בּוֹא
boto come (in): comeHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb2,569 occurrences39 books2,306 verses
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.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders בּוֹא:
- ἔρχομαιerchomai“to come/go”33%
- εἰσέρχομαιeiserchomai“to enter”25%
- ἥκωhēkō“to come/be present”9%
- φέρωpherō“to bear/lead”5%
- εἰσάγωeisagō“to bring in”5%
- εἰσπορεύωeisporeuō“to enter”4%
- παραγίνομαιparaginomai“to come”4%
- ἐπάγωepagō“to bring upon”2%
Glossary entries
Usage patterns
Occurrences
2,569 total
- Numbers 13:22וַיָּבֹ֣א · and cameThey went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, dwelled. It had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.
- Numbers 13:23וַיָּבֹ֜אוּ · When they cameWhen they came to the Valley of Eshcol, they cut down a branch with a single cluster of grapes, which they carried on a pole between two men. They also took some pomegranates and figs.
- Numbers 13:26וַיָּבֹאוּ֩…and they went back to Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation of Israel in the Wilderness of Paran at Kadesh. They brought back a report for the whole congregation and showed them the fruit of the land.
- Numbers 13:27בָּ֕אנוּ · We wentAnd they gave this account to Moses: “We went into the land to which you sent us, and indeed, it is flowing with milk and honey. Here is some of its fruit!
- Numbers 14:3מֵבִ֨יא · bringingWhy is the LORD bringing us into this land to fall by the sword? Our wives and children will become plunder. Would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt?”
- Numbers 14:8וְהֵבִ֤יא · He will bringIf the LORD delights in us, He will bring us into this land, a land flowing with milk and honey, and He will give it to us.
- Numbers 14:16לְהָבִיא֙ · to bring‘Because the LORD was unable to bring this people into the land He swore to give them, He has slaughtered them in the wilderness.’
- Numbers 14:24וַהֲבִֽיאֹתִ֗יו · I will bring him; בָּ֣א · he has enteredBut because My servant Caleb has a different spirit and has followed Me wholeheartedly, I will bring him into the land he has entered, and his descendants will inherit it.
- Numbers 14:30תָּבֹ֣אוּ · will enterSurely none of you will enter the land in which I swore to settle you, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.
- Numbers 14:31וְהֵבֵיאתִ֣י · intoBut I will bring your children, whom you said would become plunder, into the land you have rejected—and they will enjoy it.
- Numbers 15:2תָבֹ֗אוּ · you enter“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: After you enter the land that I am giving you as a home
- Numbers 15:18בְּבֹֽאֲכֶם֙ · When you enter; מֵבִ֥יא · am bringing you“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you enter the land to which I am bringing you
- Numbers 15:25הֵבִ֨יאוּ · have broughtThe priest is to make atonement for the whole congregation of Israel, so that they may be forgiven; for the sin was unintentional and they have brought to the LORD a food offering and a sin offering, presented before the LORD for their unintentional sin.
- Numbers 16:14הֲבִ֣יאֹתָ֔נוּ · brought usMoreover, you have not brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey or given us an inheritance of fields and vineyards. Will you gouge out the eyes of these men? No, we will not come!”
- Numbers 16:43וַיָּבֹ֤א · wentThen Moses and Aaron went to the front of the Tent of Meeting,
- Numbers 17:8וַיָּבֹ֤א · enteredThe next day Moses entered the Tent of the Testimony and saw that Aaron’s staff, representing the house of Levi, had sprouted, put forth buds, blossomed, and produced almonds.
- Numbers 18:13יָבִ֥יאוּ · they bringThe firstfruits of everything in their land that they bring to the LORD will belong to you. Every ceremonially clean person in your household may eat them.
- Numbers 19:7יָב֣וֹא · he may enterThen the priest must wash his clothes and bathe his body in water; after that he may enter the camp, but he will be ceremonially unclean until evening.
- Numbers 19:14הַבָּ֤א · who entersThis is the law when a person dies in a tent: Everyone who enters the tent and everyone already in the tent will be unclean for seven days,
- Numbers 20:1וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ · enteredIn the first month, the whole congregation of Israel entered the Wilderness of Zin and stayed in Kadesh. There Miriam died and was buried.
- Numbers 20:4הֲבֵאתֶם֙ · have you broughtWhy have you brought the LORD’s assembly into this wilderness for us and our livestock to die here?
