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. Ezra 3:8לְבוֹאָ֞ם · after they had arrived; הַבָּאִים֙ · who had returned
    In the second month of the second year after they had arrived at the house of God in Jerusalem, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Jeshua son of Jozadak, and the rest of their associates including the priests, the Levites, and all who had returned to Jerusalem from the captivity, began the work. They appointed Levites twenty years of age or older to supervise the construction of the house of the LORD.
  2. Ezra 7:8וַיָּבֹ֥א · Ezra arrived
    Ezra arrived in Jerusalem in the fifth month of the seventh year of the king.
  3. Ezra 7:9בָּ֚א · and he arrived
    He had begun the journey from Babylon on the first day of the first month, and he arrived in Jerusalem on the first day of the fifth month, for the gracious hand of his God was upon him.
  4. Ezra 8:15הַבָּ֣א · that flows
    Now I assembled these exiles at the canal that flows to Ahava, and we camped there three days. And when I searched among the people and priests, I found no Levites there.
  5. Ezra 8:17לְהָֽבִיא־ · that they should bring
    And I sent them to Iddo, the leader at Casiphia, with a message for him and his kinsmen, the temple servants at Casiphia, that they should bring to us ministers for the house of our God.
  6. Ezra 8:18וַיָּבִ֨יאּוּ · they brought
    And since the gracious hand of our God was upon us, they brought us Sherebiah—a man of insight from the descendants of Mahli son of Levi, the son of Israel—along with his sons and brothers, 18 men;
  7. Ezra 8:30לְהָבִ֥יא · to be taken
    So the priests and Levites took charge of the silver and gold and sacred articles that had been weighed out to be taken to the house of our God in Jerusalem.
  8. Ezra 8:32וַנָּב֖וֹא · So we arrived
    So we arrived at Jerusalem and rested there for three days.
  9. Ezra 8:35הַ֠בָּאִים · who had returned
    Then the exiles who had returned from captivity sacrificed burnt offerings to the God of Israel: 12 bulls for all Israel, 96 rams, 77 lambs, and a sin offering of 12 male goats. All this was a burnt offering to the LORD.
  10. Ezra 9:11בָּאִים֙ · are entering
    …that You gave through Your servants the prophets, saying: ‘The land that you are entering to possess is a land polluted by the impurity of its peoples and the abominations with which they have filled it from end to end.
  11. Ezra 9:13הַבָּ֣א · that has come
    After all that has come upon us because of our evil deeds and our great guilt (though You, our God, have punished us less than our iniquities deserve and have given us such a remnant as this),
  12. Ezra 10:8יָב֜וֹא · to appear
    Whoever failed to appear within three days would forfeit all his property, according to the counsel of the leaders and elders, and would himself be expelled from the assembly of the exiles.
  13. Ezra 10:14יָבֹא֙ · come
    Let our leaders represent the whole assembly. Then let everyone in our towns who has married a foreign woman come at an appointed time, together with the elders and judges of each town, until the fierce anger of our God in this matter is turned away from us.”
  14. Nehemiah 1:2וַיָּבֹ֨א · arrived
    Hanani, one of my brothers, arrived with men from Judah. So I questioned them about the remnant of the Jews who had survived the exile, and also about Jerusalem.
  15. Nehemiah 1:9וַהֲבוֹאֹתִים · and bring them
    …but if you return to Me and keep and practice My commandments, then even if your exiles have been banished to the farthest horizon, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place I have chosen as a dwelling for My Name.’
  16. Nehemiah 2:7אָב֖וֹא · I reach
    I also said to him, “If it pleases the king, may letters be given to me for the governors west of the Euphrates, so that they will grant me safe passage until I reach Judah.
  17. Nehemiah 2:8אָב֣וֹא · I will occupy
    And may I have a letter to Asaph, keeper of the king’s forest, so that he will give me timber to make beams for the gates of the citadel to the temple, for the city wall, and for the house I will occupy.” And because the gracious hand of my God was upon me, the king granted my requests.
  18. Nehemiah 2:9וָֽאָב֗וֹא · Then I went
    Then I went to the governors west of the Euphrates and gave them the king’s letters. The king had also sent army officers and cavalry with me.
  19. Nehemiah 2:10בָּ֥א · had come
    But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official heard about this, they were deeply disturbed that someone had come to seek the well-being of the Israelites.
  20. Nehemiah 2:11וָאָב֖וֹא · After I had arrived
    After I had arrived in Jerusalem and had been there three days,
  21. Nehemiah 2:15וָאָב֛וֹא · and reentered
    …so I went up the valley by night and inspected the wall. Then I headed back and reentered through the Valley Gate.
  22. Nehemiah 3:5הֵבִ֣יאוּ · put
    Next to him, the Tekoites made repairs, but their nobles did not put their shoulders to the work under their supervisors.
  23. Nehemiah 4:8לָב֖וֹא · to come
    …and all of them conspired to come and fight against Jerusalem and create a hindrance.
