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
- Obadiah 1:5בָּ֣אוּ · came“If thieves came to you, if robbers by night—oh, how you will be ruined—would they not steal only what they wanted? If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave some gleanings?
- Obadiah 1:11בָּ֣אוּ · enteredOn the day you stood aloof while strangers carried off his wealth and foreigners entered his gate and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were just like one of them.
- Obadiah 1:13תָּב֤וֹא · enterYou should not enter the gate of My people in the day of their disaster, nor gloat over their affliction in the day of their disaster, nor loot their wealth in the day of their disaster.
- Jonah 1:3בָּאָ֣ה · bound; לָב֤וֹא · to sailJonah, however, got up to flee to Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa and found a ship bound for Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went aboard to sail for Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD.
- Jonah 1:8תָּב֔וֹא · have you come from“Tell us now,” they demanded, “who is to blame for this calamity that is upon us? What is your occupation, and where have you come from? What is your country, and who are your people?”
- Jonah 2:7וַתָּב֤וֹא · went upAs my life was fading away, I remembered the LORD. My prayer went up to You, to Your holy temple.
- Jonah 3:4לָב֣וֹאOn the first day of his journey, Jonah set out into the city and proclaimed, “Forty more days and Nineveh will be overturned!”
- Micah 1:9בָ֙אָה֙ · it has reachedFor her wound is incurable; it has reached even Judah; it has approached the gate of my people, as far as Jerusalem itself.
- Micah 1:15אָ֣בִי · bring; יָב֖וֹא · will comeI will again bring a conqueror against you, O dweller of Mareshah. The glory of Israel will come to Adullam.
- Micah 3:6וּבָ֤אָה · will setTherefore night will come over you without visions, and darkness without divination. The sun will set on these prophets, and the daylight will turn black over them.
- Micah 3:11תָב֥וֹא · can comeHer leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster can come upon us.”
- Micah 4:8וּבָאָ֗ה · will comeAnd you, O watchtower of the flock, O stronghold of the Daughter of Zion—the former dominion will be restored to you; sovereignty will come to the Daughter of Jerusalem.”
- Micah 4:10וּבָ֤את · You will goWrithe in agony, O Daughter of Zion, like a woman in labor. For now you will leave the city and camp in the open fields. You will go to Babylon; there you will be rescued; there the LORD will redeem you from the hand of your enemies!
- Micah 5:5יָב֣וֹא · invadesAnd He will be our peace when Assyria invades our land and tramples our citadels. We will raise against it seven shepherds, even eight leaders of men.
- Micah 5:6יָב֣וֹא · invadesAnd they will rule the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod with the blade drawn. So He will deliver us when Assyria invades our land and marches into our borders.
- Micah 7:4בָ֔אָה · has comeThe best of them is like a brier; the most upright is sharper than a hedge of thorns. The day for your watchmen has come, the day of your visitation. Now is the time of their confusion.
- Micah 7:12יָב֔וֹא · they will comeOn that day they will come to you from Assyria and the cities of Egypt, even from Egypt to the Euphrates, from sea to sea and mountain to mountain.
- Nahum 3:14בֹּ֧אִי · WorkDraw your water for the siege; strengthen your fortresses. Work the clay and tread the mortar; repair the brick kiln!
- Habakkuk 1:8יָבֹ֔אוּ · comesTheir horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than wolves of the night. Their horsemen charge ahead, and their cavalry comes from afar. They fly like a vulture, swooping down to devour.
- Habakkuk 1:9יָב֔וֹא · of them comeAll of them come bent on violence; their hordes advance like the east wind; they gather prisoners like sand.
- Habakkuk 2:3בֹ֥א · it will surely come; יָבֹ֖אFor the vision awaits an appointed time; it testifies of the end and does not lie. Though it lingers, wait for it, since it will surely come and will not delay.
- Habakkuk 3:3יָב֔וֹא · cameGod came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah His glory covered the heavens, and His praise filled the earth.
