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
- Jeremiah 28:3וַיְבִיאֵ֖ם · and carriedWithin two years I will restore to this place all the articles of the house of the LORD that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon removed from here and carried to Babylon.
- Jeremiah 28:4הַבָּאִ֣ים · who wentAnd I will restore to this place Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, along with all the exiles from Judah who went to Babylon,’ declares the LORD, ‘for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.’”
- Jeremiah 28:9בְּבֹא֙ · comes trueAs for the prophet who prophesies peace, only if the word of the prophet comes true will the prophet be recognized as one the LORD has truly sent.”
- Jeremiah 30:3בָּאִים֙ · are comingFor behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will restore from captivity My people Israel and Judah, declares the LORD. I will restore them to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they will possess it.’”
- Jeremiah 31:8מֵבִ֨יא · I will bringBehold, I will bring them from the land of the north and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth, including the blind and the lame, expectant mothers and women in labor. They will return as a great assembly!
- Jeremiah 31:9יָבֹ֗אוּ · They will comeThey will come with weeping, and by their supplication I will lead them; I will make them walk beside streams of waters, on a level path where they will not stumble. For I am Israel’s Father, and Ephraim is My firstborn.”
- Jeremiah 31:12וּבָאוּ֮ · They will comeThey will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will be radiant over the bounty of the LORD—the grain, new wine, and oil, and the young of the flocks and herds. Their life will be like a well-watered garden, and never again will they languish.
- Jeremiah 31:27בָּאִ֖ים · are coming“The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and of beast.
- Jeremiah 31:31בָּאִ֖ים · are comingBehold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.
- Jeremiah 32:7בָּ֥א · is comingBehold! Hanamel, the son of your uncle Shallum, is coming to you to say, ‘Buy for yourself my field in Anathoth, for you have the right of redemption to buy it.’
- Jeremiah 32:8וַיָּבֹ֣א · cameThen, as the LORD had said, my cousin Hanamel came to me in the courtyard of the guard and urged me, ‘Please buy my field in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, for you own the right of inheritance and redemption. Buy it for yourself.’” Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD.
- Jeremiah 32:23וַיָּבֹ֜אוּ · They came inThey came in and possessed it, but they did not obey Your voice or walk in Your law. They failed to perform all that You commanded them to do, and so You have brought upon them all this disaster.
- Jeremiah 32:24בָּ֣אוּ · are mountedSee how the siege ramps are mounted against the city to capture it. And by sword and famine and plague, the city has been given into the hands of the Chaldeans who are fighting against it. What You have spoken has happened, as You now see!
- Jeremiah 32:29וּבָ֣אוּ · will come inAnd the Chaldeans who are fighting against this city will come in, set it on fire, and burn it, along with the houses of those who provoked Me to anger by burning incense to Baal on their rooftops and by pouring out drink offerings to other gods.
- Jeremiah 32:42הֵבֵ֙אתִי֙ · I have brought; מֵבִ֤יא · bringFor this is what the LORD says: Just as I have brought all this great disaster on this people, so I will bring on them all the good I have promised them.
- Jeremiah 33:5בָּאִ֗ים · are comingThe Chaldeans are coming to fight and to fill those places with the corpses of the men I will strike down in My anger and in My wrath. I have hidden My face from this city because of all its wickedness.
- Jeremiah 33:11מְבִאִ֥ים · of those bringing…the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, and the voices of those bringing thank offerings into the house of the LORD, saying: ‘Give thanks to the LORD of Hosts, for the LORD is good; His loving devotion endures forever.’ For I will restore the land from captivity as in former times, says the LORD.
- Jeremiah 33:14בָּאִ֖ים · are comingBehold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will fulfill the gracious promise that I have spoken to the house of Israel and the house of Judah.
- Jeremiah 34:3תָּבֽוֹא׃ · and you will goAnd you yourself will not escape his grasp, but will surely be captured and delivered into his hand. You will see the king of Babylon eye to eye and speak with him face to face; and you will go to Babylon.
- Jeremiah 34:10בָּ֣אוּ · enteredSo all the officials and all the people who entered into this covenant agreed that they would free their menservants and maidservants and no longer hold them in bondage. They obeyed and released them,
- Jeremiah 35:2וַהֲבִֽאוֹתָם֙ · and bring them“Go to the house of the Rechabites, speak to them, and bring them to one of the chambers of the house of the LORD to offer them a drink of wine.”
- Jeremiah 35:4וָאָבִ֤א · and I brought…and I brought them into the house of the LORD, to a chamber occupied by the sons of Hanan son of Igdaliah, a man of God. This room was near the chamber of the officials, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah son of Shallum the doorkeeper.
