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 Kings 10:7בָּ֙אתִי֙ · I came
    But I did not believe these things until I came and saw with my own eyes. Indeed, not even half was told to me. Your wisdom and prosperity have far exceeded the report I heard.
  2. 1 Kings 10:10בָא֩ · brought in
    Then she gave the king 120 talents of gold, a great quantity of spices, and precious stones. Never again were spices in such abundance brought in as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.
  3. 1 Kings 10:11הֵבִ֨יא · brought
    (The fleet of Hiram that brought gold from Ophir also brought from Ophir a great cargo of almug wood and precious stones.
  4. 1 Kings 10:12בָֽא־ · been brought in
    The king made the almug wood into steps for the house of the LORD and for the king’s palace, and into lyres and harps for the singers. Never before had such almug wood been brought in, nor has such been seen again to this day.)
  5. 1 Kings 10:14בָּ֥א · came
    The weight of gold that came to Solomon each year was 666 talents,
  6. 1 Kings 10:22תָּב֣וֹא׀ · would arrive
    For the king had the ships of Tarshish at sea with Hiram’s fleet, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
  7. 1 Kings 10:25מְבִאִ֣ים · would bring
    Year after year, each visitor would bring his tribute: articles of silver and gold, clothing, weapons, spices, horses, and mules.
  8. 1 Kings 11:2תָבֹ֣אוּ · intermarry; יָבֹ֣אוּ
    These women were from the nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods.” Yet Solomon clung to these women in love.
  9. 1 Kings 11:17לָב֣וֹא
    But Hadad, still just a young boy, had fled to Egypt, along with some Edomites who were servants of his father.
  10. 1 Kings 11:18וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ · and went; וַיָּבֹ֤אוּ · and went
    Hadad and his men set out from Midian and went to Paran. They took men from Paran with them and went to Egypt, to Pharaoh king of Egypt, who gave Hadad a house and land and provided him with food.
  11. 1 Kings 12:1בָּ֥א · had gone
    Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king.
  12. 1 Kings 12:3וַיָּבֹאוּ · came
    So they sent for Jeroboam, and he and the whole assembly of Israel came to Rehoboam and said,
  13. 1 Kings 12:12וַיָּבוֹ · returned
    After three days, Jeroboam and all the people returned to Rehoboam, since the king had said, “Come back to me on the third day.”
  14. 1 Kings 12:21וַיָּבֹאוּ · arrived
    And when Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he mobilized the whole house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin—180,000 chosen warriors—to fight against the house of Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam son of Solomon.
  15. 1 Kings 13:1בָּ֧א · there came
    Suddenly, as Jeroboam was standing beside the altar to burn incense, there came a man of God from Judah to Bethel by the word of the LORD.
  16. 1 Kings 13:7בֹּאָה־ · Come
    Then the king said to the man of God, “Come home with me and refresh yourself, and I will give you a reward.”
  17. 1 Kings 13:8אָבֹ֖א · go
    But the man of God replied, “If you were to give me half your possessions, I still would not go with you, nor would I eat bread or drink water in this place.
  18. 1 Kings 13:10בָּ֥א · he had come
    So the man of God went another way and did not return by the way he had come to Bethel.
  19. 1 Kings 13:11וַיָּב֣וֹא · came
    Now a certain old prophet was living in Bethel, and his sons came and told him all the deeds that the man of God had done that day in Bethel. They also told their father the words that the man had spoken to the king.
  20. 1 Kings 13:12בָּ֖א · had come
    “Which way did he go?” their father asked. And his sons showed him the way taken by the man of God, who had come from Judah.
  21. 1 Kings 13:14בָּ֥אתָ · came
    …and went after the man of God. He found him sitting under an oak tree and asked, “Are you the man of God who came from Judah?” “I am,” he replied.
  22. 1 Kings 13:16וְלָב֣וֹא
    But the man replied, “I cannot go home with you, and I will not eat bread or drink water with you in this place.
  23. 1 Kings 13:21בָּ֤א · had come
    …and the prophet cried out to the man of God who had come from Judah, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Because you have defied the word of the LORD and have not kept the commandment that the LORD your God gave you,
  24. 1 Kings 13:22תָב֥וֹא · reach
    …but you went back and ate bread and drank water in the place where He told you not to do so, your body shall never reach the tomb of your fathers.’”
  25. 1 Kings 13:25וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ · and they went
    And there were men passing by who saw the body lying in the road with the lion standing beside it, and they went and reported this in the city where the old prophet lived.
