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
- 2 Samuel 6:9יָב֥וֹא · ever comeThat day David feared the LORD and asked, “How can the ark of the LORD ever come to me?”
- 2 Samuel 6:16בָּ֖א · was enteringAs the ark of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, and she despised him in her heart.
- 2 Samuel 6:17וַיָּבִ֜אוּ · So they broughtSo they brought the ark of the LORD and set it in its place inside the tent that David had pitched for it. Then David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.
- 2 Samuel 7:18וַיָּבֹא֙ · went in; הֲבִיאֹתַ֖נִי · You have brought meThen King David went in, sat before the LORD, and said, “Who am I, O Lord GOD, and what is my house, that You have brought me this far?
- 2 Samuel 8:5וַתָּבֹא֙ · cameWhen the Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand of their men.
- 2 Samuel 8:7וַיְבִיאֵ֖ם · and brought themAnd David took the gold shields that belonged to the officers of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem.
- 2 Samuel 9:6וַ֠יָּבֹא · cameAnd when Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, he fell facedown in reverence. Then David said, “Mephibosheth!” “I am your servant,” he replied.
- 2 Samuel 9:10וְהֵבֵ֗אתָ · and bring in [the harvest]You and your sons and servants are to work the ground for him and bring in the harvest, so that your master’s grandson may have food to eat. But Mephibosheth, your master’s grandson, is always to eat at my table.” Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.
- 2 Samuel 10:2וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ · arrivedAnd David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, just as his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent some of his servants to console Hanun concerning his father. But when they arrived in the land of the Ammonites,
- 2 Samuel 10:14וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ · and they entered; וַיָּבֹ֖א · and cameWhen the Ammonites saw that the Arameans had fled, they too fled before Abishai, and they entered the city. So Joab returned from fighting against the Ammonites and came to Jerusalem.
- 2 Samuel 10:16וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ · and they cameHadadezer sent messengers to bring more Arameans from beyond the Euphrates, and they came to Helam with Shobach the commander of Hadadezer’s army leading them.
- 2 Samuel 10:17וַיָּבֹ֖א · and wentWhen this was reported to David, he gathered all Israel, crossed the Jordan, and went to Helam. Then the Arameans arrayed themselves against David and fought against him.
- 2 Samuel 11:4וַתָּב֤וֹא · and when she cameThen David sent messengers to get her, and when she came to him, he slept with her. (Now she had just purified herself from her uncleanness.) Then she returned home.
- 2 Samuel 11:7וַיָּבֹ֥א · cameWhen Uriah came to him, David asked how Joab and the troops were doing and how the war was going.
- 2 Samuel 11:10בָ֔א · just arrivedAnd David was told, “Uriah did not go home.” “Haven’t you just arrived from a journey?” David asked Uriah. “Why didn’t you go home?”
- 2 Samuel 11:11אָב֧וֹא · goUriah answered, “The ark and Israel and Judah are dwelling in tents, and my master Joab and his soldiers are camped in the open field. How can I go to my house to eat and drink and sleep with my wife? As surely as you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do such a thing!”
- 2 Samuel 11:22וַיָּבֹא֙So the messenger set out and reported to David all that Joab had sent him to say.
- 2 Samuel 12:1וַיָּבֹ֣א · and when he arrivedThen the LORD sent Nathan to David, and when he arrived, he said, “There were two men in a certain city, one rich and the other poor.
- 2 Samuel 12:4וַיָּ֣בֹא · came; הַבָּא־ · who had come; הַבָּ֥אNow a traveler came to the rich man, who refrained from taking one of his own sheep or cattle to prepare for the traveler who had come to him. Instead, he took the poor man’s lamb and prepared it for his guest.”
- 2 Samuel 12:16וּבָ֥א · and went into his houseDavid pleaded with God for the boy. He fasted and went into his house and spent the night lying in sackcloth on the ground.
