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.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders בּוֹא:

Glossary entries

Hamath Lebo-Hamath

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

2,569 total
  1. Joshua 10:27בּ֣וֹא · At sunset
    At sunset Joshua ordered that they be taken down from the trees and thrown into the cave in which they had hidden. Then large stones were placed against the mouth of the cave, and the stones are there to this day.
  2. Joshua 11:5וַיָּבֹ֜אוּ
    All these kings joined forces and encamped at the waters of Merom to fight against Israel.
  3. Joshua 11:7וַיָּבֹ֣א · came
    So by the waters of Merom, Joshua and his whole army came upon them suddenly and attacked them,
  4. Joshua 11:21וַיָּבֹ֨א · proceeded
    At that time Joshua proceeded to eliminate the Anakim from the hill country of Hebron, Debir, and Anab, and from all the hill country of Judah and of Israel. Joshua devoted them to destruction, along with their cities.
  5. Joshua 13:1בָּ֖א · [and] well along; בָּ֣אתָ · [and] well along
    Now Joshua was old and well along in years, and the LORD said to him, “You are old and well along in years, but very much of the land remains to be possessed.
  6. Joshua 13:5לְב֥וֹא
    …the land of the Gebalites; and all Lebanon to the east, from Baal-gad below Mount Hermon to Lebo-hamath.
  7. Joshua 14:11וְלָבֽוֹא׃ · and for coming in
    …still as strong today as I was the day Moses sent me out. As my strength was then, so it is now for war, for going out, and for coming in.
  8. Joshua 15:18בְּבוֹאָ֗הּ · [Acsah] came [to Othniel]
    One day Acsah came to Othniel and urged him to ask her father for a field. When she got off her donkey, Caleb asked her, “What do you desire?”
  9. Joshua 18:3לָבוֹא֙ · entering
    So Joshua said to the Israelites, “How long will you put off entering and possessing the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, has given you?
  10. Joshua 18:4וְיָבֹ֥אוּ · Then they will return
    Appoint three men from each tribe, and I will send them out to survey the land and map it out, according to the inheritance of each. Then they will return to me
  11. Joshua 18:6וַֽהֲבֵאתֶ֥ם · and brought
    When you have mapped out the seven portions of land and brought it to me, I will cast lots for you here in the presence of the LORD our God.
  12. Joshua 18:9וַיָּבֹ֧אוּ · Then they returned
    So the men departed and went throughout the land, mapping it city by city into seven portions. Then they returned with the document to Joshua at the camp in Shiloh.
  13. Joshua 20:6וּבָ֤א
    He is to stay in that city until he stands trial before the assembly and until the death of the high priest serving at that time. Then the manslayer may return to his own home in the city from which he fled.”
  14. Joshua 21:45בָּֽא׃פ · was fulfilled
    Not one of all the LORD’s good promises to the house of Israel had failed; everything was fulfilled.
  15. Joshua 22:10וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ · And when they came
    And when they came to Geliloth near the Jordan in the land of Canaan, the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh built an imposing altar there by the Jordan.
  16. Joshua 22:15וַיָּבֹ֜אוּ · They went
    They went to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in the land of Gilead and said to them,
  17. Joshua 23:1בָּ֖א · [and] well along
    A long time after the LORD had given Israel rest from all the enemies around them, when Joshua was old and well along in years,
  18. Joshua 23:2בָּ֖אתִי · [and] well along
    …he summoned all Israel, including its elders, leaders, judges, and officers. “I am old and well along in years,” he said,
  19. Joshua 23:7בוֹא֙ · to associate
    So you are not to associate with these nations that remain among you. You must not call on the names of their gods or swear by them, and you must not serve them or bow down to them.
  20. Joshua 23:12וּבָאתֶ֥ם · and associate
    For if you turn away and cling to the rest of these nations that remain among you, and if you intermarry and associate with them,
  21. Joshua 23:14בָּ֣אוּ · was fulfilled
    Now behold, today I am going the way of all the earth, and you know with all your heart and soul that not one of the good promises the LORD your God made to you has failed. Everything was fulfilled for you; not one promise has failed.
  22. Joshua 23:15בָּ֤א · has come to pass; יָבִ֨יא · will bring
    But just as every good thing the LORD your God promised you has come to pass, likewise the LORD will bring upon you the calamity He has threatened, until He has destroyed you from this good land He has given you.
  23. Joshua 24:6וַתָּבֹ֖אוּ · and you reached
    When I brought your fathers out of Egypt and you reached the Red Sea, the Egyptians pursued them with chariots and horsemen as far as the Red Sea.
  24. Joshua 24:7וַיָּבֵ֨א · He brought
