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 20:14וַיָּבֹא֙ · went; יָבֹ֣אוּ · come from; בָּ֖אוּ · They came
    Then the prophet Isaiah went to King Hezekiah and asked, “Where did those men come from, and what did they say to you?” “They came from a distant land,” Hezekiah replied, “from Babylon.”
  2. 2 Kings 20:17בָּאִים֒ · come
    The time will surely come when everything in your palace and all that your fathers have stored up until this day will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the LORD.
  3. 2 Kings 20:20וַיָּבֵ֥א · to bring
    As for the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, along with all his might and how he constructed the pool and the tunnel to bring water into the city, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
  4. 2 Kings 21:12מֵבִ֣יא · I am bringing
    …this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I am bringing such calamity upon Jerusalem and Judah that the news will reverberate in the ears of all who hear it.
  5. 2 Kings 22:4הַמּוּבָ֖א · that has been brought
    “Go up to Hilkiah the high priest and have him count the money that has been brought into the house of the LORD, which the doorkeepers have collected from the people.
  6. 2 Kings 22:9וַיָּבֹ֞א · went
    And Shaphan the scribe went to the king and reported, “Your servants have paid out the money that was found in the temple and have put it into the hands of the workers and supervisors of the house of the LORD.”
  7. 2 Kings 22:16מֵבִ֥יא · I am about to bring
    …that this is what the LORD says: I am about to bring calamity on this place and on its people, according to all the words of the book that the king of Judah has read,
  8. 2 Kings 22:20מֵבִ֖יא · will bring
    ‘Therefore I will indeed gather you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your grave in peace. Your eyes will not see all the calamity that I will bring on this place.’” So they brought her answer back to the king.
  9. 2 Kings 23:8וַיָּבֵ֤א · Then Josiah brought
    Then Josiah brought all the priests from the cities of Judah and desecrated the high places, from Geba to Beersheba, where the priests had burned incense. He tore down the high places of the gates at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which was to the left of the city gate.
  10. 2 Kings 23:11מִבֹּ֣א · from the entrance
    And he removed from the entrance to the house of the LORD the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun. They were in the court near the chamber of an official named Nathan-melech. And Josiah burned up the chariots of the sun.
  11. 2 Kings 23:17בָּ֣א · came
    Then the king asked, “What is this monument I see?” And the men of the city replied, “It is the tomb of the man of God who came from Judah and proclaimed these things that you have done to the altar of Bethel.”
  12. 2 Kings 23:18בָּ֖א · had come
    “Let him rest,” said Josiah. “Do not let anyone disturb his bones.” So they left his bones undisturbed, along with those of the prophet who had come from Samaria.
  13. 2 Kings 23:30וַיְבִאֻ֙הוּ֙ · brought him to
    From Megiddo his servants carried his body in a chariot, brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah, anointed him, and made him king in place of his father.
  14. 2 Kings 23:34וַיָּבֹ֥א · and carried him off
    Then Pharaoh Neco made Eliakim son of Josiah king in place of his father Josiah, and he changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took Jehoahaz and carried him off to Egypt, where he died.
  15. 2 Kings 24:10וַתָּבֹ֥א · came
    At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched up to Jerusalem, and the city came under siege.
  16. 2 Kings 24:11וַיָּבֹ֛א · came
    And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to the city while his servants were besieging it.
  17. 2 Kings 24:16וַיְבִיאֵ֧ם · also brought
    The king of Babylon also brought into exile to Babylon all seven thousand men of valor and a thousand craftsmen and metalsmiths—all strong and fit for battle.
  18. 2 Kings 25:1בָּ֠א · marched
    So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it.
  19. 2 Kings 25:2וַתָּבֹ֥א · was kept
    And the city was kept under siege until King Zedekiah’s eleventh year.
  20. 2 Kings 25:7וַיְבִאֵ֖הוּ · and took him
    And they slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes. Then they put out his eyes, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.
  21. 2 Kings 25:8בָּ֞א · entered
    On the seventh day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign over Babylon, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem.
  22. 2 Kings 25:23וַיָּבֹ֥אוּ · they came
    When all the commanders of the armies and their men heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah as governor, they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah son of the Maacathite, as well as their men.
  23. 2 Kings 25:25בָּ֣א · came
    In the seventh month, however, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family, came with ten men and struck down and killed Gedaliah, along with the Judeans and Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah.
  24. 2 Kings 25:26וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ · and fled
    Then all the people small and great, together with the commanders of the army, arose and fled to Egypt for fear of the Chaldeans.
