בּוֹא

boto come (in): come
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.

Glossary entries

Hamath Lebo-Hamath

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

2,569 total
  1. Genesis 19:34וּבֹ֙אִי֙ · so you can go in
    The next day the older daughter said to the younger, “Look, I slept with my father last night. Let us get him drunk with wine again tonight so you can go in and sleep with him and we can preserve our father’s line.”
  2. Genesis 20:3וַיָּבֹ֧א · came
    One night, however, God came to Abimelech in a dream and told him, “You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken, for she is a married woman.”
  3. Genesis 20:9הֵבֵ֧אתָ · you have brought
    Then Abimelech called Abraham and asked, “What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought such tremendous guilt upon me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should not be done.”
  4. Genesis 20:13נָב֣וֹא · we go
    So when God had me journey from my father’s house, I said to Sarah, ‘This is how you can show your loyalty to me: Wherever we go, say of me, “He is my brother.”’”
  5. Genesis 22:9וַיָּבֹ֗אוּ · When they arrived
    When they arrived at the place God had designated, Abraham built the altar there and arranged the wood. He bound his son Isaac and placed him on the altar, atop the wood.
  6. Genesis 23:2וַיָּבֹא֙ · went out
    She died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went out to mourn and to weep for her.
  7. Genesis 23:10בָּאֵ֥י · who had come
    Now Ephron was sitting among the sons of Heth. So in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city, Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham,
  8. Genesis 23:18בָּאֵ֥י · who had come
    …to Abraham’s possession in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city.
  9. Genesis 24:1בָּ֖א · and well along
    By now Abraham was old and well along in years, and the LORD had blessed him in every way.
  10. Genesis 24:30וַיָּבֹא֙ · he went and found
    As soon as he saw the ring, and the bracelets on his sister’s wrists, and heard Rebekah’s words, “The man said this to me,” he went and found the man standing by the camels near the spring.
  11. Genesis 24:31בּ֖וֹא · Come
    “Come, you who are blessed by the LORD,” said Laban. “Why are you standing out here? I have prepared the house and a place for the camels.”
  12. Genesis 24:32וַיָּבֹ֤א · came
    So the man came to the house, and the camels were unloaded. Straw and feed were brought to the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of his companions.
  13. Genesis 24:41תָב֖וֹא · you go
    And when you go to my kindred, if they refuse to give her to you, then you will be released from my oath.’
  14. Genesis 24:42וָאָבֹ֥א · So when I came
    So when I came to the spring today, I prayed: O LORD, God of my master Abraham, if only You would make my journey a success!
  15. Genesis 24:62 (2×)בָּ֣א · had just returned; מִבּ֔וֹא · from
    Now Isaac had just returned from Beer-lahai-roi, for he was living in the Negev.
  16. Genesis 24:63בָּאִֽים׃ · approaching
    Early in the evening, Isaac went out to the field to meditate, and looking up, he saw the camels approaching.
  17. Genesis 24:67וַיְבִאֶ֣הָ · brought
    And Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah and took Rebekah as his wife. And Isaac loved her and was comforted after his mother’s death.
  18. Genesis 25:18בֹּאֲכָ֖ה · as you go
    Ishmael’s descendants settled from Havilah to Shur, which is near the border of Egypt as you go toward Asshur. And they lived in hostility toward all their brothers.
  19. Genesis 25:29וַיָּבֹ֥א · came in
    One day, while Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the field and was famished.
  20. Genesis 26:10וְהֵבֵאתָ֥ · and you would have brought
    “What is this you have done to us?” asked Abimelech. “One of the people could easily have slept with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us.”
  21. Genesis 26:27בָּאתֶ֣ם · have you come
    “Why have you come to me?” Isaac asked them. “You hated me and sent me away.”
  22. Genesis 26:32וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ · came
    On that same day, Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well they had dug. “We have found water!” they told him.
