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. 1 Samuel 20:27בָ֧א · come
    But on the day after the New Moon, the second day, David’s place was still empty, and Saul asked his son Jonathan, “Why hasn’t the son of Jesse come to the meal either yesterday or today?”
  2. 1 Samuel 20:29בָ֔א · come
    …saying, ‘Please let me go, because our clan is holding a sacrifice in the city, and my brother has told me to be there. So now, if I have found favor in your eyes, please let me go and see my brothers.’ That is why he has not come to the king’s table.”
  3. 1 Samuel 20:37וַיָּבֹ֤א · reached
    When the boy reached the place where Jonathan’s arrow had fallen, Jonathan called to him, “Isn’t the arrow beyond you?”
  4. 1 Samuel 20:38וַיָּבֹ֖א · and returned
    Then Jonathan cried out, “Hurry! Make haste! Do not delay!” So the boy picked up the arrow and returned to his master.
  5. 1 Samuel 20:40הָבֵ֥יא · take it back
    Then Jonathan gave his equipment to the boy and said, “Go, take it back to the city.”
  6. 1 Samuel 20:41בָּא֒ · had gone
    When the young man had gone, David got up from the south side of the stone, fell facedown, and bowed three times. Then he and Jonathan kissed each other and wept together—though David wept more.
  7. 1 Samuel 20:42בָּ֥א · went back
    And Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, for the two of us have sworn in the name of the LORD, saying, ‘May the LORD be a witness between you and me, and between your descendants and mine forever.’” Then David got up and departed, and Jonathan went back into the city.
  8. 1 Samuel 21:1וַיָּבֹ֤א · came
    Then David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest. And when Ahimelech met David, he trembled and asked him, “Why are you alone? Why is no one with you?”
  9. 1 Samuel 21:10וַיָּבֹ֕א · and went
    That day David fled from Saul and went to Achish king of Gath.
  10. 1 Samuel 21:14תָּבִ֥יאוּ · have you brought
    Then Achish said to his servants, “Look, you can see that the man is insane! Why have you brought him to me?
  11. 1 Samuel 21:15הֲבֵאתֶ֣ם · you have brought; יָב֥וֹא · come
    Am I in need of madmen, that you have brought this man to rave in my presence? Must this man come into my house?”
  12. 1 Samuel 22:5וּבָֽאתָ־ · and go; וַיָּבֹ֖א · and went
    Then the prophet Gad said to David, “Do not stay in the stronghold. Depart and go into the land of Judah.” So David left and went to the forest of Hereth.
  13. 1 Samuel 22:9בָּ֣א · come
    But Doeg the Edomite, who had stationed himself with Saul’s servants, answered: “I saw the son of Jesse come to Ahimelech son of Ahitub at Nob.
  14. 1 Samuel 22:11וַיָּבֹ֥אוּ · of them came
    Then the king sent messengers to summon Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and his father’s whole family, who were priests at Nob. And all of them came to the king.
  15. 1 Samuel 23:7בָ֥א · had gone; לָב֔וֹא · by entering
    When Saul was told that David had gone to Keilah, he said, “God has delivered him into my hand, for he has trapped himself by entering a town with gates and bars.”
  16. 1 Samuel 23:10לָב֣וֹא · to come
    And David said, “O LORD, God of Israel, Your servant has heard that Saul intends to come to Keilah and destroy the city on my account.
  17. 1 Samuel 23:27בָּ֔א · came
    Then a messenger came to Saul, saying, “Come quickly, for the Philistines have raided the land!”
  18. 1 Samuel 24:3וַ֠יָּבֹא · Soon Saul came; וַיָּבֹ֥א · went in
    Soon Saul came to the sheepfolds along the road, where there was a cave, and he went in to relieve himself. And David and his men were hiding in the recesses of the cave.
  19. 1 Samuel 25:5וּבָאתֶ֣ם
    So David sent ten young men and instructed them, “Go up to Nabal at Carmel. Greet him in my name
  20. 1 Samuel 25:8בָּ֑נוּ · we have come
    Ask your young men, and they will tell you. So let my young men find favor with you, for we have come on the day of a feast. Please give whatever you can spare to your servants and to your son David.’”
  21. 1 Samuel 25:9וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ · arrived
    When David’s young men arrived, they relayed all these words to Nabal on behalf of David. Then they waited.
  22. 1 Samuel 25:12וַיָּבֹ֔אוּ
    So David’s men turned around and went back, and they relayed to him all these words.
  23. 1 Samuel 25:19בָּאָ֑ה
    …and said to her young men, “Go ahead of me. I will be right behind you.” But she did not tell her husband Nabal.