- Numbers 20:5לְהָבִ֣יא · to bringWhy have you led us up out of Egypt to bring us to this wretched place? It is not a place of grain, figs, vines, or pomegranates—and there is no water to drink!”
- Numbers 20:6וַיָּבֹא֩ · wentThen Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. They fell facedown, and the glory of the LORD appeared to them.
- Numbers 20:12תָבִ֙יאוּ֙ · bringBut the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not trust Me to show My holiness in the sight of the Israelites, you will not bring this assembly into the land that I have given them.”
- Numbers 20:22וַיָּבֹ֧אוּ · cameAfter they had set out from Kadesh, the whole congregation of Israel came to Mount Hor.
- Numbers 20:24יָבֹא֙ · enter“Aaron will be gathered to his people; he will not enter the land that I have given the Israelites, because both of you rebelled against My command at the waters of Meribah.
- Numbers 21:1בָּ֣א · was comingWhen the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev, heard that Israel was coming along the road to Atharim, he attacked Israel and captured some prisoners.
- Numbers 21:7וַיָּבֹא֩ · cameThen the people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned by speaking against the LORD and against you. Intercede with the LORD so He will take the snakes away from us.” So Moses interceded for the people.
- Numbers 21:23וַיָּבֹ֖א · When he cameBut Sihon would not let Israel pass through his territory. Instead, he gathered his whole army and went out to confront Israel in the wilderness. When he came to Jahaz, he fought against Israel.
- Numbers 21:27בֹּ֣אוּ · ComeThat is why the poets say: “Come to Heshbon, let it be rebuilt; let the city of Sihon be restored.
- Numbers 22:7וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ · They cameThe elders of Moab and Midian departed with the fees for divination in hand. They came to Balaam and relayed to him the words of Balak.
- Numbers 22:9וַיָּבֹ֥א · cameThen God came to Balaam and asked, “Who are these men with you?”
- Numbers 22:14וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ · returnedAnd the princes of Moab arose, returned to Balak, and said, “Balaam refused to come with us.”
- Numbers 22:16וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ · They cameThey came to Balaam and said, “This is what Balak son of Zippor says: ‘Please let nothing hinder you from coming to me,
- Numbers 22:20וַיָּבֹ֨א · came; בָּ֣אוּ · have comeThat night God came to Balaam and said, “Since these men have come to summon you, get up and go with them, but you must only do what I tell you.”
- Numbers 22:36בָ֣א · was comingWhen Balak heard that Balaam was coming, he went out to meet him at the Moabite city on the Arnon border, at the edge of his territory.
- Numbers 22:38בָ֙אתִי֙ · I have come“See, I have come to you,” Balaam replied, “but can I say just anything? I must speak only the word that God puts in my mouth.”
- Numbers 22:39וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ · and they cameSo Balaam accompanied Balak, and they came to Kiriath-huzoth.
- Numbers 23:17וַיָּבֹ֣א · So he returnedSo he returned to Balak, who was standing there by his burnt offering with the princes of Moab. “What did the LORD say?” Balak asked.
- Numbers 25:6בָּ֗אJust then an Israelite man brought to his family a Midianite woman in the sight of Moses and the whole congregation of Israel while they were weeping at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
- Numbers 25:8וַ֠יָּבֹא · followed…followed the Israelite into the tent, and drove the spear through both of them—through the Israelite and on through the belly of the woman. So the plague against the Israelites was halted,
- Numbers 27:17יָבֹא֙ · and come in; יְבִיאֵ֑ם · and bring them in…who will go out and come in before them, and who will lead them out and bring them in, so that the congregation of the LORD will not be like sheep without a shepherd.”
- Numbers 27:21יָבֹ֗אוּ · and come inHe shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who will seek counsel for him before the LORD by the judgment of the Urim. At his command, he and all the Israelites with him—the entire congregation—will go out and come in.”
- Numbers 31:12וַיָּבִ֡אוּ · They broughtThey brought the captives, spoils, and plunder to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of Israel at the camp on the plains of Moab, by the Jordan across from Jericho.
- Numbers 31:14הַבָּאִ֖ים · who were returningBut Moses was angry with the officers of the army—the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds—who were returning from the battle.
- Numbers 31:21הַבָּאִ֖ים · who had goneThen Eleazar the priest said to the soldiers who had gone into battle, “This is the statute of the law which the LORD has commanded Moses: