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
- Judges 7:17בָא֙ · come“Watch me and do as I do,” Gideon said. “When I come to the outskirts of the camp, do exactly as I do.
- Judges 7:19וַיָּבֹ֣א · reachedGideon and the hundred men with him reached the outskirts of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, just after the changing of the guard. They blew their horns and broke the jars that were in their hands.
- Judges 7:25הֵבִ֙יאוּ֙ · [and] broughtThey also captured Oreb and Zeeb, the two princes of Midian; and they killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb and Zeeb at the winepress of Zeeb. So they pursued the Midianites and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side of the Jordan.
- Judges 8:4וַיָּבֹ֥א · cameThen Gideon and his three hundred men came to the Jordan and crossed it, exhausted yet still in pursuit.
- Judges 8:15וַיָּבֹא֙ · And [Gideon] wentAnd Gideon went to the men of Succoth and said, “Here are Zebah and Zalmunna, about whom you taunted me, saying, ‘Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your possession, that we should give bread to your weary men?’”
- Judges 9:5וַיָּבֹ֤א · He wentHe went to his father’s house in Ophrah, and on one stone murdered his seventy brothers, the sons of Jerubbaal. But Jotham, the youngest son of Jerubbaal, survived, because he hid himself.
- Judges 9:15בֹּ֖אוּ · comeBut the thornbush replied, ‘If you really are anointing me as king over you, come and find refuge in my shade. But if not, may fire come out of the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon.’
- Judges 9:24לָב֕וֹא · might come to justice…in order that the crime against the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come to justice and their blood be avenged on their brother Abimelech and on the leaders of Shechem, who had helped him murder his brothers.
- Judges 9:26וַיָּבֹ֞א · cameMeanwhile, Gaal son of Ebed came with his brothers and crossed into Shechem, and the leaders of Shechem put their confidence in him.
- Judges 9:27וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ · and wentAnd after they had gone out into the fields, gathered grapes from their vineyards, and trodden them, they held a festival and went into the house of their god; and as they ate and drank, they cursed Abimelech.
- Judges 9:31בָּאִ֣ים · have comeSo he covertly sent messengers to Abimelech to say, “Look, Gaal son of Ebed and his brothers have come to Shechem and are stirring up the city against you.
- Judges 9:37בָּ֔א · is comingThen Gaal spoke up again, “Look, people are coming down from the center of the land, and one company is coming by way of the Diviners’ Oak.”
- Judges 9:46וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ · enteredOn hearing of this, all the leaders in the tower of Shechem entered the inner chamber of the temple of El-berith.
- Judges 9:52וַיָּבֹ֤א · cameWhen Abimelech came to attack the tower, he approached its entrance to set it on fire.
- Judges 9:57וַתָּבֹ֣א · cameAnd God also brought all the wickedness of the men of Shechem back upon their own heads. So the curse of Jotham son of Jerubbaal came upon them.
- Judges 11:7בָּאתֶ֤ם · then have you comeJephthah replied to the elders of Gilead, “Did you not hate me and expel me from my father’s house? Why then have you come to me now, when you are in distress?”
- Judges 11:12בָ֥אתָ · you have comeThen Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites, saying, “What do you have against me that you have come to fight against my land?”
- Judges 11:16וַיָּבֹ֖א · and cameBut when Israel came up out of Egypt, they traveled through the wilderness to the Red Sea and came to Kadesh.
- Judges 11:18וַיָּבֹ֤א · They came; בָ֙אוּ֙ · enterThen Israel traveled through the wilderness and bypassed the lands of Edom and Moab. They came to the east side of the land of Moab and camped on the other side of the Arnon. But they did not enter the territory of Moab, since the Arnon was its border.
- Judges 11:33בּוֹאֲךָ֨ · the vicinityWith a great blow he devastated twenty cities from Aroer to the vicinity of Minnith, as far as Abel-keramim. So the Ammonites were subdued before the Israelites.
- Judges 11:34וַיָּבֹ֨א · returnedAnd when Jephthah returned home to Mizpah, there was his daughter coming out to meet him with tambourines and dancing! She was his only child; he had no son or daughter besides her.
- Judges 12:9הֵבִ֥יא · he brought backHe had thirty sons, as well as thirty daughters whom he gave in marriage to men outside his clan; and for his sons he brought back thirty wives from elsewhere. Ibzan judged Israel seven years.
- Judges 13:6וַתָּבֹ֣א · went; בָּ֣א · cameSo the woman went and told her husband, “A man of God came to me. His appearance was like the angel of God, exceedingly awesome. I did not ask him where he came from, and he did not tell me his name.