- 2 Samuel 12:20וַיָּבֹ֥א · and went into; וַיָּבֹא֙ · Then he wentThen David got up from the ground, washed and anointed himself, changed his clothes, and went into the house of the LORD and worshiped. Then he went to his own house, and at his request they set food before him, and he ate.
- 2 Samuel 12:24וַיָּבֹ֥א · and he wentThen David comforted his wife Bathsheba, and he went to her and lay with her. So she gave birth to a son, and they named him Solomon. Now the LORD loved the child
- 2 Samuel 13:5וּבָ֧א · comes; תָּ֣בֹא · comeJonadab told him, “Lie down on your bed and pretend you are ill. When your father comes to see you, say to him, ‘Please let my sister Tamar come and give me something to eat. Let her prepare it in my sight so I may watch her and eat it from her hand.’”
- 2 Samuel 13:6וַיָּבֹ֨א · came; תָּֽבוֹא־ · comeSo Amnon lay down and feigned illness. When the king came to see him, Amnon said, “Please let my sister Tamar come and make a couple of cakes in my sight, so that I may eat from her hand.”
- 2 Samuel 13:10הָבִ֤יאִי · Bring; וַתָּבֵ֛א · and wentThen Amnon said to Tamar, “Bring the food into the bedroom, so that I may eat it from your hand.” Tamar took the cakes she had made and went to her brother Amnon’s bedroom.
- 2 Samuel 13:11בּ֛וֹאִי · ComeAnd when she had brought them to him to eat, he took hold of her and said, “Come lie with me, my sister!”
- 2 Samuel 13:24וַיָּבֹ֤א · wentAnd he went to the king and said, “Your servant has just hired shearers. Will the king and his servants please come with me?”
- 2 Samuel 13:30בָ֔אָה · reachedWhile they were on the way, a report reached David: “Absalom has struck down all the sons of the king; not one of them is left!”
- 2 Samuel 13:35בָּ֑אוּ · have arrivedSo Jonadab said to the king, “Look, the sons of the king have arrived! It is just as your servant said.”
- 2 Samuel 13:36בָּ֔אוּ · came inAnd as he finished speaking, the sons of the king came in, wailing loudly. Then the king and all his servants also wept very bitterly.
- 2 Samuel 14:3וּבָאת֙ · Then goThen go to the king and speak these words to him.” And Joab put the words in her mouth.
- 2 Samuel 14:10וַֽהֲבֵאת֣וֹ · bring him“If anyone speaks to you,” said the king, “bring him to me, and he will not trouble you again!”
- 2 Samuel 14:15בָּ֜אתִי · I have comeNow therefore, I have come to present this matter to my lord the king because the people have made me afraid. Your servant thought, ‘I will speak to the king. Perhaps he will grant the request of his maidservant.
- 2 Samuel 14:23וַיָּבֵ֥א · and broughtSo Joab got up, went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
- 2 Samuel 14:29לָב֣וֹא · to come; לָבֽוֹא׃ · comeThen he sent for Joab to send him to the king, but Joab refused to come to him. So Absalom sent a second time, but Joab still would not come.
- 2 Samuel 14:31וַיָּבֹ֥א · cameThen Joab came to Absalom’s house and demanded, “Why did your servants set my field on fire?”
- 2 Samuel 14:32בֹּ֣א · Come; בָּ֙אתִי֙ · have I come back“Look,” said Absalom, “I sent for you and said, ‘Come here. I want to send you to the king to ask: Why have I come back from Geshur? It would be better for me if I were still there.’ So now, let me see the king’s face, and if there is iniquity in me, let him kill me.”
- 2 Samuel 14:33וַיָּבֹ֨א · went; וַיָּבֹ֣א · who cameSo Joab went and told the king, and David summoned Absalom, who came to him and bowed facedown before him. Then the king kissed Absalom.
- 2 Samuel 15:2לָב֨וֹא · to bringHe would get up early and stand beside the road leading to the city gate. Whenever anyone had a grievance to bring before the king for a decision, Absalom would call out and ask, “What city are you from?” And if he replied, “Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel,”