  25. 1 Chronicles 2:21בָּ֤א · slept with
    Later, Hezron slept with the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead. He had married her when he was sixty years old, and she bore to him Segub.
  26. 1 Chronicles 2:55הַבָּאִ֔ים · who came
    …and the clans of the scribes who lived at Jabez—the Tirathites, Shimeathites, and Sucathites. These are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.
  27. 1 Chronicles 4:10וַיָּבֵ֥א · granted
    And Jabez called out to the God of Israel, “If only You would bless me and enlarge my territory! May Your hand be with me and keep me from harm, so that I will be free from pain.” And God granted the request of Jabez.
  28. 1 Chronicles 4:38הַבָּאִ֣ים · listed
    These men listed by name were the leaders of their clans. Their families increased greatly,
  29. 1 Chronicles 4:41וַיָּבֹ֡אוּ · came
    These who were noted by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah. They attacked the Hamites in their dwellings as well as the Meunites who were there, devoting them to destruction even to this day. Then they settled in their place, because there was pasture for their flocks.
  30. 1 Chronicles 5:9לְב֣וֹא
    They also settled in the east as far as the edge of the desert that extends to the Euphrates River, because their livestock had increased in the land of Gilead.
  31. 1 Chronicles 5:26וַ֠יְבִיאֵם · And he brought them
    So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria (that is, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria) to take the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh into exile. And he brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river of Gozan, where they remain to this day.
  32. 1 Chronicles 7:22וַיָּבֹ֥אוּ · came
    Their father Ephraim mourned for many days, and his relatives came to comfort him.
  33. 1 Chronicles 7:23וַיָּבֹא֙ · And again he slept with
    And again he slept with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. So he named him Beriah, because tragedy had come upon his house.
  34. 1 Chronicles 9:25לָב֨וֹא · came
    Their relatives came from their villages at fixed times to serve with them for seven-day periods.
  35. 1 Chronicles 9:28יְבִיא֔וּם · whenever they were brought in
    Some of them were in charge of the articles used in worship, to count them whenever they were brought in or taken out.
  36. 1 Chronicles 10:4יָבֹ֜אוּ · will come
    Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through with it, or these uncircumcised men will come and torture me!” But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused to do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.
  37. 1 Chronicles 10:7וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ · came
    When all the Israelites in the valley saw that the army had fled and that Saul and his sons had died, they abandoned their cities and ran away. So the Philistines came and occupied their cities.
  38. 1 Chronicles 10:8וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ · came
    The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
  39. 1 Chronicles 10:12וַיְבִיא֖וּם · and brought them
    …all their men of valor set out and retrieved the bodies of Saul and his sons and brought them to Jabesh. And they buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh and fasted seven days.
  40. 1 Chronicles 11:2וְהַמֵּבִ֖יא · and brought them back
    Even in times past, while Saul was king, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And the LORD your God said, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be ruler over them.’”
  41. 1 Chronicles 11:3וַ֠יָּבֹאוּ · came
    So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where David made a covenant with them before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD through Samuel.
  42. 1 Chronicles 11:5תָב֖וֹא · get in
    The people of Jebus said to David, “You will never get in here.” Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the City of David).
  43. 1 Chronicles 11:18וַיָּבִ֣אוּ · and brought it
    So the Three broke through the Philistine camp, drew water from the well at the gate of Bethlehem, and brought it back to David. But he refused to drink it; instead, he poured it out to the LORD,
  44. 1 Chronicles 11:19הֱבִיא֔וּם · they had brought it
    …saying, “Far be it from me, my God, to do this! How can I drink the blood of these men who risked their lives?” Because they had brought it at the risk of their lives, David refused to drink it. Such were the exploits of the three mighty men.
  45. 1 Chronicles 11:21בָֽא׃ס · included
    He was doubly honored above the Three, and he became their commander, even though he was not included among the Three.
  46. 1 Chronicles 11:25בָ֑א · become
    He was most honored among the Thirty, but he did not become one of the Three. And David appointed him over his guard.
  47. 1 Chronicles 12:1הַבָּאִ֤ים · who came
    Now these were the men who came to David at Ziklag, while he was still banished from the presence of Saul son of Kish (they were among the mighty men who helped him in battle;
  48. 1 Chronicles 12:16וַיָּבֹ֗אוּ · also came
    Other Benjamites and some men from Judah also came to David in his stronghold.