בּוֹא

boto come (in): come
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.

Glossary entries

Hamath Lebo-Hamath

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

2,569 total
  1. Genesis 30:33תָב֥וֹא · you come to check
    So my honesty will testify for me when you come to check on my wages in the future. If I have any goats that are not speckled or spotted, or any lambs that are not dark-colored, they will be considered stolen.”
  2. Genesis 30:38 (2×)תָּבֹ֨אןָ · coming in; בְּבֹאָ֥ן · and came
    Then he set the peeled branches in the watering troughs in front of the flocks coming in to drink. So when the flocks were in heat and came to drink,
  3. Genesis 31:18לָב֛וֹא · to go
    …and he drove all his livestock before him, along with all the possessions he had acquired in Paddan-aram, to go to his father Isaac in the land in Canaan.
  4. Genesis 31:24וַיָּבֹ֧א · came
    But that night God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream and warned him, “Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.”
  5. Genesis 31:33 (2×)וַיָּבֹ֨א · went; וַיָּבֹ֖א · and entered
    So Laban went into Jacob’s tent, then Leah’s tent, and then the tents of the two maidservants, but he found nothing. Then he left Leah’s tent and entered Rachel’s tent.
  6. Genesis 31:39הֵבֵ֣אתִי · bring
    I did not bring you anything torn by wild beasts; I bore the loss myself. And you demanded payment from me for what was stolen by day or night.
  7. Genesis 32:6בָּ֤אנוּ · We went
    When the messengers returned to Jacob, they said, “We went to your brother Esau, and now he is coming to meet you—he and four hundred men with him.”
  8. Genesis 32:8יָב֥וֹא · comes
    He thought, “If Esau comes and attacks one camp, then the other camp can escape.”
  9. Genesis 32:11יָב֣וֹא · he may come
    Please deliver me from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid that he may come and attack me and the mothers and children with me.
  10. Genesis 32:13הַבָּ֧א · and from what he had brought
    Jacob spent the night there, and from what he had brought with him, he selected a gift for his brother Esau:
  11. Genesis 33:1בָּ֔א · coming
    Now Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming toward him with four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two maidservants.
  12. Genesis 33:11הֻבָ֣את · was brought
    Please accept my gift that was brought to you, because God has been gracious to me and I have all I need.” So Jacob pressed him until he accepted.
  13. Genesis 33:14אָבֹ֥א · I come
    Please let my lord go ahead of his servant. I will continue on slowly, at a comfortable pace for the livestock and children, until I come to my lord at Seir.”
  14. Genesis 33:18 (2×)וַיָּבֹא֩ · had come; בְּבֹא֖וֹ · he arrived
    After Jacob had come from Paddan-aram, he arrived safely at the city of Shechem in the land of Canaan, and he camped just outside the city.
  15. Genesis 34:5בֹּאָֽם׃ · they returned
    Jacob heard that Shechem had defiled his daughter Dinah, but since his sons were with his livestock in the field, he remained silent about it until they returned.
  16. Genesis 34:7בָּ֤אוּ · they returned
    When Jacob’s sons heard what had happened, they returned from the field. They were filled with grief and fury, because Shechem had committed an outrage in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter—a thing that should not be done.
  17. Genesis 34:20וַיָּבֹ֥א · went
    So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city and addressed the men of their city:
  18. Genesis 34:25וַיָּבֹ֥אוּ · went
    Three days later, while they were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons (Dinah’s brothers Simeon and Levi) took their swords, went into the unsuspecting city, and slaughtered every male.
  19. Genesis 34:27בָּ֚אוּ · came
    Jacob’s other sons came upon the slaughter and looted the city, because their sister had been defiled.
  20. Genesis 35:6וַיָּבֹ֨א · arrived
    So Jacob and everyone with him arrived in Luz (that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan.
  21. Genesis 35:9בְּבֹא֖וֹ · After [Jacob] had returned
