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
- Isaiah 60:17אָ֣בִיא · I will bringInstead of bronze I will bring you gold; I will bring silver in place of iron, bronze instead of wood, and iron instead of stones. I will appoint peace as your governor and righteousness as your ruler.
- Isaiah 60:20יָב֥וֹא · setYour sun will no longer set, and your moon will not wane; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and the days of your sorrow will cease.
- Isaiah 62:11בָּ֑א · comesBehold, the LORD has proclaimed to the ends of the earth, “Say to Daughter Zion: See, your Savior comes! Look, His reward is with Him, and His recompense goes before Him.”
- Isaiah 63:1בָּ֣א · comingWho is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah with crimson-stained garments? Who is this robed in splendor, marching in the greatness of His strength? “It is I, proclaiming vindication, mighty to save.”
- Isaiah 63:4בָּֽאָה׃ · had comeFor the day of vengeance was in My heart, and the year of My redemption had come.
- Isaiah 66:4אָבִ֣יא · and I will bringSo I will choose their punishment and I will bring terror upon them, because I called and no one answered, I spoke and no one listened. But they did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight.”
- Isaiah 66:7יָב֥וֹא“Before she was in labor, she gave birth; before she was in pain, she delivered a boy.
- Isaiah 66:15יָב֔וֹא · will comeFor behold, the LORD will come with fire—His chariots are like a whirlwind—to execute His anger with fury and His rebuke with flames of fire.
- Isaiah 66:18בָּאָ֕ה · am coming; וּבָ֖אוּ · and they will come“And I, knowing their deeds and thoughts, am coming to gather all nations and tongues, and they will come and see My glory.
- Isaiah 66:20וְהֵבִ֣יאוּ · And they will bring; יָבִיאוּ֩ · bringAnd they will bring all your brothers from all the nations as a gift to the LORD on horses and chariots and wagons, on mules and camels, to My holy mountain Jerusalem,” says the LORD, “just as the Israelites bring an offering in a clean vessel to the house of the LORD.”
- Isaiah 66:23יָב֧וֹא · will comeFrom one New Moon to another and from one Sabbath to another, all mankind will come to worship before Me,” says the LORD.
- Jeremiah 1:15וּבָ֡אוּ · [Their kings] will comeFor I am about to summon all the clans and kingdoms of the north,” declares the LORD. “Their kings will come and set up their thrones at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem. They will attack all her surrounding walls and all the other cities of Judah.
- Jeremiah 2:3תָּבֹ֥א · cameIsrael was holy to the LORD, the firstfruits of His harvest. All who devoured her were found guilty; disaster came upon them,’” declares the LORD.
- Jeremiah 2:7וָאָבִ֤יא · I brought; וַתָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ · but you cameI brought you into a fertile land to eat its fruit and bounty, but you came and defiled My land and made My inheritance detestable.
- Jeremiah 2:31נָב֥וֹא · comeYou people of this generation, consider the word of the LORD: “Have I been a wilderness to Israel or a land of dense darkness? Why do My people say, ‘We are free to roam; we will come to You no more’?
- Jeremiah 3:14וְהֵבֵאתִ֥י · and bring“Return, O faithless children,” declares the LORD, “for I am your master, and I will take you—one from a city and two from a family—and bring you to Zion.
- Jeremiah 3:18וְיָבֹ֤אוּ · and they will comeIn those days the house of Judah will walk with the house of Israel, and they will come together from the land of the north to the land that I gave to your fathers as an inheritance.
- Jeremiah 4:5וְנָב֖וֹאָה · and let us fleeAnnounce in Judah, proclaim in Jerusalem, and say: “Blow the ram’s horn throughout the land. Cry aloud and say, ‘Assemble yourselves and let us flee to the fortified cities.’
- Jeremiah 4:6מֵבִ֥יא · am bringingRaise a signal flag toward Zion. Seek refuge! Do not delay! For I am bringing disaster from the north, and terrible destruction.
- Jeremiah 4:12יָ֣בוֹא · comes…a wind too strong for that comes from Me. Now I also pronounce judgments against them.”
- Jeremiah 4:16בָּאִ֖ים · comesWarn the nations now! Proclaim to Jerusalem: “A besieging army comes from a distant land; they raise their voices against the cities of Judah.
- Jeremiah 4:29בָּ֚אוּ · They enterEvery city flees at the sound of the horseman and archer. They enter the thickets and climb among the rocks. Every city is abandoned; no inhabitant is left.