- Judges 13:8יָבוֹא־ · comeThen Manoah prayed to the LORD, “Please, O Lord, let the man of God You sent us come to us again to teach us how to raise the boy who is to be born.”
- Judges 13:9וַיָּבֹ֣א · returnedAnd God listened to the voice of Manoah, and the angel of God returned to the woman as she was sitting in the field; but her husband Manoah was not with her.
- Judges 13:10בָּ֥א · cameThe woman ran quickly to tell her husband, “Behold, the man who came to me the other day has reappeared!”
- Judges 13:11וַיָּבֹא֙ · When he cameSo Manoah got up and followed his wife. When he came to the man, he asked, “Are you the man who spoke to my wife?” “I am,” he said.
- Judges 13:12יָבֹ֣א · come to passThen Manoah asked, “When your words come to pass, what will be the boy’s rule of life and mission?”
- Judges 13:17יָבֹ֥א · comes to passThen Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, “What is your name, so that we may honor you when your word comes to pass?”
- Judges 14:5וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ · and cameThen Samson went down to Timnah with his father and mother and came to the vineyards of Timnah. Suddenly a young lion came roaring at him,
- Judges 14:18יָבֹ֣א · sunsetBefore sunset on the seventh day, the men of the city said to Samson: “What is sweeter than honey? And what is stronger than a lion?” So he said to them: “If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have solved my riddle!”
- Judges 15:1אָבֹ֥אָה · I want to go; לָבֽוֹא׃ · enterLater on, at the time of the wheat harvest, Samson took a young goat and went to visit his wife. “I want to go to my wife in her room,” he said. But her father would not let him enter.
- Judges 15:14בָ֣א · [Samson] arrivedWhen Samson arrived in Lehi, the Philistines came out shouting against him. And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him. The ropes on his arms became like burnt flax, and the bonds broke loose from his hands.
- Judges 16:1וַיָּבֹ֖א · and went in to spend the nightOne day Samson went to Gaza, where he saw a prostitute and went in to spend the night with her.
- Judges 16:2בָּ֤א · wasWhen the Gazites heard that Samson was there, they surrounded that place and lay in wait for him all night at the city gate. They were quiet throughout the night, saying, “Let us wait until dawn; then we will kill him.”
- Judges 17:8וַיָּבֹ֧א · he cameThis man left the city of Bethlehem in Judah to settle where he could find a place. And as he traveled, he came to Micah’s house in the hill country of Ephraim.
- Judges 17:9תָּב֑וֹא · are you from“Where are you from?” Micah asked him. “I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah,” he replied, “and I am on my way to settle wherever I can find a place.”
- Judges 18:2וַיָּבֹ֤אוּ · [The men] enteredSo the Danites sent out five men from their clans, men of valor from Zorah and Eshtaol, to spy out the land and explore it. “Go and explore the land,” they told them. The men entered the hill country of Ephraim and came to the house of Micah, where they spent the night.
- Judges 18:3הֱבִיאֲךָ֣ · broughtAnd while they were near Micah’s house, they recognized the voice of the young Levite; so they went over and asked him, “Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? Why are you here?”
- Judges 18:7וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ · and cameSo the five men departed and came to Laish, where they saw that the people were living securely, like the Sidonians, quiet and unsuspecting. There was nothing lacking in the land and no oppressive ruler. And they were far away from the Sidonians and had no alliance with anyone.
- Judges 18:8וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ · When the men returnedWhen the men returned to Zorah and Eshtaol, their brothers asked them, “What did you find?”
- Judges 18:9לָבֹ֖אThey answered, “Come on, let us go up against them, for we have seen the land, and it is very good. Why would you fail to act? Do not hesitate to go there and take possession of the land!
- Judges 18:10כְּבֹאֲכֶ֞ם · When you enter; תָּבֹ֣אוּ׀ · you will comeWhen you enter, you will come to an unsuspecting people and a spacious land, for God has delivered it into your hand. It is a place where nothing on earth is lacking.”
- Judges 18:13וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ · and cameAnd from there they traveled to the hill country of Ephraim and came to Micah’s house.
- Judges 18:15וַיָּבֹ֛אוּ · and wentSo they turned aside there and went to the home of the young Levite, the house of Micah, and greeted him.
- Judges 18:17בָּ֣אוּ · went insideAnd the five men who had gone to spy out the land went inside and took the graven image, the ephod, the household idols, and the molten idol, while the priest stood at the entrance of the gate with the six hundred armed men.