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
- 1 Samuel 2:34יָבֹא֙ · shall comeAnd this sign shall come to you concerning your two sons Hophni and Phinehas: They will both die on the same day.
- 1 Samuel 2:36יָבוֹא֙ · will comeAnd everyone left in your house will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver or a morsel of bread, pleading, “Please appoint me to some priestly office so that I can eat a piece of bread.”’”
- 1 Samuel 3:10וַיָּבֹ֤א · cameThen the LORD came and stood there, calling as before, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel answered, “Speak, for Your servant is listening.”
- 1 Samuel 4:3וַיָּבֹ֣א · returned; וְיָבֹ֣א · so that it may goWhen the troops returned to the camp, the elders of Israel asked, “Why has the LORD brought defeat on us before the Philistines today? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Shiloh, so that it may go with us to save us from the hand of our enemies.”
- 1 Samuel 4:5כְּב֨וֹא · enteredWhen the ark of the covenant of the LORD entered the camp, all the Israelites raised such a great shout that the ground shook.
- 1 Samuel 4:6בָּ֖א · had enteredOn hearing the noise of the shout, the Philistines asked, “What is this loud shouting in the camp of the Hebrews?” And when they realized that the ark of the LORD had entered the camp,
- 1 Samuel 4:7בָּ֥א · have entered…the Philistines were afraid. “The gods have entered their camp!” they said. “Woe to us, for nothing like this has happened before.
- 1 Samuel 4:12וַיָּבֹ֥א · all the wayThat same day a Benjamite ran from the battle line all the way to Shiloh, with his clothes torn and dirt on his head.
- 1 Samuel 4:13וַיָּב֗וֹא · When he arrived; בָּ֚א · enteredWhen he arrived, there was Eli, sitting on his chair beside the road and watching, because his heart trembled for the ark of God. When the man entered the city to give a report, the whole city cried out.
- 1 Samuel 4:14וַיָּבֹ֖אEli heard the outcry and asked, “Why this commotion?” So the man hurried over and reported to Eli.
- 1 Samuel 4:16הַבָּ֣א · have just come“I have just come from the battle,” the man said to Eli. “I fled from there today.” “What happened, my son?” Eli asked.
- 1 Samuel 5:1וַיְבִאֻ֛הוּ · they took itAfter the Philistines had captured the ark of God, they took it from Ebenezer to Ashdod,
- 1 Samuel 5:2וַיָּבִ֥יאוּ · carried it into…carried it into the temple of Dagon, and set it beside his statue.
- 1 Samuel 5:5הַבָּאִ֧ים · who enterThat is why, to this day, the priests of Dagon and all who enter the temple of Dagon in Ashdod do not step on the threshold.
- 1 Samuel 5:10כְּב֨וֹא · arrivedSo they sent the ark of God to Ekron, but as it arrived, the Ekronites cried out, “They have brought us the ark of the God of Israel in order to kill us and our people!”
- 1 Samuel 6:14בָּ֠אָה · cameThe cart came to the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh and stopped there near a large rock. The people chopped up the cart and offered the cows as a burnt offering to the LORD.
- 1 Samuel 7:1וַיָּבֹ֜אוּ · came; וַיָּבִ֣אוּThen the men of Kiriath-jearim came for the ark of the LORD and took it into Abinadab’s house on the hill. And they consecrated his son Eleazar to guard the ark of the LORD.
- 1 Samuel 7:13לָב֖וֹא · invadingSo the Philistines were subdued, and they stopped invading the territory of Israel. And the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.
- 1 Samuel 8:4וַיָּבֹ֥אוּ · and cameSo all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah.
- 1 Samuel 9:5בָּ֚אוּ · reachedWhen they reached the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant, “Come, let us go back, or my father will stop worrying about the donkeys and start worrying about us.”
- 1 Samuel 9:6בּ֣וֹא · surely comes to pass; יָב֑וֹא“Look,” said the servant, “in this city there is a man of God who is highly respected; everything he says surely comes to pass. Let us go there now. Perhaps he will tell us which way to go.”
- 1 Samuel 9:7נָּבִ֣יא · can we give; לְהָבִ֖יא · to take“If we do go,” Saul replied, “what can we give the man? For the bread in our packs is gone, and there is no gift to take to the man of God. What do we have?”
