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. 2 Kings 5:15וַיָּבֹא֮
    Then Naaman and all his attendants went back to the man of God, stood before him, and declared, “Now I know for sure that there is no God in all the earth except in Israel. So please accept a gift from your servant.”
  2. 2 Kings 5:18בְּב֣וֹא · goes into
    Yet may the LORD forgive your servant this one thing: When my master goes into the temple of Rimmon to worship there, and he leans on my arm, and I bow down in the temple of Rimmon, may the LORD forgive your servant in this matter.”
  3. 2 Kings 5:20הֵבִ֑יא · he brought
    Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, “Look, my master has spared this Aramean, Naaman, by not accepting what he brought. As surely as the LORD lives, I will run after him and get something from him.”
  4. 2 Kings 5:22בָּ֣אוּ · come
    “Everything is all right,” Gehazi replied. “My master has sent me to say, ‘Look, two young men from the sons of the prophets have just now come to me from the hill country of Ephraim. Please give them a talent of silver and two sets of clothing.’”
  5. 2 Kings 5:24וַיָּבֹא֙ · When Gehazi came
    When Gehazi came to the hill, he took the gifts from the servants and stored them in the house. Then he dismissed the men, and they departed.
  6. 2 Kings 5:25בָא֙ · went in
    When Gehazi went in and stood before his master, Elisha asked him, “Gehazi, where have you been?” “Your servant did not go anywhere,” he replied.
  7. 2 Kings 6:4וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ · and when they came
    So Elisha went with them, and when they came to the Jordan, they began to cut down some trees.
  8. 2 Kings 6:14וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ · They went there
    …the king of Aram sent horses, chariots, and a great army. They went there by night and surrounded the city.
  9. 2 Kings 6:20כְּבֹאָ֣ם · When they had entered
    When they had entered Samaria, Elisha said, “O LORD, open the eyes of these men that they may see.” Then the LORD opened their eyes, and they looked around and discovered that they were in Samaria.
  10. 2 Kings 6:23לָב֖וֹא · come
    So the king prepared a great feast for them, and after they had finished eating and drinking, he sent them away, and they returned to their master. And the Aramean raiders did not come into the land of Israel again.
  11. 2 Kings 6:32יָבֹא֩ · arrived; כְּבֹ֣א · comes
    Now Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. The king sent a messenger ahead, but before he arrived, Elisha said to the elders, “Do you see how this murderer has sent someone to cut off my head? Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door to keep him out. Is not the sound of his master’s footsteps behind him?”
  12. 2 Kings 7:4נָב֨וֹא · Let us go into
    If we say, ‘Let us go into the city,’ we will die there from the famine in the city; but if we sit here, we will also die. So come now, let us go over to the camp of the Arameans. If they let us live, we will live; if they kill us, we will die.”
  13. 2 Kings 7:5לָב֖וֹא · But when they came; וַיָּבֹ֗אוּ · and went
    So they arose at twilight and went to the camp of the Arameans. But when they came to the outskirts of the camp, there was not a man to be found.
  14. 2 Kings 7:6לָב֥וֹא · to attack
    For the Lord had caused the Arameans to hear the sound of chariots, horses, and a great army, so that they said to one another, “Look, the king of Israel must have hired the kings of the Hittites and Egyptians to attack us.”
  15. 2 Kings 7:8וַיָּבֹאוּ֩ · reached; וַיָּבֹ֜אוּ · they went; וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ · they entered
    When the lepers reached the edge of the camp, they went into a tent to eat and drink. Then they carried off the silver, gold, and clothing, and went and hid them. On returning, they entered another tent, carried off some items from there, and hid them.
  16. 2 Kings 7:9וְנָבֹ֔אָה · let us go
    Finally, they said to one another, “We are not doing what is right. Today is a day of good news. If we are silent and wait until morning light, our sin will overtake us. Now, therefore, let us go and tell the king’s household.”
  17. 2 Kings 7:10וַיָּבֹ֗אוּ · So they went; בָּ֚אנוּ · We went
    So they went and called out to the gatekeepers of the city, saying, “We went to the Aramean camp and no one was there—not a trace—only tethered horses and donkeys, and the tents were intact.”
  18. 2 Kings 7:12נָבֹֽא׃ · and enter
    So the king got up in the night and said to his servants, “Let me tell you what the Arameans have done to us. They know we are starving, so they have left the camp to hide in the field, thinking, ‘When they come out of the city, we will take them alive and enter the city.’”
  19. 2 Kings 8:1בָּ֥א · will come
    Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, “Arise, you and your household; go and live as a foreigner wherever you can. For the LORD has decreed that a seven-year famine will come to the land.”
