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 29:10בָּ֣אוּ · came
    Now then, get up early in the morning, along with your master’s servants who came with you, and go as soon as it is light.”
  2. 1 Samuel 30:1בְּבֹ֨א · arrived
    On the third day David and his men arrived in Ziklag, and the Amalekites had raided the Negev, attacked Ziklag, and burned it down.
  3. 1 Samuel 30:3וַיָּבֹ֨א · came
    When David and his men came to the city, they found it burned down and their wives and sons and daughters taken captive.
  4. 1 Samuel 30:9וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ · went
    So David and his six hundred men went to the Brook of Besor, where some stayed behind
  5. 1 Samuel 30:21וַיָּבֹ֣א · came
    When David came to the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to follow him and who were left behind at the Brook of Besor, they came out to meet him and the troops with him. As David approached the men, he greeted them,
  6. 1 Samuel 30:23הַבָּ֥א · who came
    But David said, “My brothers, you must not do this with what the LORD has given us. He has protected us and delivered into our hands the raiders who came against us.
  7. 1 Samuel 30:26וַיָּבֹ֤א · arrived
    When David arrived in Ziklag, he sent some of the plunder to his friends, the elders of Judah, saying, “Here is a gift for you from the plunder of the LORD’s enemies.”
  8. 1 Samuel 31:4יָ֠בוֹאוּ · will come
    Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through with it, or these uncircumcised men will come and run me through and torture me!” But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused to do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.
  9. 1 Samuel 31:7וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ · came
    When the Israelites along the valley and those on the other side of the Jordan saw that the army of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons had died, they abandoned their cities and ran away. So the Philistines came and occupied their cities.
  10. 1 Samuel 31:8וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ · came
    The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
  11. 1 Samuel 31:12וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ · When they arrived
    …all their men of valor set out, journeyed all night, and retrieved the bodies of Saul and his sons from the wall of Beth-shan. When they arrived at Jabesh, they burned the bodies there.
  12. 2 Samuel 1:2בָּ֤א · arrived; בְּבֹא֣וֹ · When he came
    On the third day a man with torn clothes and dust on his head arrived from Saul’s camp. When he came to David, he fell to the ground to pay him homage.
  13. 2 Samuel 1:3תָּב֑וֹא · have you come from
    “Where have you come from?” David asked. “I have escaped from the Israelite camp,” he replied.
  14. 2 Samuel 1:10וָאֲבִיאֵ֥ם · and I have brought them
    So I stood over him and killed him, because I knew that after he had fallen he could not survive. And I took the crown that was on his head and the band that was on his arm, and I have brought them here to my lord.”
  15. 2 Samuel 2:4וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ · came [to Hebron]
    Then the men of Judah came to Hebron, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, “It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul.”
  16. 2 Samuel 2:23הַבָּ֣א · when he came
    But Asahel refused to turn away. So Abner thrust the butt of his spear into his stomach, and it came out his back, and he fell dead on the spot. And every man paused when he came to the place where Asahel had fallen and died.
  17. 2 Samuel 2:24בָּ֔אָה; בָּ֚אוּ · had gone
    But Joab and Abishai pursued Abner. By sunset, they had gone as far as the hill of Ammah opposite Giah on the way to the wilderness of Gibeon.
  18. 2 Samuel 2:29וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ · and arrived
    And all that night Abner and his men marched through the Arabah. They crossed the Jordan, marched all morning, and arrived at Mahanaim.
  19. 2 Samuel 3:7בָּ֖אתָה · did you sleep with
    Now Saul had a concubine named Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah. So Ish-bosheth questioned Abner, “Why did you sleep with my father’s concubine?”
  20. 2 Samuel 3:13הֱבִיאֲךָ֗ · you bring; בְּבֹאֲךָ֖ · when you come
    “Good,” replied David, “I will make a covenant with you. But there is one thing I require of you: Do not appear before me unless you bring Saul’s daughter Michal when you come to see me.”
  21. 2 Samuel 3:20וַיָּבֹ֨א · came
    When Abner and twenty of his men came to David at Hebron, David held a feast for them.