- 1 Samuel 9:12בָּ֣א · he has come“Yes, he is ahead of you,” they answered. “Hurry now, for today he has come to the city because the people have a sacrifice on the high place.
- 1 Samuel 9:13כְּבֹאֲכֶ֣ם · As soon as you enter; בֹּא֔וֹ · he comesAs soon as you enter the city, you will find him before he goes up to the high place to eat. The people will not eat until he comes, because he must bless the sacrifice; after that, the guests will eat. Go up at once; you will find him.”
- 1 Samuel 9:14בָּאִים֙ · were enteringSo Saul and his servant went up toward the city, and as they were entering it, there was Samuel coming toward them on his way up to the high place.
- 1 Samuel 9:15בֽוֹא־ · arrivalNow on the day before Saul’s arrival, the LORD had revealed to Samuel,
- 1 Samuel 9:16בָּ֥אָה · has come“At this time tomorrow I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you are to anoint him ruler over My people Israel; he will save them from the hand of the Philistines. For I have looked upon My people, because their cry has come to Me.”
- 1 Samuel 9:22וַיְבִיאֵ֖ם · brought themThen Samuel took Saul and his servant, brought them into the hall, and seated them in the place of honor among those who were invited—about thirty in all.
- 1 Samuel 10:3וּבָ֙אתָ֙ · until you comeThen you will go on from there until you come to the Oak of Tabor. Three men going up to God at Bethel will meet you there, one carrying three young goats, another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a skin of wine.
- 1 Samuel 10:5תָּבוֹא֙ · you will come; כְבֹאֲךָ֨ · As you approachAfter that you will come to Gibeah of God, where the Philistines have an outpost. As you approach the city, you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place, preceded by harps, tambourines, flutes, and lyres, and they will be prophesying.
- 1 Samuel 10:7תְבֹאֶינָה · have comeWhen these signs have come, do as the occasion demands, for God is with you.
- 1 Samuel 10:8בּוֹאִ֣י · I comeAnd you shall go before me to Gilgal, and surely I will come to you to offer burnt offerings and to sacrifice peace offerings. Wait seven days until I come to you and show you what you are to do.”
- 1 Samuel 10:9וַיָּבֹ֛אוּ · came to passAs Saul turned to leave Samuel, God changed Saul’s heart, and all the signs came to pass that day.
- 1 Samuel 10:10וַיָּבֹ֤אוּ · When Saul and his servant arrivedWhen Saul and his servant arrived at Gibeah, a group of prophets met him. Then the Spirit of God rushed upon him, and he prophesied along with them.
- 1 Samuel 10:13וַיָּבֹ֖א · he went upAnd when Saul had finished prophesying, he went up to the high place.
- 1 Samuel 10:14וַנָּב֖וֹא · we wentNow Saul’s uncle asked him and his servant, “Where did you go?” “To look for the donkeys,” Saul replied. “When we saw they were not to be found, we went to Samuel.”
- 1 Samuel 10:22הֲבָ֥א · comeSo again they inquired of the LORD, “Has the man come here yet?” And the LORD replied, “Behold, he has hidden himself among the baggage.”
- 1 Samuel 10:27הֵבִ֥יאוּ · and broughtBut some worthless men said, “How can this man save us?” So they despised him and brought him no gifts; but Saul remained silent about it.
- 1 Samuel 11:4וַיָּבֹ֤אוּ · cameWhen the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and relayed these words in the hearing of the people, they all wept aloud.
- 1 Samuel 11:5בָּ֣א · was returningJust then Saul was returning from the field, behind his oxen. “What troubles the people?” asked Saul. “Why are they weeping?” And they relayed to him the words of the men from Jabesh.
- 1 Samuel 11:9הַבָּאִ֗ים · who had come; וַיָּבֹ֣אוּSo they said to the messengers who had come, “Tell the men of Jabesh-gilead: ‘Deliverance will be yours tomorrow by the time the sun is hot.’” And when the messengers relayed this to the men of Jabesh, they rejoiced.
- 1 Samuel 11:11וַיָּבֹ֤אוּ · they invadedThe next day Saul organized the troops into three divisions, and during the morning watch they invaded the camp of the Ammonites and slaughtered them, until the hottest part of the day. And the survivors were so scattered that no two of them were left together.