  23. Genesis 27:4וְהָבִ֥יאָה · and bring
    Then prepare a tasty dish that I love and bring it to me to eat, so that I may bless you before I die.”
  24. Genesis 27:5לְהָבִֽיא׃ · [and] bring [it back]
    Now Rebekah was listening to what Isaac told his son Esau. So when Esau went into the field to hunt game and bring it back,
  25. Genesis 27:7הָבִ֨יאָה · Bring
    ‘Bring me some game and prepare me a tasty dish to eat, so that I may bless you in the presence of the LORD before I die.’
  26. Genesis 27:10וְהֵבֵאתָ֥ · Then take
    Then take it to your father to eat, so that he may bless you before he dies.”
  27. Genesis 27:12וְהֵבֵאתִ֥י · and I would bring
    What if my father touches me? Then I would be revealed to him as a deceiver, and I would bring upon myself a curse rather than a blessing.”
  28. Genesis 27:14וַיָּבֵ֖א · and brought them
    So Jacob went and got two goats and brought them to his mother, who made the tasty food his father loved.
  29. Genesis 27:18וַיָּבֹ֥א · So [Jacob] went
    So Jacob went to his father and said, “My father.” “Here I am!” he answered. “Which one are you, my son?”
  30. Genesis 27:25וַיָּ֧בֵא · then he brought
    “Serve me,” said Isaac, “and let me eat some of my son’s game, so that I may bless you.” Jacob brought it to him, and he ate; then he brought him wine, and he drank.
  31. Genesis 27:30בָּ֖א · returned
    As soon as Isaac had finished blessing him and Jacob had left his father’s presence, his brother Esau returned from the hunt.
  32. Genesis 27:31וַיָּבֵ֖א · brought
    He too made some tasty food, brought it to his father, and said to him, “My father, sit up and eat of your son’s game, so that you may bless me.”
  33. Genesis 27:33 (2×)וַיָּ֨בֵא · and brought it; תָּב֖וֹא · you came in
    Isaac began to tremble violently and said, “Who was it, then, who hunted the game and brought it to me? Before you came in, I ate it all and blessed him—and indeed, he will be blessed!”
  34. Genesis 27:35בָּ֥א · came
    But Isaac replied, “Your brother came deceitfully and took your blessing.”
  35. Genesis 28:11בָ֣א · had set
    On reaching a certain place, he spent the night there because the sun had set. And taking one of the stones from that place, he put it under his head and lay down to sleep.
  36. Genesis 29:6בָּאָ֖ה · comes
    “Is he well?” Jacob inquired. “Yes,” they answered, “and here comes his daughter Rachel with his sheep.”
  37. Genesis 29:9בָּ֗אָה · arrived
    While he was still speaking with them, Rachel arrived with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess.
  38. Genesis 29:13וַיְבִיאֵ֖הוּ · and brought him
    When Laban heard the news about his sister’s son Jacob, he ran out to meet him. He embraced him and kissed him and brought him to his home, where Jacob told him all that had happened.
  39. Genesis 29:21וְאָב֖וֹאָה · and I want to sleep with
    Finally Jacob said to Laban, “Grant me my wife, for my time is complete, and I want to sleep with her.”
  40. Genesis 29:23 (2×)וַיָּבֵ֥א · and gave; וַיָּבֹ֖א · and he slept with
    But when evening came, Laban took his daughter Leah and gave her to Jacob, and he slept with her.
  41. Genesis 29:30וַיָּבֹא֙ · Jacob slept with
    Jacob slept with Rachel as well, and indeed, he loved Rachel more than Leah. So he worked for Laban another seven years.
  42. Genesis 30:3בֹּ֣א · Sleep with
    Then she said, “Here is my maidservant Bilhah. Sleep with her, that she may bear children for me, so that through her I too can build a family.”
  43. Genesis 30:4וַיָּבֹ֥א · slept with
    So Rachel gave Jacob her servant Bilhah as a wife, and he slept with her,
  44. Genesis 30:11בְּגָד · How fortunate
    Then Leah said, “How fortunate!” So she named him Gad.
  45. Genesis 30:14וַיָּבֵ֣א · When he brought
    Now during the wheat harvest, Reuben went out and found some mandrakes in the field. When he brought them to his mother, Rachel begged Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”
  46. Genesis 30:16 (2×)וַיָּבֹ֨א · came in; תָּב֔וֹא · You must come
    When Jacob came in from the field that evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, “You must come with me, for I have hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” So he slept with her that night.