  26. 1 Kings 13:29וַיָּבֹ֗א
    So the old prophet lifted up the body of the man of God, laid it on the donkey, and brought it back to his own city to mourn for him and bury him.
  27. 1 Kings 14:3וּבָ֣את · and go
    Take with you ten loaves of bread, some cakes, and a jar of honey, and go to him. He will tell you what will become of the boy.”
  28. 1 Kings 14:4וַתָּבֹ֖א · and arrived
    Jeroboam’s wife did as instructed; she arose and went to Shiloh and arrived at Ahijah’s house. Now Ahijah could not see, for his eyes were dim because of his age.
  29. 1 Kings 14:5בָּאָ֣ה · is coming; כְבֹאָ֔הּ · when she arrives
    But the LORD had said to Ahijah, “Behold, the wife of Jeroboam is coming to ask you about her son, for he is ill. You are to say such and such to her, because when she arrives, she will be disguised.”
  30. 1 Kings 14:6בָּאָ֣ה · entering; בֹּ֖אִי · Come in
    So when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet entering the door, he said, “Come in, wife of Jeroboam! Why are you disguised? For I have been sent to you with bad news.
  31. 1 Kings 14:10מֵבִ֤יא · I am bringing
    Because of all this, behold, I am bringing disaster on the house of Jeroboam: I will cut off from Jeroboam every male, both slave and free, in Israel; I will burn up the house of Jeroboam as one burns up dung until it is gone!
  32. 1 Kings 14:12בְּבֹאָ֥ה · enter
    As for you, get up and go home. When your feet enter the city, the child will die.
  33. 1 Kings 14:13יָבֹ֥א · who will receive a proper burial
    All Israel will mourn for him and bury him. For this is the only one belonging to Jeroboam who will receive a proper burial, because only in him has the LORD, the God of Israel, found any good in the house of Jeroboam.
  34. 1 Kings 14:17וַתָּבֹ֣א · for; בָּאָ֥ה · stepped over
    Then Jeroboam’s wife got up and departed for Tirzah, and as soon as she stepped over the threshold of the house, the boy died.
  35. 1 Kings 14:28בֹ֥א · entered
    And whenever the king entered the house of the LORD, the guards would bear the shields, and later they would return them to the guardroom.
  36. 1 Kings 15:15וַיָּבֵא֙ · And he brought
    And he brought into the house of the LORD the silver and gold and the articles that he and his father had dedicated.
  37. 1 Kings 15:17וָבָ֔א · or entering the territory of
    Baasha king of Israel went to war against Judah and fortified Ramah to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the territory of Asa king of Judah.
  38. 1 Kings 16:10וַיָּבֹ֤א · went in
    So in the twenty-seventh year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Zimri went in, struck Elah down, and killed him. And Zimri reigned in his place.
  39. 1 Kings 16:18וַיָּבֹ֖א · he entered
    When Zimri saw that the city was captured, he entered the citadel of the royal palace and burned it down upon himself. So he died
  40. 1 Kings 17:6מְבִיאִ֨ים · would bring
    The ravens would bring him bread and meat in the morning and evening, and he would drink from the brook.
  41. 1 Kings 17:10וַיָּבֹא֙ · When he arrived
    So Elijah got up and went to Zarephath. When he arrived at the city gate, there was a widow gathering sticks. Elijah called to her and said, “Please bring me a little water in a cup, so that I may drink.”
  42. 1 Kings 17:12וּבָ֙אתִי֙ · to take home
    But she replied, “As surely as the LORD your God lives, I have no bread—only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. Look, I am gathering a couple of sticks to take home and prepare a meal for myself and my son, so that we may eat it and die.”
  43. 1 Kings 17:13בֹּ֖אִי · Go
    “Do not be afraid,” Elijah said to her. “Go and do as you have said. But first make me a small cake of bread from what you have, and bring it out to me. Afterward, make some for yourself and your son,
  44. 1 Kings 17:18בָּ֧אתָ · Have you come
    “O man of God,” said the woman to Elijah, “what have you done to me? Have you come to remind me of my iniquity and cause the death of my son?”
  45. 1 Kings 18:12וּבָ֨אתִי · Then when I go
    I do not know where the Spirit of the LORD may carry you off when I leave you. Then when I go and tell Ahab and he does not find you, he will kill me. But I, your servant, have feared the LORD from my youth.