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
- Leviticus 4:32יְבִיאֶֽנָּה׃ · he must bringIf, however, he brings a lamb as a sin offering, he must bring an unblemished female.
- Leviticus 5:6וְהֵבִ֣יא · and he must bring…and he must bring his guilt offering to the LORD for the sin he has committed: a female lamb or goat from the flock as a sin offering. And the priest will make atonement for him concerning his sin.
- Leviticus 5:7וְהֵבִ֨יא · he may bringIf, however, he cannot afford a lamb, he may bring to the LORD as restitution for his sin two turtledoves or two young pigeons—one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering.
- Leviticus 5:8וְהֵבִ֤יא · He is to bringHe is to bring them to the priest, who shall first present the one for the sin offering. He is to twist its head at the front of its neck without severing it;
- Leviticus 5:11וְהֵבִ֨יא · he may bringBut if he cannot afford two turtledoves or two young pigeons, he may bring a tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a sin offering. He must not put olive oil or frankincense on it, because it is a sin offering.
- Leviticus 5:12וֶהֱבִיאָהּ֮ · He is to bringHe is to bring it to the priest, who shall take a handful from it as a memorial portion and burn it on the altar atop the food offerings to the LORD; it is a sin offering.
- Leviticus 5:15וְהֵבִיא֩ · he must bring“If someone acts unfaithfully and sins unintentionally against any of the LORD’s holy things, he must bring his guilt offering to the LORD: an unblemished ram from the flock, of proper value in silver shekels according to the sanctuary shekel; it is a guilt offering.
- Leviticus 5:18וְ֠הֵבִיא · He is to bringHe is to bring to the priest an unblemished ram of proper value from the flock as a guilt offering. Then the priest will make atonement on his behalf for the wrong he has committed in ignorance, and he will be forgiven.
- Leviticus 6:6יָבִ֖יא · Then he must bringThen he must bring to the priest his guilt offering to the LORD: an unblemished ram of proper value from the flock.
- Leviticus 6:21תְּבִיאֶ֑נָּה · you are to bring itIt shall be prepared with oil on a griddle; you are to bring it well-kneaded and present it as a grain offering broken in pieces, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
- Leviticus 6:30יוּבָ֨א · has been broughtBut no sin offering may be eaten if its blood has been brought into the Tent of Meeting to make atonement in the Holy Place; it must be burned.
- Leviticus 7:29יָבִ֧יא · must bring“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘Anyone who presents a peace offering to the LORD must bring it as his sacrifice to the LORD.
- Leviticus 7:30תְּבִיאֶ֔ינָה · he is to bring; יְבִיאֶ֔נּוּ · he shall bringWith his own hands he is to bring the food offerings to the LORD; he shall bring the fat, together with the breast, and wave the breast as a wave offering before the LORD.
- Leviticus 9:23וַיָּבֹ֨א · then enteredMoses and Aaron then entered the Tent of Meeting. When they came out, they blessed the people, and the glory of the LORD appeared to all the people.
- Leviticus 10:9בְּבֹאֲכֶ֛ם · when you enter“You and your sons are not to drink wine or strong drink when you enter the Tent of Meeting, or else you will die; this is a permanent statute for the generations to come.
- Leviticus 10:15יָבִ֔יאוּ · They are to bringThey are to bring the thigh of the contribution and the breast of the wave offering, together with the fat portions of the food offerings, to wave as a wave offering before the LORD. It will belong permanently to you and your children, as the LORD has commanded.”
- Leviticus 10:18הוּבָ֣א · broughtSince its blood was not brought inside the holy place, you should have eaten it in the sanctuary area, as I commanded.”
- Leviticus 11:32יוּבָ֛אWhen one of them dies and falls on something, that article becomes unclean; any article of wood, clothing, leather, sackcloth, or any implement used for work must be rinsed with water and will remain unclean until evening; then it will be clean.
- Leviticus 11:34יָב֥וֹא · comingAny food coming into contact with water from that pot will be unclean, and any drink in such a container will be unclean.
- Leviticus 12:4תָבֹ֔א · or goThe woman shall continue in purification from her bleeding for thirty-three days. She must not touch anything sacred or go into the sanctuary until the days of her purification are complete.
- Leviticus 12:6תָּבִ֞יא · she is to bringWhen the days of her purification are complete, whether for a son or for a daughter, she is to bring to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting a year-old lamb for a burnt offering and a young pigeon or a turtledove for a sin offering.
- Leviticus 13:2וְהוּבָא֙ · he must be brought“When someone has a swelling or rash or bright spot on his skin that may be an infectious skin disease, he must be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons who is a priest.
