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
- 1 Kings 18:46בֹּאֲכָ֖הAnd the hand of the LORD came upon Elijah, and he tucked his cloak into his belt and ran ahead of Ahab all the way to Jezreel.
- 1 Kings 19:3וַיָּבֹ֕א · When he cameAnd Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there,
- 1 Kings 19:4וַיָּבֹ֕א…while he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness. He sat down under a broom tree and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, LORD,” he said. “Take my life, for I am no better than my fathers.”
- 1 Kings 19:9וַיָּבֹא־ · [Elijah] enteredThere Elijah entered a cave and spent the night. And the word of the LORD came to him, saying, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
- 1 Kings 19:15וּבָ֗אתָ · When you arriveThen the LORD said to him, “Go back by the way you came, and go to the Desert of Damascus. When you arrive, you are to anoint Hazael as king over Aram.
- 1 Kings 20:30וַיָּבֹ֥א · and hidThe rest of them fled into the city of Aphek, where the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand of the remaining men. Ben-hadad also fled to the city and hid in an inner room.
- 1 Kings 20:32וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ · they wentSo with sackcloth around their waists and ropes around their heads, they went to the king of Israel and said, “Your servant Ben-hadad says, ‘Please spare my life.’” And the king answered, “Is he still alive? He is my brother.”
- 1 Kings 20:33בֹּ֣אוּ · GoNow the men were looking for a sign of hope, and they quickly grasped at this word and replied, “Yes, your brother Ben-hadad.” “Go and get him!” said the king. Then Ben-hadad came out, and Ahab had him come up into his chariot.
- 1 Kings 20:39וַיָּבֵ֧א · withAs the king passed by, he cried out to the king: “Your servant had marched out into the middle of the battle, when suddenly a man came over with a captive and told me, ‘Guard this man! If he goes missing for any reason, your life will be exchanged for his life, or you will weigh out a talent of silver.’
- 1 Kings 20:43וַיָּבֹ֖אSullen and angry, the king of Israel went home to Samaria.
- 1 Kings 21:4וַיָּבֹא֩ · wentSo Ahab went to his palace, sullen and angry because Naboth the Jezreelite had told him, “I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers.” He lay down on his bed, turned his face away, and refused to eat.
- 1 Kings 21:5וַתָּבֹ֥א · came inSoon his wife Jezebel came in and asked, “Why are you so sullen that you refuse to eat?”
- 1 Kings 21:13וַ֠יָּבֹאוּ · came inAnd the two scoundrels came in and sat opposite Naboth, and these men testified against him before the people, saying, “Naboth has cursed both God and the king!” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death.
- 1 Kings 21:21מֵבִי · I will bringThis is what the LORD says: ‘I will bring calamity on you and consume your descendants; I will cut off from Ahab every male in Israel, both slave and free.
- 1 Kings 21:29אָבִי · bring; אָבִ֥יא · but I will bring“Have you seen how Ahab has humbled himself before Me? Because he has humbled himself before Me, I will not bring the calamity during his days, but I will bring it upon his house in the days of his son.”
- 1 Kings 22:15וַיָּבוֹא֮ · When Micaiah arrivedWhen Micaiah arrived, the king asked him, “Micaiah, should we go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should we refrain?” “Go up and triumph,” Micaiah replied, “for the LORD will deliver it into the hand of the king.”
- 1 Kings 22:25תָּבֹ֛א · you goMicaiah replied, “You will soon see, on that day when you go and hide in an inner room.”
- 1 Kings 22:27בֹּאִ֥י · I return…and tell them that this is what the king says: ‘Put this man in prison and feed him only bread and water until I return safely.’”
- 1 Kings 22:30וָבֹ֣א · and go; וַיָּב֖וֹא · and wentAnd the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “I will disguise myself and go into battle, but you wear your royal robes.” So the king of Israel disguised himself and went into battle.
- 1 Kings 22:36כְּבֹ֥א · was settingAs the sun was setting, the cry rang out in the army: “Every man to his own city, and every man to his own land!”
- 1 Kings 22:37וַיָּב֖וֹא · and was broughtSo the king died and was brought to Samaria, where they buried him.
- 2 Kings 1:13וַיָּבֹא֩So the king sent a third captain with his fifty men. And the third captain went up, fell on his knees before Elijah, and begged him, “Man of God, may my life and the lives of these fifty servants of yours please be precious in your sight.
