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 17:5יָבִ֜יאוּ · will bring; וֶֽהֱבִיאֻ֣ם · They are to bring themFor this reason the Israelites will bring to the LORD the sacrifices they have been offering in the open fields. They are to bring them to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and offer them as sacrifices of peace offerings to the LORD.
- Leviticus 17:9יְבִיאֶ֔נּוּ · bring…but does not bring it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting to sacrifice it to the LORD, that man must be cut off from his people.
- Leviticus 18:3מֵבִ֨יא · am bringing youYou must not follow the practices of the land of Egypt, where you used to live, and you must not follow the practices of the land of Canaan, into which I am bringing you. You must not walk in their customs.
- Leviticus 19:21וְהֵבִ֤יא · [The man,] however, must bringThe man, however, must bring a ram to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting as his guilt offering to the LORD.
- Leviticus 19:23תָבֹ֣אוּ · you enterWhen you enter the land and plant any kind of tree for food, you shall regard the fruit as forbidden. For three years it will be forbidden to you and must not be eaten.
- Leviticus 20:22מֵבִ֥יא · am bringingYou are therefore to keep all My statutes and ordinances, so that the land where I am bringing you to live will not vomit you out.
- Leviticus 21:11יָבֹ֑א · goHe must not go near any dead body; he must not defile himself, even for his father or mother.
- Leviticus 21:23יָבֹ֗א · go…but because he has a defect, he must not go near the veil or approach the altar, so as not to desecrate My sanctuaries. For I am the LORD who sanctifies them.’”
- Leviticus 22:7וּבָ֥א · has setWhen the sun has set, he will become clean, and then he may eat from the sacred offerings, for they are his food.
- Leviticus 23:10תָבֹ֣אוּ · you enter; וַהֲבֵאתֶ֥ם · you are to bring“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘When you enter the land that I am giving you and you reap its harvest, you are to bring to the priest a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest.
- Leviticus 23:14הֲבִ֣יאֲכֶ֔ם · you have broughtYou must not eat any bread or roasted or new grain until the very day you have brought this offering to your God. This is to be a permanent statute for the generations to come, wherever you live.
- Leviticus 23:15הֲבִ֣יאֲכֶ֔ם · you broughtFrom the day after the Sabbath, the day you brought the sheaf of the wave offering, you are to count off seven full weeks.
- Leviticus 23:17תָּבִ֣יאּוּ׀ · BringBring two loaves of bread from your dwellings as a wave offering, each made from two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour, baked with leaven, as the firstfruits to the LORD.
- Leviticus 24:11וַיָּבִ֥יאוּ · So they broughtThe son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name with a curse. So they brought him to Moses. (His mother’s name was Shelomith daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.)
- Leviticus 25:2תָבֹ֙אוּ֙ · you enter“Speak to the Israelites and say to them: When you enter the land that I am giving you, the land itself must observe a Sabbath to the LORD.
- Leviticus 25:22בּוֹא֙ · comes inWhile you are sowing in the eighth year, you will be eating from the previous harvest, until the ninth year’s harvest comes in.
- Leviticus 25:25וּבָ֤א · may comeIf your brother becomes impoverished and sells some of his property, his nearest of kin may come and redeem what his brother has sold.
- Leviticus 26:25וְהֵבֵאתִ֨י · And I will bringAnd I will bring a sword against you to execute the vengeance of the covenant. Though you withdraw into your cities, I will send a plague among you, and you will be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
- Leviticus 26:36וְהֵבֵ֤אתִי · I will sendAs for those of you who survive, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies, so that even the sound of a windblown leaf will put them to flight. And they will flee as one flees the sword, and fall when no one pursues them.
- Leviticus 26:41וְהֵבֵאתִ֣י · and brought…and I acted with hostility toward them and brought them into the land of their enemies—and if their uncircumcised hearts will be humbled and they will make amends for their iniquity,
- Numbers 4:3בָּא֙ · who is qualified…men from thirty to fifty years old—everyone who is qualified to serve in the work at the Tent of Meeting.
- Numbers 4:5וּבָ֨א · are to go inWhenever the camp sets out, Aaron and his sons are to go in, take down the veil of the curtain, and cover the ark of the Testimony with it.
- Numbers 4:15יָבֹ֤אוּ · shall comeWhen Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy objects and all their equipment, as soon as the camp is ready to move, the Kohathites shall come and do the carrying. But they must not touch the holy objects, or they will die. These are the transportation duties of the Kohathites regarding the Tent of Meeting.