  24. 1 Samuel 25:26מִבּ֣וֹא · from
    Now, my lord, as surely as the LORD lives and you yourself live, since the LORD has held you back from bloodshed and from avenging yourself with your own hand, may your enemies and those who seek harm for my lord be like Nabal.
  25. 1 Samuel 25:27הֵבִ֥יא · has brought
    Now let this gift your servant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who follow you.
  26. 1 Samuel 25:33מִבּ֣וֹא
    Blessed is your discernment, and blessed are you, because today you kept me from bloodshed and from avenging myself by my own hand.
  27. 1 Samuel 25:34וַתָּבֹאתִי · come
    Otherwise, as surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, who has restrained me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, then surely no male belonging to Nabal would have been left alive by morning light.”
  28. 1 Samuel 25:35הֵבִ֖יאָה · she had brought
    Then David accepted from her hand what she had brought him, and he said to her, “Go home in peace. See, I have heeded your voice and granted your request.”
  29. 1 Samuel 25:36וַתָּבֹ֣א · returned
    When Abigail returned to Nabal, there he was in the house, holding a feast fit for a king, in high spirits and very drunk. So she told him nothing until morning light.
  30. 1 Samuel 25:40וַיָּבֹ֜אוּ · came
    When his servants came to Abigail at Carmel, they said, “David has sent us to take you as his wife.”
  31. 1 Samuel 26:1וַיָּבֹ֤אוּ · came
    Then the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding on the hill of Hachilah, opposite Jeshimon?”
  32. 1 Samuel 26:3בָ֥א · had followed
    Saul camped beside the road at the hill of Hachilah opposite Jeshimon, but David was living in the wilderness. When he realized that Saul had followed him there,
  33. 1 Samuel 26:4בָ֥א · had arrived
    David sent out spies to verify that Saul had arrived.
  34. 1 Samuel 26:5וַיָּבֹא֮ · and went
    Then David set out and went to the place where Saul had camped. He saw the place where Saul and Abner son of Ner, the general of his army, had lain down. Saul was lying inside the inner circle of the camp, with the troops camped around him.
  35. 1 Samuel 26:7וַיָּבֹא֩ · came
    That night David and Abishai came to the troops, and Saul was lying there asleep in the inner circle of the camp, with his spear stuck in the ground by his head. And Abner and the troops were lying around him.
  36. 1 Samuel 26:10יָבוֹא֙ · will come
    David added, “As surely as the LORD lives, the LORD Himself will strike him down; either his day will come and he will die, or he will go into battle and perish.
  37. 1 Samuel 26:15בָא֙ · came
    So David said to Abner, “You are a man, aren’t you? And who in Israel is your equal? Why then did you not protect your lord the king when one of the people came to destroy him?
  38. 1 Samuel 27:8בּוֹאֲךָ֥
    Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites. (From ancient times these people had inhabited the land extending to Shur and Egypt.)
  39. 1 Samuel 27:9וַיָּבֹ֥א
    Whenever David attacked a territory, he did not leave a man or woman alive, but he took the flocks and herds, the donkeys, camels, and clothing. Then he would return to Achish,
  40. 1 Samuel 27:11לְהָבִ֥יא · to be brought
    David did not leave a man or woman alive to be brought to Gath, for he said, “Otherwise they will report us, saying, ‘This is what David did.’” And this was David’s custom the whole time he lived in Philistine territory.
  41. 1 Samuel 28:4וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ
    The Philistines gathered together and camped at Shunem, while Saul gathered all Israel and camped at Gilboa.
  42. 1 Samuel 28:8וַיָּבֹ֥אוּ · They came
    So Saul disguised himself by putting on different clothes, and he set out with two of his men. They came to the woman at night, and Saul said, “Consult a spirit for me. Bring up for me the one I name.”
  43. 1 Samuel 28:21וַתָּב֤וֹא · came
    When the woman came to Saul and saw how distraught he was, she said to him, “Look, your maidservant has obeyed your voice. I took my life in my hands and did as you told me.
  44. 1 Samuel 29:6וּבֹאֲךָ֤; בֹּאֲךָ֥ · you came
    So Achish summoned David and told him, “As surely as the LORD lives, you have been upright, and it seems right in my sight that you should march in and out with me in the army, because I have found no fault in you from the day you came to me until this day. But you are not good in the sight of the leaders.
  45. 1 Samuel 29:8אָבוֹא֙ · going along
    “But what have I done?” David replied. “What have you found against your servant, from the day I came to you until today, to keep me from going along to fight against the enemies of my lord the king?”