (in), way.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
2,569 total
- Genesis 2:19וַיָּבֵא֙ · and He brought [them]And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and He brought them to the man to see what he would name each one. And whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.
- Genesis 2:22וַיְבִאֶ֖הָ · and brought herAnd from the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man, He made a woman and brought her to him.
- Genesis 4:3וַיָּבֵ֨א · broughtSo in the course of time, Cain brought some of the fruit of the soil as an offering to the LORD,
- Genesis 4:4הֵבִ֥יא · brought…while Abel brought the best portions of the firstborn of his flock. And the LORD looked with favor on Abel and his offering,
- Genesis 6:4יָבֹ֜אוּ · had relations withThe Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and afterward as well—when the sons of God had relations with the daughters of men. And they bore them children who became the mighty men of old, men of renown.
- Genesis 6:13בָּ֣א · has comeThen God said to Noah, “The end of all living creatures has come before Me, because through them the earth is full of violence. Now behold, I will destroy both them and the earth.
- Genesis 6:17מֵבִ֨יא · I will bringAnd behold, I will bring floodwaters upon the earth to destroy every creature under the heavens that has the breath of life. Everything on the earth will perish.
- Genesis 6:18וּבָאתָ֙ · and you {will} enterBut I will establish My covenant with you, and you will enter the ark—you and your sons and your wife and your sons’ wives with you.
- Genesis 6:19תָּבִ֥יא · you are to bringAnd you are to bring two of every living creature into the ark—male and female—to keep them alive with you.
- Genesis 6:20יָבֹ֥אוּ · will comeTwo of every kind of bird and animal and crawling creature will come to you to be kept alive.
- Genesis 7:1בֹּֽא־ · GoThen the LORD said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.
- Genesis 7:7וַיָּ֣בֹא · enteredAnd Noah and his wife, with his sons and their wives, entered the ark to escape the waters of the flood.
- Genesis 7:9בָּ֧אוּ · came…came to Noah to enter the ark, two by two, male and female, as God had commanded Noah.
- Genesis 7:13בָּ֣א · enteredOn that very day Noah entered the ark, along with his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and his wife, and the three wives of his sons—
- Genesis 7:15וַיָּבֹ֥אוּ · They cameThey came to Noah to enter the ark, two by two of every creature with the breath of life.
- Genesis 7:16 (2×)וְהַבָּאִ֗ים · And they entered; בָּ֔אוּAnd they entered, the male and female of every living thing, as God had commanded Noah. Then the LORD shut him in.
- Genesis 8:9וַיָּבֵ֥א · and broughtBut the dove found no place to rest her foot, and she returned to him in the ark, because the waters were still covering the surface of all the earth. So he reached out his hand and brought her back inside the ark.
- Genesis 8:11וַתָּבֹ֨א · returnedAnd behold, the dove returned to him in the evening with a freshly plucked olive leaf in her beak. So Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth.
- Genesis 10:19 (2×)בֹּאֲכָ֥ה; בֹּאֲכָ֞ה · and then…and the borders of Canaan extended from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.
- Genesis 10:30בֹּאֲכָ֥ה · extended fromTheir territory extended from Mesha to Sephar, in the eastern hill country.
- Genesis 11:31וַיָּבֹ֥אוּ · But when they arrivedAnd Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai the wife of Abram, and they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan. But when they arrived in Haran, they settled there.
- Genesis 12:5וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ · When they cameAnd Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all the possessions and people they had acquired in Haran, and set out for the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan,
- Genesis 12:11לָב֣וֹא · to enterAs he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “Look, I know that you are a beautiful woman,
- Genesis 12:14כְּב֥וֹא · enteredSo when Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.
- Genesis 13:10בֹּאֲכָ֖ה · all the wayAnd Lot looked out and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan, all the way to Zoar, was well watered like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
- Genesis 13:18וַיָּבֹ֛א · and wentSo Abram moved his tent and went to live near the Oaks of Mamre at Hebron, where he built an altar to the LORD.
- Genesis 14:5בָּ֣א · went outIn the fourteenth year, Chedorlaomer and the kings allied with him went out and defeated the Rephaites in Ashteroth-karnaim, the Zuzites in Ham, the Emites in Shaveh-kiriathaim,
- Genesis 14:7וַיָּבֹ֜אוּ · to invadeThen they turned back to invade En-mishpat (that is, Kadesh), and they conquered the whole territory of the Amalekites, as well as the Amorites who lived in Hazazon-tamar.
- Genesis 14:13וַיָּבֹא֙ · cameThen an escapee came and reported this to Abram the Hebrew. Now Abram was living near the Oaks of Mamre the Amorite, a brother of Eshcol and Aner, all of whom were bound by treaty to Abram.
- Genesis 15:12לָב֔וֹא · settingAs the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and suddenly great terror and darkness overwhelmed him.
- Genesis 15:15תָּב֥וֹא · will goYou, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.
- Genesis 15:17בָּ֔אָה · had setWhen the sun had set and darkness had fallen, behold, a smoking firepot and a flaming torch appeared and passed between the halves of the carcasses.
- Genesis 16:2בֹּא־ · goSo Sarai said to Abram, “Look now, the LORD has prevented me from bearing children. Please go to my maidservant; perhaps I can build a family by her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.
- Genesis 16:4וַיָּבֹ֥א · And he slept withAnd he slept with Hagar, and she conceived. But when Hagar realized that she was pregnant, she began to despise her mistress.
- Genesis 16:8בָ֖את · have you come from“Hagar, servant of Sarai,” he said, “where have you come from, and where are you going?” “I am running away from my mistress Sarai,” she replied.
- Genesis 18:11בָּאִ֖ים · and well alongAnd Abraham and Sarah were already old and well along in years; Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.
- Genesis 18:19הָבִ֤יא · may bringFor I have chosen him, so that he will command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, in order that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has promised.”
- Genesis 18:21הַבָּ֥אָה · that has reachedI will go down to see if their actions fully justify the outcry that has reached Me. If not, I will find out.”
- Genesis 19:1וַ֠יָּבֹאוּ · arrivedNow the two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them, bowed facedown,
- Genesis 19:3וַיָּבֹ֖אוּBut Lot insisted so strongly that they followed him into his house. He prepared a feast for them and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.
- Genesis 19:5בָּ֥אוּ · cameThey called out to Lot, saying, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Send them out to us so we can have relations with them!”
- Genesis 19:8בָּ֖אוּ · they have comeLook, I have two daughters who have never slept with a man. Let me bring them to you, and you can do to them as you please. But do not do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof.”
- Genesis 19:9בָּֽא־ · came here“Get out of the way!” they replied. And they declared, “This one came here as a foreigner, and he is already acting like a judge! Now we will treat you worse than them.” And they pressed in on Lot and moved in to break down the door.
- Genesis 19:10וַיָּבִ֧יאוּ · pulledBut the men inside reached out, pulled Lot into the house with them, and shut the door.
- Genesis 19:22בֹּאֲךָ֖ · you reachHurry! Run there quickly, for I cannot do anything until you reach it.” That is why the town was called Zoar.
- Genesis 19:23בָּ֥א · had reachedAnd by the time the sun had risen over the land, Lot had reached Zoar.
- Genesis 19:31לָב֣וֹא · to sleep withOne day the older daughter said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man in the land to sleep with us, as is the custom over all the earth.
- Genesis 19:33וַתָּבֹ֤א · went inSo that night they got their father drunk with wine, and the firstborn went in and slept with her father; he was not aware when she lay down or when she got up.