    So your fathers cried out to the LORD, and He put darkness between you and the Egyptians, over whom He brought the sea and engulfed them. Your very eyes saw what I did to the Egyptians. Then you lived in the wilderness for a long time.
  25. Joshua 24:8וָאָבִאָה · Later, I brought
    Later, I brought you to the land of the Amorites who lived beyond the Jordan. They fought against you, but I delivered them into your hand, that you should possess their land when I destroyed them before you.
  26. Joshua 24:11וַתָּבֹ֣אוּ · and came
    After this, you crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho. The people of Jericho fought against you, as did the Amorites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hittites, Girgashites, Hivites, and Jebusites, and I delivered them into your hand.
  27. Judges 1:7וַיְבִיאֻ֥הוּ · And they brought him
    Then Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off have gathered the scraps under my table. As I have done to them, so God has repaid me.” And they brought him to Jerusalem, where he died.
  28. Judges 1:14בְּבוֹאָ֗הּ · [Acsah] came [to Othniel]
    One day Acsah came to Othniel and urged him to ask her father for a field. When she got off her donkey, Caleb asked her, “What do you desire?”
  29. Judges 2:1וָאָבִ֤יא · and led
    Now the angel of the LORD went up from Gilgal to Bochim and said, “I brought you up out of Egypt and led you into the land that I had promised to your fathers, and I said, ‘I will never break My covenant with you,
  30. Judges 3:3לְב֥וֹא
    …the five rulers of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived in the mountains of Lebanon from Mount Baal-hermon to Lebo-hamath.
  31. Judges 3:20בָּ֣א · approached him
    Then Ehud approached him while he was sitting alone in the coolness of his upper room. “I have a word from God for you,” Ehud said, and the king rose from his seat.
  32. Judges 3:22וַיָּבֹ֨א · sank in
    Even the handle sank in after the blade, and Eglon’s fat closed in over it, so that Ehud did not withdraw the sword from his belly. And Eglon’s bowels emptied.
  33. Judges 3:24בָּ֔אוּ · came in
    After Ehud was gone, Eglon’s servants came in and found the doors of the upper room locked. “He must be relieving himself in the cool room,” they said.
  34. Judges 3:27בְּבוֹא֔וֹ · On arriving [in Seirah]
    On arriving in Seirah, he blew the ram’s horn throughout the hill country of Ephraim. The Israelites came down with him from the hills, and he became their leader.
  35. Judges 4:20יָב֜וֹא · comes
    “Stand at the entrance to the tent,” he said, “and if anyone comes and asks you, ‘Is there a man here?’ say, ‘No.’”
  36. Judges 4:21וַתָּב֤וֹא · and went
    But as he lay sleeping from exhaustion, Heber’s wife Jael took a tent peg, grabbed a hammer, and went silently to Sisera. She drove the peg through his temple and into the ground, and he died.
  37. Judges 4:22וַיָּבֹ֣א · So he went in
    When Barak arrived in pursuit of Sisera, Jael went out to greet him and said to him, “Come, and I will show you the man you are seeking.” So he went in with her, and there lay Sisera dead, with a tent peg through his temple.
  38. Judges 5:19בָּ֤אוּ · came
    Kings came and fought; then the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo, but they took no plunder of silver.
  39. Judges 5:23בָ֙אוּ֙ · come
    ‘Curse Meroz,’ says the angel of the LORD. ‘Bitterly curse her inhabitants; for they did not come to help the LORD, to help the LORD against the mighty.’
  40. Judges 5:28לָב֔וֹא · in coming
    Sisera’s mother looked through the window; she peered through the lattice and lamented: ‘Why is his chariot so long in coming? What has delayed the clatter of his chariots?’
  41. Judges 6:4בּוֹאֲךָ֖
    …encamping against them as far as Gaza and destroying the produce of the land. They left Israel with no sustenance, neither sheep nor oxen nor donkeys.
  42. Judges 6:5יָבֹאוּ · came; וַיָּבֹ֥אוּ · and they entered
    For the Midianites came with their livestock and their tents like a great swarm of locusts. They and their camels were innumerable, and they entered the land to ravage it.
  43. Judges 6:11וַיָּבֹ֞א · came
    Then the angel of the LORD came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, where his son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress to hide it from the Midianites.
  44. Judges 6:18בֹּאִ֣י · I return
    Please do not depart from this place until I return to You. Let me bring my offering and set it before You.” And the LORD said, “I will stay until you return.”
  45. Judges 6:19בָּ֗א · went in
    So Gideon went in and prepared a young goat and unleavened bread and an ephah of flour. He placed the meat in a basket and the broth in a pot and brought them out to present to Him under the oak.
  46. Judges 7:13וַיָּבֹ֣א · arrived; וַיָּבֹ֣א · come
    And as Gideon arrived, a man was telling his friend about a dream. “Behold, I had a dream,” he said, “and I saw a loaf of barley bread come tumbling into the Midianite camp. It struck the tent so hard that the tent overturned and collapsed.”