- Jeremiah 5:12תָב֤וֹא · comeThey have lied about the LORD and said: “He will not do anything; harm will not come to us; we will not see sword or famine.
- Jeremiah 5:15מֵבִיא֩ · I am bringingBehold, I am bringing a distant nation against you, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD. “It is an established nation, an ancient nation, a nation whose language you do not know and whose speech you do not understand.
- Jeremiah 6:3יָבֹ֥אוּ · will comeShepherds and their flocks will come against her; they will pitch their tents all around her, each tending his own portion:
- Jeremiah 6:19מֵבִ֥יא · am bringingHear, O earth! I am bringing disaster on this people, the fruit of their own schemes, because they have paid no attention to My word and have rejected My instruction.
- Jeremiah 6:20תָב֔וֹאWhat use to Me is frankincense from Sheba or sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable; your sacrifices do not please Me.”
- Jeremiah 6:22בָּ֖א · is comingThis is what the LORD says: “Behold, an army is coming from the land of the north; a great nation is stirred up from the ends of the earth.
- Jeremiah 6:26יָבֹ֥א · will comeO daughter of my people, dress yourselves in sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn with bitter wailing, as you would for an only son, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.
- Jeremiah 7:2הַבָּאִים֙ · who enter“Stand in the gate of the house of the LORD and proclaim this message: Hear the word of the LORD, all you people of Judah who enter through these gates to worship the LORD.
- Jeremiah 7:10וּבָאתֶ֞ם · and then come…and then come and stand before Me in this house, which bears My Name, and say, ‘We are delivered, so we can continue with all these abominations’?
- Jeremiah 7:32בָּאִים֙ · are comingSo behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when this place will no longer be called Topheth and the Valley of Ben-hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter. For they will bury the dead in Topheth until there is no more room.
- Jeremiah 8:7בֹּאָ֑נָה · of migrationEven the stork in the sky knows her appointed seasons. The turtledove, the swift, and the thrush keep their time of migration, but My people do not know the requirements of the LORD.
- Jeremiah 8:14וְנָב֛וֹא · let us fleeWhy are we just sitting here? Gather together, let us flee to the fortified cities and perish there, for the LORD our God has doomed us. He has given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.
- Jeremiah 8:16וַיָּב֗וֹאוּ · They comeThe snorting of enemy horses is heard from Dan. At the sound of the neighing of mighty steeds, the whole land quakes. They come to devour the land and everything in it, the city and all who dwell in it.
- Jeremiah 9:17וּתְבוֹאֶ֑ינָה; וְתָבֽוֹאנָה׃This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Take note, and summon the wailing women; send for the most skillful among them.
- Jeremiah 9:21בָּ֖א · it has enteredFor death has climbed in through our windows; it has entered our fortresses to cut off the children from the streets, the young men from the town squares.
- Jeremiah 9:25בָּאִ֖ים · are coming“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will punish all who are circumcised only in the flesh—
- Jeremiah 10:9יוּבָ֗א · is broughtHammered silver is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz—the work of a craftsman from the hands of a goldsmith. Their clothes are blue and purple, all fashioned by skilled workers.
- Jeremiah 10:22בָאָ֔ה · is comingListen! The sound of a report is coming—a great commotion from the land to the north. It will make the cities of Judah a desolation, a haunt for jackals.
- Jeremiah 11:8וָאָבִ֨יא · So I broughtYet they would not obey or incline their ears, but each one followed the stubbornness of his evil heart. So I brought on them all the curses of this covenant I had commanded them to follow but they did not keep.”
- Jeremiah 11:11מֵבִ֤יא · I am about to bringTherefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I am about to bring upon them a disaster that they cannot escape. They will cry out to Me, but I will not listen to them.
- Jeremiah 11:23אָבִ֥יא · I will bringThere will be no remnant, for I will bring disaster on the people of Anathoth in the year of their punishment.”
- Jeremiah 12:12בָּ֚אוּ · have comeOver all the barren heights in the wilderness the destroyers have come, for the sword of the LORD devours from one end of the earth to the other. No flesh has peace.
- Jeremiah 13:1תְבִאֵֽהוּ׃ · let it touchThis is what the LORD said to me: “Go and buy yourself a linen loincloth and put it around your waist, but do not let it touch water.”
- Jeremiah 13:20הַבָּאִ֖ים · those comingLift up your eyes and see those coming from the north. Where is the flock entrusted to you, the sheep that were your pride?