  24. Nehemiah 4:11נָב֥וֹא · we will come
    And our enemies said, “Before they know or see a thing, we will come into their midst, kill them, and put an end to the work.”
  25. Nehemiah 4:12בָּ֣אוּ · came
    At that time the Jews who lived nearby came and told us ten times over, “Wherever you turn, they will attack us.”
  26. Nehemiah 5:17וְהַבָּאִ֥ים · besides the guests
    There were 150 Jews and officials at my table, besides the guests from the surrounding nations.
  27. Nehemiah 6:10בָ֗אתִי · went; בָּאִ֣ים · they are coming; בָּאִ֥ים · they are coming
    Later, I went to the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was confined to his house. He said: “Let us meet at the house of God inside the temple. Let us shut the temple doors because they are coming to kill you—by night they are coming to kill you!”
  28. Nehemiah 6:11יָב֥וֹא · go; אָבֽוֹא׃ · go
    But I replied, “Should a man like me run away? Should one like me go into the temple to save his own life? I will not go!”
  29. Nehemiah 6:17בָּא֥וֹת · kept coming
    Also in those days, the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and Tobiah’s letters kept coming to them.
  30. Nehemiah 7:7הַבָּאִ֣ים · accompanied
    …accompanied by Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah. This is the count of the men of Israel:
  31. Nehemiah 8:1לְהָבִ֗יא · to bring out
    At that time all the people gathered together in the square before the Water Gate, and they asked Ezra the scribe to bring out the Book of the Law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded for Israel.
  32. Nehemiah 8:2וַיָּבִ֣יא · brought
    On the first day of the seventh month, Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly of men and women and all who could listen and understand.
  33. Nehemiah 8:15וְהָבִ֙יאוּ֙ · and bring back
    …and that they should proclaim this message and spread it throughout their towns and in Jerusalem, saying, “Go out to the hill country and bring back branches of olive, wild olive, myrtle, palm, and other leafy trees, to make booths, as it is written.”
  34. Nehemiah 8:16וַיָּבִיאוּ֒ · brought back [branches]
    And the people went out, brought back branches, and made booths on their own rooftops, in their courtyards, in the courts of the house of God, and in the squares by the Water Gate and by the Gate of Ephraim.
  35. Nehemiah 9:15לָבוֹא֙ · to go in
    In their hunger You gave them bread from heaven; in their thirst You brought them water from the rock. You told them to go in and possess the land that You had sworn to give them.
  36. Nehemiah 9:23וַתְּבִיאֵם֙ · and brought them; לָב֥וֹא · to enter
    You multiplied their descendants like the stars of heaven and brought them to the land You had told their fathers to enter and possess.
  37. Nehemiah 9:24וַיָּבֹ֤אוּ · went in
    So their descendants went in and possessed the land; You subdued before them the Canaanites dwelling in the land. You delivered into their hands the kings and peoples of the land, to do with them as they wished.
  38. Nehemiah 9:33הַבָּ֣א · that has befallen
    You are just in all that has befallen us, because You have acted faithfully, while we have acted wickedly.
  39. Nehemiah 10:29וּבָאִ֞ים · and commit
    …hereby join with their noble brothers and commit themselves with a sworn oath to follow the Law of God given through His servant Moses and to obey carefully all the commandments, ordinances, and statutes of the LORD our Lord.
  40. Nehemiah 10:31הַֽמְבִיאִים֩ · bring
    When the people of the land bring merchandise or any kind of grain to sell on the Sabbath day, we will not buy from them on a Sabbath or holy day. Every seventh year we will let the fields lie fallow and will cancel every debt.
  41. Nehemiah 10:34לְ֠הָבִיא · They are to bring it
    We have cast lots among the priests, Levites, and people for the donation of wood by our families at the appointed times each year. They are to bring it to the house of our God to burn on the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the Law.
  42. Nehemiah 10:35וּלְהָבִ֞יא · We will also bring
    We will also bring the firstfruits of our land and of every fruit tree to the house of the LORD year by year.
  43. Nehemiah 10:36לְהָבִיא֙ · we will bring
    And we will bring the firstborn of our sons and our livestock, as it is written in the Law, and will bring the firstborn of our herds and flocks to the house of our God, to the priests who minister in the house of our God.
  44. Nehemiah 10:37נָבִ֤יא · we will bring
    Moreover, we will bring to the priests at the storerooms of the house of our God the firstfruits of our dough, of our grain offerings, of the fruit of all our trees, and of our new wine and oil. A tenth of our produce belongs to the Levites, so that they shall receive tithes in all the towns where we labor.
  45. Nehemiah 10:39יָבִ֨יאוּ · are to bring
    For the Israelites and the Levites are to bring the contributions of grain, new wine, and oil to the storerooms where the articles of the sanctuary are kept and where the ministering priests, the gatekeepers, and the singers stay. Thus we will not neglect the house of our God.”