    After Jacob had returned from Paddan-aram, God appeared to him again and blessed him.
  22. Genesis 35:16לָב֣וֹא
    Later, they set out from Bethel, and while they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth, and her labor was difficult.
  23. Genesis 35:27וַיָּבֹ֤א · returned
    Jacob returned to his father Isaac at Mamre, near Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed.
  24. Genesis 37:2וַיָּבֵ֥א · brought
    This is the account of Jacob. When Joseph was seventeen years old, he was tending the flock with his brothers, the sons of his father’s wives Bilhah and Zilpah, and he brought their father a bad report about them.
  25. Genesis 37:10 (2×)הֲב֣וֹא · actually; נָב֗וֹא · come
    He told his father and brothers, but his father rebuked him and said, “What is this dream that you have had? Will your mother and brothers and I actually come and bow down to the ground before you?”
  26. Genesis 37:14וַיָּבֹ֖א · And when [Joseph] arrived
    Then Israel told him, “Go now and see how your brothers and the flocks are faring, and bring word back to me.” So he sent him off from the Valley of Hebron. And when Joseph arrived in Shechem,
  27. Genesis 37:19בָּֽא׃ · comes
    “Here comes that dreamer!” they said to one another.
  28. Genesis 37:23בָּ֥א · came
    So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe—the robe of many colors he was wearing—
  29. Genesis 37:25בָּאָ֖ה · coming
    And as they sat down to eat a meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying spices, balm, and myrrh on their way down to Egypt.
  30. Genesis 37:28וַיָּבִ֥יאוּ · who took
    So when the Midianite traders passed by, his brothers pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him for twenty shekels of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.
  31. Genesis 37:30בָֽא׃
    …returned to his brothers, and said, “The boy is gone! What am I going to do?”
  32. Genesis 37:32וַיָּבִ֙יאוּ֙
    They sent the robe of many colors to their father and said, “We found this. Examine it to see whether it is your son’s robe or not.”
  33. Genesis 38:2וַיָּבֹ֥א · and slept with
    There Judah saw the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua, and he took her as a wife and slept with her.
  34. Genesis 38:8בֹּ֛א · Sleep with
    Then Judah said to Onan, “Sleep with your brother’s wife. Perform your duty as her brother-in-law and raise up offspring for your brother.”
  35. Genesis 38:9בָּ֨א · he would sleep with
    But Onan knew that the offspring would not belong to him; so whenever he would sleep with his brother’s wife, he would spill his seed on the ground so that he would not produce offspring for his brother.
  36. Genesis 38:16 (2×)אָב֣וֹא · let me sleep with; תָב֖וֹא · sleeping with
    Not realizing that she was his daughter-in-law, he went over to her and said, “Come now, let me sleep with you.” “What will you give me for sleeping with you?” she inquired.
  37. Genesis 38:18וַיָּבֹ֥א · and slept with
    “What pledge should I give you?” he asked. She answered, “Your seal and your cord, and the staff in your hand.” So he gave them to her and slept with her, and she became pregnant by him.
  38. Genesis 39:11וַיָּבֹ֥א · [Joseph] went
    One day, however, Joseph went into the house to attend to his work, and not a single household servant was inside.
  39. Genesis 39:14 (2×)הֵ֥בִיא · has been brought; בָּ֤א · He came
    …she called her household servants. “Look,” she said, “this Hebrew has been brought to us to make sport of us. He came to me so he could sleep with me, but I screamed as loud as I could.
  40. Genesis 39:16בּ֥וֹא · came
    So Potiphar’s wife kept Joseph’s cloak beside her until his master came home.
  41. Genesis 39:17 (2×)בָּֽא־ · you brought; הֵבֵ֥אתָ · came
    Then she told him the same story: “The Hebrew slave you brought us came to me to make sport of me,
  42. Genesis 40:6וַיָּבֹ֧א · came
    When Joseph came to them in the morning, he saw that they were distraught.
  43. Genesis 41:14וַיָּבֹ֖א · he went in
    So Pharaoh sent for Joseph, who was quickly brought out of the dungeon. After he had shaved and changed his clothes, he went in before Pharaoh.