- 2 Kings 2:4וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ · So they wentAnd Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me on to Jericho.” But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they went to Jericho.
- 2 Kings 2:15וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ · And they wentWhen the sons of the prophets who were watching him from Jericho saw what had happened, they said, “The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha.” And they went to meet him and bowed down to the ground before him.
- 2 Kings 3:20בָּאִ֖ים · flowedThe next morning, at the time of the morning sacrifice, water suddenly flowed from the direction of Edom and filled the land.
- 2 Kings 3:24וַיָּבֹאוּ֮ · But when the Moabites came; וַיָּבוֹ · So [the Israelites] invaded [their land]But when the Moabites came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and attacked them, and they fled before them. So the Israelites invaded their land and struck down the Moabites.
- 2 Kings 4:1בָּ֗א · is comingNow the wife of one of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant, my husband, is dead, and you know that your servant feared the LORD. And now his creditor is coming to take my two children as his slaves!”
- 2 Kings 4:4וּבָ֗את · Then go insideThen go inside, shut the door behind you and your sons, and pour oil into all these jars, setting the full ones aside.”
- 2 Kings 4:7וַתָּבֹ֗א · She wentShe went and told the man of God, and he said, “Go, sell the oil, and pay your debt. Then you and your sons can live on the remainder.”
- 2 Kings 4:10בְּבֹא֥וֹ · he comesPlease let us make a small room upstairs and put in it a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp for him. Then when he comes to us, he can stay there.”
- 2 Kings 4:11וַיָּ֣בֹא · [Elisha] came to visitOne day Elisha came to visit and went to his upper room to lie down.
- 2 Kings 4:20וַיְבִיאֵ֖הוּ · and carried himAfter the servant had picked him up and carried him to his mother, the boy sat on her lap until noon, and then he died.
- 2 Kings 4:25וַתָּב֛וֹא · and wentSo she set out and went to the man of God at Mount Carmel. When the man of God saw her at a distance, he said to his servant Gehazi, “Look, there is the Shunammite woman.
- 2 Kings 4:27וַתָּבֹ֞א · When she reachedWhen she reached the man of God at the mountain, she clung to his feet. Gehazi came over to push her away, but the man of God said, “Leave her alone, for her soul is in deep distress, and the LORD has hidden it from me and has not told me.”
- 2 Kings 4:32וַיָּבֹ֥א · reachedWhen Elisha reached the house, there was the boy lying dead on his bed.
- 2 Kings 4:33וַיָּבֹ֕א · So he went inSo he went in, closed the door behind the two of them, and prayed to the LORD.
- 2 Kings 4:36וַתָּב֣וֹא · and she cameElisha summoned Gehazi and said, “Call the Shunammite woman.” So he called her and she came. Then Elisha said, “Pick up your son.”
- 2 Kings 4:37וַתָּבֹא֙ · She came inShe came in, fell at his feet, and bowed to the ground. Then she picked up her son and went out.
- 2 Kings 4:39וַיָּבֹ֗א · Then he came backOne of them went out to the field to gather herbs, and he found a wild vine from which he gathered as many wild gourds as his garment could hold. Then he came back and cut them up into the pot of stew, though no one knew what they were.
- 2 Kings 4:42בָּ֜א · came; וַיָּבֵא֩Now a man from Baal-shalishah came to the man of God with a sack of twenty loaves of barley bread from the first ripe grain. “Give it to the people to eat,” said Elisha.
- 2 Kings 5:4וַיָּבֹ֕א · And Naaman wentAnd Naaman went and told his master what the girl from the land of Israel had said.
- 2 Kings 5:5בֹּ֔א“Go now,” said the king of Aram, “and I will send you with a letter to the king of Israel.” So Naaman departed, taking with him ten talents of silver, six thousand shekels of gold, and ten sets of clothing.
- 2 Kings 5:6וַיָּבֵ֣א · that he took; כְּב֨וֹאAnd the letter that he took to the king of Israel stated: “With this letter I am sending my servant Naaman, so that you may cure him of his leprosy.”
- 2 Kings 5:8יָבֹֽא־ · let [the man] comeNow when Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes, he sent a message to the king: “Why have you torn your clothes? Please let the man come to me, and he will know that there is a prophet in Israel.”
- 2 Kings 5:9וַיָּבֹ֥א · cameSo Naaman came with his horses and chariots and stood at the door of Elisha’s house.