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 15:4יָב֥וֹא · could comeAnd he would add, “If only someone would appoint me judge in the land, then everyone with a grievance or dispute could come to me, and I would give him justice.”
- 2 Samuel 15:6יָבֹ֥אוּ · cameAbsalom did this to all the Israelites who came to the king for justice. In this way he stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
- 2 Samuel 15:13וַיָּבֹא֙ · cameThen a messenger came to David and reported, “The hearts of the men of Israel are with Absalom.”
- 2 Samuel 15:18בָּ֤אוּ · had followed…and all his servants marched past him—all the Cherethites and Pelethites, and six hundred Gittites who had followed him from Gath.
- 2 Samuel 15:20בּוֹאֶ֗ךָ · In fact, you arrivedIn fact, you arrived only yesterday; should I make you wander around with us today while I do not know where I am going? Go back and take your brothers with you. May the LORD show you loving devotion and faithfulness.”
- 2 Samuel 15:28בּ֥וֹא · comesSee, I will wait at the fords of the wilderness until word comes from you to inform me.”
- 2 Samuel 15:32בָּ֣א · cameWhen David came to the summit, where he used to worship God, Hushai the Archite was there to meet him with his robe torn and dust on his head.
- 2 Samuel 15:37וַיָּבֹ֥א · arrived; יָבֹ֖א · was enteringSo David’s friend Hushai arrived in Jerusalem just as Absalom was entering the city.
- 2 Samuel 16:5וּבָ֛א · approachedAs King David approached Bahurim, a man from the family of the house of Saul was just coming out. His name was Shimei son of Gera, and as he approached, he kept yelling out curses.
- 2 Samuel 16:14וַיָּבֹ֥א · arrivedFinally, the king and all the people with him arrived, exhausted. And there he refreshed himself.
- 2 Samuel 16:15בָּ֖אוּ · cameThen Absalom and all the men of Israel came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel was with him.
- 2 Samuel 16:16בָּ֞א · wentAnd David’s friend Hushai the Archite went to Absalom and said to him, “Long live the king! Long live the king!”
- 2 Samuel 16:21בּ֚וֹא · Sleep withAhithophel replied, “Sleep with your father’s concubines, whom he has left to take care of the palace. When all Israel hears that you have become a stench to your father, then the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened.”
- 2 Samuel 16:22וַיָּבֹ֤א · slept withSo they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and he slept with his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.
- 2 Samuel 17:2וְאָב֣וֹא · I will attack himI will attack him while he is weak and weary; I will throw him into a panic, and all the people with him will flee; I will strike down only the king
- 2 Samuel 17:6וַיָּבֹ֣א · cameSo Hushai came to Absalom, who told him, “Ahithophel has spoken this proposal. Should we carry it out? If not, what do you say?”
- 2 Samuel 17:12וּבָ֣אנוּ · Then we will attackThen we will attack David wherever we find him, and we will descend on him like dew on the ground. And of all the men with him, not even one will remain.
- 2 Samuel 17:14הָבִ֧יא · bringThen Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than that of Ahithophel.” For the LORD had purposed to thwart the good counsel of Ahithophel in order to bring disaster on Absalom.
- 2 Samuel 17:17לָב֥וֹא · enteringNow Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying at En-rogel, where a servant girl would come and pass along information to them. They in turn would go and inform King David, for they dared not be seen entering the city.
- 2 Samuel 17:18וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ׀ · and cameBut a young man did see them and told Absalom. So the two left quickly and came to the house of a man in Bahurim. He had a well in his courtyard, and they climbed down into it.
- 2 Samuel 17:20וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ · cameWhen Absalom’s servants came to the woman at the house, they asked, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” “They have crossed over the brook,” she replied. The men searched but did not find them, so they returned to Jerusalem.
- 2 Samuel 17:24בָּ֣א · wentThen David went to Mahanaim, and Absalom crossed the Jordan with all the men of Israel.
- 2 Samuel 17:25בָּא֙ · had marriedAbsalom had appointed Amasa over the army in place of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra, the Ishmaelite who had married Abigail, the daughter of Nahash and sister of Zeruiah the mother of Joab.
- 2 Samuel 17:27כְּב֥וֹא · cameWhen David came to Mahanaim, he was met by Shobi son of Nahash from Rabbah of the Ammonites, Machir son of Ammiel from Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim.
- 2 Samuel 18:9וַיָּבֹ֣א · wentNow Absalom was riding on his mule when he met the servants of David, and as the mule went under the thick branches of a large oak, Absalom’s head was caught fast in the tree. The mule under him kept going, so that he was suspended in midair.