- Leviticus 13:9וְהוּבָ֖א · he must be broughtWhen anyone develops a skin disease, he must be brought to the priest.
- Leviticus 13:16וּבָ֖א · he must goBut if the raw flesh changes and turns white, he must go to the priest.
- Leviticus 14:2וְהוּבָ֖א · when he is brought“This is the law for the one afflicted with a skin disease on the day of his cleansing, when he is brought to the priest.
- Leviticus 14:8יָב֣וֹא · he may enterThe one being cleansed must wash his clothes, shave off all his hair, and bathe with water; then he will be ceremonially clean. Afterward, he may enter the camp, but he must remain outside his tent for seven days.
- Leviticus 14:23וְהֵבִ֨יא · he is to bringOn the eighth day he is to bring them for his cleansing to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting before the LORD.
- Leviticus 14:34תָבֹ֙אוּ֙ · you enter“When you enter the land of Canaan, which I am giving you as your possession, and I put a contamination of mildew into a house in that land,
- Leviticus 14:35וּבָא֙ · shall come…the owner of the house shall come and tell the priest, ‘Something like mildew has appeared in my house.’
- Leviticus 14:36יָבֹ֤א · enters it; יָבֹ֥א · shall go inThe priest must order that the house be cleared before he enters it to examine the mildew, so that nothing in the house will become unclean. After this, the priest shall go in to inspect the house.
- Leviticus 14:42וְהֵבִ֖יאוּ · to replaceSo different stones must be obtained to replace the contaminated ones, as well as additional mortar to replaster the house.
- Leviticus 14:44וּבָא֙ · must come…the priest must come and inspect it. If the mildew has spread in the house, it is a destructive mildew; the house is unclean.
- Leviticus 14:46וְהַבָּא֙ · Anyone who entersAnyone who enters the house during any of the days that it is closed up will be unclean until evening.
- Leviticus 14:48בֹּ֨א · comes; יָבֹ֜אIf, however, the priest comes and inspects it, and the mildew has not spread after the house has been replastered, he shall pronounce the house clean, because the mildew is gone.
- Leviticus 15:14וּבָ֣א׀ · comeOn the eighth day he is to take two turtledoves or two young pigeons, come before the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, and give them to the priest.
- Leviticus 15:29וְהֵבִיאָ֤ה · and bringOn the eighth day she is to take two turtledoves or two young pigeons and bring them to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
- Leviticus 16:2יָבֹ֤א · to enterAnd the LORD said to Moses: “Tell your brother Aaron not to enter freely into the Most Holy Place behind the veil in front of the mercy seat on the ark, or else he will die, because I appear in the cloud above the mercy seat.
- Leviticus 16:3יָבֹ֥א · is to enterThis is how Aaron is to enter the Holy Place: with a young bull for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering.
- Leviticus 16:12וְהֵבִ֖יא · and take themThen he must take a censer full of burning coals from the altar before the LORD, and two handfuls of finely ground fragrant incense, and take them inside the veil.
- Leviticus 16:15וְהֵבִיא֙ · and bringAaron shall then slaughter the goat for the sin offering for the people and bring its blood behind the veil, and with its blood he must do as he did with the bull’s blood: He is to sprinkle it against the mercy seat and in front of it.
- Leviticus 16:17בְּבֹא֛וֹ · from the time [Aaron] goes inNo one may be in the Tent of Meeting from the time Aaron goes in to make atonement in the Most Holy Place until he leaves, after he has made atonement for himself, his household, and the whole assembly of Israel.
- Leviticus 16:23וּבָ֤א · is to enter; בְּבֹא֣וֹ · before enteringThen Aaron is to enter the Tent of Meeting, take off the linen garments he put on before entering the Most Holy Place, and leave them there.
- Leviticus 16:26יָב֥וֹא · he may reenterThe man who released the goat as the scapegoat must wash his clothes and bathe himself with water; afterward he may reenter the camp.
- Leviticus 16:27הוּבָ֤א · was broughtThe bull for the sin offering and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought into the Most Holy Place to make atonement, must be taken outside the camp; and their hides, flesh, and dung must be burned up.
- Leviticus 16:28יָב֥וֹא · he may reenterThe one who burns them must wash his clothes and bathe himself with water, and afterward he may reenter the camp.
- Leviticus 17:4הֱבִיאוֹ֒ · bringing…instead of bringing it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting to present it as an offering to the LORD before His tabernacle—that man shall incur bloodguilt. He has shed blood and must be cut off from among his people.