  22. 2 Samuel 3:22בָּ֣א · returned; הֵבִ֑יאוּ · bringing
    Just then David’s soldiers and Joab returned from a raid, bringing with them a great plunder. But Abner was not with David in Hebron, because David had sent him on his way in peace.
  23. 2 Samuel 3:23בָּ֑אוּ · arrived; בָּֽא־ · came
    When Joab and all his troops arrived, he was informed, “Abner son of Ner came to see the king, who sent him on his way in peace.”
  24. 2 Samuel 3:24וַיָּבֹ֤א · went; בָ֤א · came
    So Joab went to the king and said, “What have you done? Look, Abner came to you. Why did you dismiss him? Now he is getting away!
  25. 2 Samuel 3:25בָּ֑א · came
    Surely you realize that Abner son of Ner came to deceive you and to track your movements and all that you are doing.”
  26. 2 Samuel 3:35וַיָּבֹ֣א · came; בֽוֹא־ · sets
    Then all the people came and urged David to eat something while it was still day, but David took an oath, saying, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if I taste bread or anything else before the sun sets!”
  27. 2 Samuel 4:4בְּבֹ֣א · came
    And Jonathan son of Saul had a son who was lame in his feet. He was five years old when the report about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel. His nurse picked him up and fled, but as she was hurrying to escape, he fell and became lame. His name was Mephibosheth.
  28. 2 Samuel 4:5וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ · and arrived
    Now Rechab and Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, set out and arrived at the house of Ish-bosheth in the heat of the day, while the king was taking his midday nap.
  29. 2 Samuel 4:6בָּ֜אוּ · They entered
    They entered the interior of the house as if to get some wheat, and they stabbed him in the stomach. Then Rechab and his brother Baanah slipped away.
  30. 2 Samuel 4:7וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ · They had entered
    They had entered the house while Ish-bosheth was lying on his bed, and having stabbed and killed him, they beheaded him, took his head, and traveled all night by way of the Arabah.
  31. 2 Samuel 4:8וַ֠יָּבִאוּ · They brought
    They brought the head of Ish-bosheth to David at Hebron and said to the king, “Here is the head of Ish-bosheth son of Saul, your enemy who sought your life. Today the LORD has granted vengeance to my lord the king against Saul and his offspring.”
  32. 2 Samuel 5:1וַיָּבֹ֜אוּ · came
    Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood.
  33. 2 Samuel 5:2וְהַמֵּבִי · and brought them back
    Even in times past, while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And to you the LORD said, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be ruler over them.’”
  34. 2 Samuel 5:3וַ֠יָּבֹאוּ · came
    So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where King David made with them a covenant before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel.
  35. 2 Samuel 5:6תָב֣וֹא · get in; יָב֥וֹא · get in
    Now the king and his men marched to Jerusalem against the Jebusites who inhabited the land. The Jebusites said to David: “You will never get in here. Even the blind and lame can repel you.” For they thought, “David cannot get in here.”
  36. 2 Samuel 5:8יָב֖וֹא · enter
    On that day he said, “Whoever attacks the Jebusites must use the water shaft to reach the lame and blind who are despised by David.” That is why it is said, “The blind and the lame will never enter the palace.”
  37. 2 Samuel 5:13בֹּא֣וֹ · he had arrived
    After he had arrived from Hebron, David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him.
  38. 2 Samuel 5:18בָּ֑אוּ · had come
    Now the Philistines had come and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.
  39. 2 Samuel 5:20וַיָּבֹ֨א · went
    So David went to Baal-perazim, where he defeated the Philistines and said, “Like a bursting flood, the LORD has burst out against my enemies before me.” So he called that place Baal-perazim.
  40. 2 Samuel 5:23וּבָ֥אתָ · and attack
    So David inquired of the LORD, who answered, “Do not march straight up, but circle around behind them and attack them in front of the balsam trees.
  41. 2 Samuel 5:25בֹּאֲךָ֥
    So David did as the LORD had commanded him, and he struck down the Philistines all the way from Gibeon to Gezer.
  42. 2 Samuel 6:6וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ · When they came
    When they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah reached out and took hold of the ark of God, because the oxen had stumbled.