- 2 Samuel 18:27יָבֽוֹא׃ · He comesThe watchman said, “The first man appears to me to be running like Ahimaaz son of Zadok.” “This is a good man,” said the king. “He comes with good news.”
- 2 Samuel 18:31בָּ֑א · cameJust then the Cushite came and said, “May my lord the king hear the good news: Today the LORD has avenged you of all who rose up against you!”
- 2 Samuel 19:3לָב֣וֹא · returnedSo they returned to the city quietly that day, as people steal away in humiliation after fleeing a battle.
- 2 Samuel 19:5וַיָּבֹ֥א · wentThen Joab went into the house and said to the king, “Today you have disgraced all your servants who have saved your life and the lives of your sons and daughters, of your wives, and of your concubines.
- 2 Samuel 19:7בָּ֣אָה · has befallenNow therefore get up! Go out and speak comfort to your servants, for I swear by the LORD that if you do not go out, not a man will remain with you tonight. This will be worse for you than all the adversity that has befallen you from your youth until now!”
- 2 Samuel 19:8וַיָּבֹ֤א · cameSo the king got up and sat in the gate, and all the people were told: “Behold, the king is sitting in the gate.” So they all came before the king. Meanwhile, the Israelites had fled, each man to his home.
- 2 Samuel 19:11בָּ֥א · has reachedThen King David sent this message to Zadok and Abiathar, the priests: “Say to the elders of Judah, ‘Why should you be the last to restore the king to his palace, since the talk of all Israel has reached the king at his quarters?
- 2 Samuel 19:15וַיָּבֹ֖א · and when he arrived; בָּ֣א · cameSo the king returned, and when he arrived at the Jordan, the men of Judah came to Gilgal to meet him and escort him across the Jordan.
- 2 Samuel 19:20בָ֣אתִיFor your servant knows that I have sinned, so here I am today as the first of all the house of Joseph to come down to meet my lord the king.”
- 2 Samuel 19:24בָּ֥א · he returnedThen Mephibosheth, Saul’s grandson, went down to meet the king. He had not cared for his feet or trimmed his mustache or washed his clothes from the day the king had left until the day he returned safely.
- 2 Samuel 19:25בָ֥א · he cameAnd he came from Jerusalem to meet the king, who asked him, “Mephibosheth, why did you not go with me?”
- 2 Samuel 19:30בָּ֞א · comeAnd Mephibosheth said to the king, “Instead, since my lord the king has safely come to his own house, let Ziba take it all!”
- 2 Samuel 19:41בָּאִ֣ים · cameSoon all the men of Israel came to the king and asked, “Why did our brothers, the men of Judah, take you away secretly and bring the king and his household across the Jordan, together with all of David’s men?”
- 2 Samuel 20:3וַיָּבֹ֨א · returned; בָ֑א · themWhen David returned to his palace in Jerusalem, he took the ten concubines he had left to take care of the palace, and he placed them in a house under guard. He provided for them, but he no longer slept with them. They were confined until the day of their death, living as widows.
- 2 Samuel 20:8בָּ֣א · joinedAnd while they were at the great stone in Gibeon, Amasa joined them. Now Joab was dressed in military attire, with a dagger strapped to his belt. And as he stepped forward, he slipped the dagger from its sheath.
- 2 Samuel 20:12הַבָּ֥אBut Amasa wallowed in his blood in the middle of the road, and when the man saw that all the troops were stopping there, he dragged the body off the road into a field and threw a garment over it.
- 2 Samuel 20:14וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ · and followedSheba passed through all the tribes of Israel to Abel-beth-maacah and through the entire region of the Berites, who gathered together and followed him.
- 2 Samuel 20:15וַיָּבֹ֜אוּ · And Joab’s troops cameAnd Joab’s troops came and besieged Sheba in Abel-beth-maacah and built a siege ramp against the outer rampart of the city. As all the troops with Joab were battering the wall to topple it,
- 2 Samuel 20:22וַתָּבוֹא֩ · wentThen the woman went to all the people with her wise counsel, and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bichri and threw it to Joab. So he blew the ram’s horn and his men dispersed from the city, each to his own home. And Joab returned to the king in Jerusalem.
- 2 Samuel 23:13וַיָּבֹ֤אוּAt harvest time, three of the thirty chief men went down to David at the cave of Adullam, while a company of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.
- 2 Samuel 23:16וַיָּבִ֣אוּ · and brought [it]So the three mighty men broke through the Philistine camp, drew water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem, and brought it back to David. But he refused to drink it; instead, he poured it out to the LORD,
- 2 Samuel 23:19בָֽא׃ס · includedWas he not more honored than the Three? And he became their commander, even though he was not included among the Three.