  20. 2 Kings 8:7וַיָּבֹ֤א · came; בָּ֛א · has come
    Then Elisha came to Damascus while Ben-hadad king of Aram was sick, and the king was told, “The man of God has come here.”
  21. 2 Kings 8:9וַיָּבֹא֙ · And he went in
    So Hazael went to meet Elisha, taking with him a gift of forty camel loads of every good thing from Damascus. And he went in and stood before him and said, “Your son Ben-hadad king of Aram has sent me to ask, ‘Will I recover from this illness?’”
  22. 2 Kings 8:14וַיָּבֹא֙ · and went
    So Hazael left Elisha and went to his master, who asked him, “What did Elisha say to you?” And he replied, “He told me that you would surely recover.”
  23. 2 Kings 9:2וּבָ֖אתָ · When you arrive; וּבָ֙אתָ֙ · Go in; וְהֵבֵיאתָ֥ · and take
    When you arrive, look for Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi. Go in, get him away from his companions, and take him to an inner room.
  24. 2 Kings 9:5וַיָּבֹ֗א · and when he arrived
    …and when he arrived, the army commanders were sitting there. “I have a message for you, commander,” he said. “For which of us?” asked Jehu. “For you, commander,” he replied.
  25. 2 Kings 9:6וַיָּבֹ֣א · and went
    So Jehu got up and went into the house, where the young prophet poured the oil on his head and declared, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anoint you king over the LORD’s people Israel.
  26. 2 Kings 9:11בָּֽא־ · come
    When Jehu went out to the servants of his master, they asked, “Is everything all right? Why did this madman come to you?” “You know his kind and their babble,” he replied.
  27. 2 Kings 9:17בְּבֹא֔וֹ · approaching
    Now the watchman standing on the tower in Jezreel saw Jehu’s troops approaching, and he called out, “I see a company of troops!” “Choose a rider,” Joram commanded. “Send him out to meet them and ask, ‘Have you come in peace?’”
  28. 2 Kings 9:18בָּֽא־ · reached
    So a horseman rode off to meet Jehu and said, “This is what the king asks: ‘Have you come in peace?’” “What do you know about peace?” Jehu replied. “Fall in behind me.” And the watchman reported, “The messenger reached them, but he is not coming back.”
  29. 2 Kings 9:19וַיָּבֹ֣א · who went
    So the king sent out a second horseman, who went to them and said, “This is what the king asks: ‘Have you come in peace?’” “What do you know about peace?” Jehu replied. “Fall in behind me.”
  30. 2 Kings 9:20בָּ֥א · He reached
    Again the watchman reported, “He reached them, but he is not coming back. And the charioteer is driving like Jehu son of Nimshi—he is driving like a madman!”
  31. 2 Kings 9:30וַיָּב֥וֹא · arrived
    Now when Jehu arrived in Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it. So she painted her eyes, adorned her head, and looked down from a window.
  32. 2 Kings 9:31בָּ֣א · entered
    And as Jehu entered the gate, she asked, “Have you come in peace, O Zimri, murderer of your master?”
  33. 2 Kings 9:34וַיָּבֹ֖א · Then [Jehu] went in
    Then Jehu went in and ate and drank. “Take care of this cursed woman,” he said, “and bury her, for she was the daughter of a king.”
  34. 2 Kings 10:2כְּבֹ֨א · arrives
    “When this letter arrives, since your master’s sons are with you and you have chariots and horses, a fortified city and weaponry,
  35. 2 Kings 10:6וּבֹ֧אוּ
    Then Jehu wrote them a second letter and said: “If you are on my side, and if you will obey me, then bring the heads of your master’s sons to me at Jezreel by this time tomorrow.” Now the sons of the king, seventy in all, were being brought up by the leading men of the city.
  36. 2 Kings 10:7כְּבֹ֤א · arrived
    And when the letter arrived, they took the sons of the king and slaughtered all seventy of them. They put their heads in baskets and sent them to Jehu at Jezreel.
  37. 2 Kings 10:8וַיָּבֹ֤א · arrived; הֵבִ֖יאוּ · They have brought
    When the messenger arrived, he told Jehu, “They have brought the heads of the sons of the king.” And Jehu ordered, “Pile them in two heaps at the entrance of the gate until morning.”
  38. 2 Kings 10:12וַיָּבֹ֔א
    Then Jehu set out toward Samaria. At Beth-eked of the Shepherds,
  39. 2 Kings 10:17וַיָּבֹא֙ · When Jehu came
    When Jehu came to Samaria, he struck down everyone belonging to Ahab who remained there, until he had destroyed them, according to the word that the LORD had spoken to Elijah.
  40. 2 Kings 10:21וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ · came; בָ֑א · to show
    Then Jehu sent word throughout Israel, and all the servants of Baal came; there was not a man who failed to show. They entered the temple of Baal, and it was filled from end to end.