- Numbers 4:19יָבֹ֔אוּ · are to go inIn order that they may live and not die when they come near the most holy things, do this for them: Aaron and his sons are to go in and assign each man his task and what he is to carry.
- Numbers 4:20יָבֹ֧אוּ · to go inBut the Kohathites are not to go in and look at the holy objects, even for a moment, or they will die.”
- Numbers 4:23הַבָּא֙ · who comes…from thirty to fifty years old, counting everyone who comes to serve in the work at the Tent of Meeting.
- Numbers 4:30הַבָּא֙ · who comes…from thirty to fifty years old, counting everyone who comes to serve in the work of the Tent of Meeting.
- Numbers 4:35הַבָּא֙ · who came…everyone from thirty to fifty years old who came to serve in the work at the Tent of Meeting.
- Numbers 4:39הַבָּא֙ · who came…everyone from thirty to fifty years old who came to serve in the work at the Tent of Meeting.
- Numbers 4:43הַבָּא֙ · who came…everyone from thirty to fifty years old who came to serve in the work at the Tent of Meeting.
- Numbers 4:47הַבָּ֗א · who came…from thirty to fifty years old who came to do the work of serving and carrying the Tent of Meeting.
- Numbers 5:15וְהֵבִ֨יא · is to bring; וְהֵבִ֤יא · He must also bring…then he is to bring his wife to the priest. He must also bring for her an offering of a tenth of an ephah of barley flour. He is not to pour oil over it or put frankincense on it, because it is a grain offering for jealousy, an offering of memorial as a reminder of iniquity.
- Numbers 5:22וּ֠בָאוּ · enterMay this water that brings a curse enter your stomach and cause your belly to swell and your thigh to shrivel.’ Then the woman is to say, ‘Amen, Amen.’
- Numbers 5:24וּבָ֥אוּ · will enterHe is to have the woman drink the bitter water that brings a curse, and it will enter her and may cause her bitter suffering.
- Numbers 5:27וּבָ֨אוּ · will enterWhen he has made her drink the water, if she has defiled herself and been unfaithful to her husband, then the water that brings a curse will enter her and cause bitter suffering; her belly will swell, her thigh will shrivel, and she will become accursed among her people.
- Numbers 6:6יָבֹֽא׃ · goThroughout the days of his separation to the LORD, he must not go near a dead body.
- Numbers 6:10יָבִא֙ · he must bringOn the eighth day he must bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
- Numbers 6:12וְהֵבִ֛יא · and bringHe must rededicate his time of separation to the LORD and bring a year-old male lamb as a guilt offering. But the preceding days shall not be counted, because his separation was defiled.
- Numbers 6:13יָבִ֣יא · He must be broughtNow this is the law of the Nazirite when his time of separation is complete: He must be brought to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting,
- Numbers 7:3וַיָּבִ֨יאוּ · They broughtThey brought as their offering before the LORD six covered carts and twelve oxen—an ox from each leader and a cart from every two leaders—and presented them before the tabernacle.
- Numbers 7:89וּבְבֹ֨א · enteredWhen Moses entered the Tent of Meeting to speak with the LORD, he heard the voice speaking to him from between the two cherubim above the mercy seat on the ark of the Testimony. Thus the LORD spoke to him.
- Numbers 8:15יָבֹ֣אוּ · may comeAfter you have cleansed them and presented them as a wave offering, they may come to serve at the Tent of Meeting.
- Numbers 8:22בָּ֣אוּ · cameAfter that, the Levites came to perform their service at the Tent of Meeting in the presence of Aaron and his sons. Thus they did with the Levites just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- Numbers 8:24יָבוֹא֙ · shall enter“This applies to the Levites: Men twenty-five years of age or older shall enter to perform the service in the work at the Tent of Meeting.
- Numbers 10:9תָבֹ֨אוּ · you enterWhen you enter into battle in your land against an adversary who attacks you, sound short blasts on the trumpets, and you will be remembered before the LORD your God and saved from your enemies.
- Numbers 10:21בֹּאָֽם׃ס · their arrivalThen the Kohathites set out, transporting the holy objects; the tabernacle was to be set up before their arrival.
- Numbers 13:21לְבֹ֥אSo they went up and spied out the land from the Wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob, toward Lebo-hamath.