- Jeremiah 35:11בֹּ֚אוּ · Come; וְנָב֣וֹא · let us go intoSo when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched into the land, we said: ‘Come, let us go into Jerusalem to escape the armies of the Chaldeans and the Arameans.’ So we have remained in Jerusalem.”
- Jeremiah 35:17מֵבִ֣יא · I will bringTherefore this is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I will bring to Judah and to all the residents of Jerusalem all the disaster I have pronounced against them, because I have spoken to them but they have not obeyed, and I have called to them but they have not answered.’”
- Jeremiah 36:5לָב֖וֹא · enterThen Jeremiah commanded Baruch, “I am restricted; I cannot enter the house of the LORD;
- Jeremiah 36:6וּבָאתָ֣ · are to go; הַבָּאִ֥ים · who are coming…so you are to go to the house of the LORD on a day of fasting, and in the hearing of the people you are to read the words of the LORD from the scroll you have written at my dictation. Read them in the hearing of all the people of Judah who are coming from their cities.
- Jeremiah 36:9הַבָּאִ֛ים · who had comeNow in the ninth month of the fifth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, a fast before the LORD was proclaimed to all the people of Jerusalem and all who had come there from the cities of Judah.
- Jeremiah 36:14וַיָּבֹ֖א · and wentThen all the officials sent word to Baruch through Jehudi son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, saying, “Bring the scroll that you read in the hearing of the people, and come here.” So Baruch son of Neriah took the scroll and went to them.
- Jeremiah 36:20וַיָּבֹ֤אוּ · So [the officials] wentSo the officials went to the king in the courtyard. And having stored the scroll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, they reported everything to the king.
- Jeremiah 36:29בֹּֽא־ · would surely come; יָב֤וֹאYou are to proclaim concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah that this is what the LORD says: You have burned the scroll and said, ‘Why have you written on it that the king of Babylon would surely come and destroy this land and deprive it of man and beast?’
- Jeremiah 36:31וְהֵבֵאתִ֣י · I will bringI will punish him and his descendants and servants for their iniquity. I will bring on them, on the residents of Jerusalem, and on the men of Judah, all the calamity about which I warned them but they did not listen.”
- Jeremiah 37:4בָּ֥א · was free to comeNow Jeremiah was free to come and go among the people, for they had not yet put him in prison.
- Jeremiah 37:14וַיְבִאֵ֖הוּ · and took him“That is a lie,” Jeremiah replied. “I am not deserting to the Chaldeans!” But Irijah would not listen to him; instead, he arrested Jeremiah and took him to the officials.
- Jeremiah 37:16בָ֧א · wentSo Jeremiah went into a cell in the dungeon and remained there a long time.
- Jeremiah 37:19יָבֹ֤א · comeWhere are your prophets who prophesied to you, claiming, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you or this land’?
- Jeremiah 38:11וַיָּבֹ֤א · and wentThen Ebed-melech took the men with him and went to the king’s palace, to a place below the storehouse. From there he took old rags and worn-out clothes and lowered them with ropes to Jeremiah in the cistern.
- Jeremiah 38:25וּבָ֣אוּ · and they comeIf the officials hear that I have spoken with you, and they come and demand of you, ‘Tell us what you said to the king and what he said to you; do not hide it from us, or we will kill you,’
- Jeremiah 38:27וַיָּבֹ֨אוּ · cameWhen all the officials came to Jeremiah and questioned him, he relayed to them the exact words the king had commanded him to say. So they said no more to him, for no one had overheard the conversation.
- Jeremiah 39:1בָּ֠א · marchedIn the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army and laid siege to the city.
- Jeremiah 39:3וַיָּבֹ֗אוּ · enteredThen all the officials of the king of Babylon entered and sat in the Middle Gate: Nergal-sharezer of Samgar, Nebo-sarsekim the Rabsaris, Nergal-sharezer the Rabmag, and all the rest of the officials of the king of Babylon.
- Jeremiah 39:7לָבִ֥יא · to takeThen he put out Zedekiah’s eyes and bound him with bronze chains to take him to Babylon.
- Jeremiah 39:16מֵבִי · I am about to fulfill“Go and tell Ebed-melech the Cushite that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I am about to fulfill My words against this city for harm and not for good, and on that day they will be fulfilled before your eyes.
- Jeremiah 40:3וַיָּבֵ֥א · has fulfilled it…and now the LORD has fulfilled it; He has done just as He said. Because you people have sinned against the LORD and have not obeyed His voice, this thing has happened to you.
- Jeremiah 40:4לָב֧וֹא · you to come; בֹּ֚א · then come; לָבֽוֹא־ · to you to comeBut now, behold, I am freeing you today from the chains that were on your wrists. If it pleases you to come with me to Babylon, then come, and I will take care of you. But if it seems wrong to you to come with me to Babylon, go no farther. Look, the whole land is before you. Wherever it seems good and right to you, go there.”