- Habakkuk 3:16יָב֥וֹא · enteredI heard and trembled within; my lips quivered at the sound. Decay entered my bones; I trembled where I stood. Yet I must wait patiently for the day of distress to come upon the people who invade us.
- Zephaniah 2:2יָב֣וֹא · comes; יָב֣וֹא · comes…before the decree takes effect and the day passes like chaff, before the burning anger of the LORD comes upon you, before the Day of the LORD’s anger comes upon you.
- Zephaniah 3:20אָבִ֣יא · I will bringAt that time I will bring you in; yes, at that time I will gather you. For I will give you fame and praise among all the peoples of the earth when I restore your captives before your very eyes,” says the LORD.
- Haggai 1:2בֹּ֛א · come…that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “These people say, ‘The time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the LORD.’”
- Haggai 1:6וְהָבֵ֣א · but harvestedYou have planted much but harvested little. You eat but never have enough. You drink but never have your fill. You put on clothes but never get warm. You earn wages to put into a bag pierced through.”
- Haggai 1:8וַהֲבֵאתֶ֥ם · bring downGo up into the hills, bring down lumber, and build the house, so that I may take pleasure in it and be glorified, says the LORD.
- Haggai 1:9וַהֲבֵאתֶ֥ם · And what you broughtYou expected much, but behold, it amounted to little. And what you brought home, I blew away. Why? declares the LORD of Hosts. Because My house still lies in ruins, while each of you is busy with his own house.
- Haggai 1:14וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ · And they cameSo the LORD stirred the spirit of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, as well as the spirit of all the remnant of the people. And they came and began the work on the house of the LORD of Hosts, their God,
- Haggai 2:7וּבָ֖אוּ · and they will comeI will shake all the nations, and they will come with all their treasures, and I will fill this house with glory, says the LORD of Hosts.
- Haggai 2:16בָּא֙ · [when] one came; בָּ֣א · When one came…from that time, when one came expecting a heap of twenty ephahs of grain, there were but ten. When one came to the winepress to draw out fifty baths, there were but twenty.
- Zechariah 1:21בָאִ֖ים · coming; וַיָּבֹ֤אוּ · have come“What are these coming to do?” I asked. And He replied, “These are the horns that scattered Judah so that no one could raise his head; but the craftsmen have come to terrify them and throw down these horns of the nations that have lifted up their horns against the land of Judah to scatter it.”
- Zechariah 2:10בָ֛א · I am coming“Shout for joy and be glad, O Daughter of Zion, for I am coming to dwell among you,” declares the LORD.
- Zechariah 3:8מֵבִ֛יא · I am going to bringHear now, O high priest Joshua, you and your companions seated before you, who are indeed a sign. For behold, I am going to bring My servant, the Branch.
- Zechariah 5:4וּבָ֙אָה֙ · and it will enterI will send it out, declares the LORD of Hosts, and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of him who swears falsely by My name. It will remain inside his house and destroy it, down to its timbers and stones.”
- Zechariah 6:10וּבָאתָ֤ · and go; וּבָ֗אתָ; בָּ֖אוּ · have arrived“Take an offering from the exiles—from Heldai, Tobijah, and Jedaiah, who have arrived from Babylon—and go that same day to the house of Josiah son of Zephaniah.
- Zechariah 6:15יָבֹ֗אוּ · will comeEven those far away will come and build the temple of the LORD, and you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me to you. This will happen if you diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God.”
- Zechariah 8:8וְהֵבֵאתִ֣י · I will bring themI will bring them back to dwell in Jerusalem, where they will be My people, and I will be their faithful and righteous God.”
- Zechariah 8:10וְלַבָּ֤א · or wentFor before those days neither man nor beast received wages, nor was there safety from the enemy for anyone who came or went, for I had turned every man against his neighbor.
- Zechariah 8:20יָבֹ֣אוּ · comeThis is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Peoples will yet come—the residents of many cities—
- Zechariah 8:22וּבָ֨אוּ · will comeAnd many peoples and strong nations will come to seek the LORD of Hosts in Jerusalem and to plead before the LORD.”