בּוֹא
to enter
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Full lexicon entry — Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Verb
- An action or state-of-being word.
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Proper
- A name of a specific person, place, or people (e.g. Abraham, Zion, Israel).
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
Stem
- Qal
- The basic, simple active stem — the plain form of the verb (“he wrote”). Here: ‘come in’
- Hiphil
- The causative active stem (“he caused / brought about”). Here: ‘cause to come in’
- Hophal
- The passive counterpart of the Hiphil (“he was caused to…”). Here: ‘be brought in’
Form
- Sequential Imperfect
- An imperfect with prefixed waw — the standard past-narrative form (waw-consecutive imperfect).
- Perfect
- A completed action or state — Hebrew marks aspect (completeness) more than strict tense (“he wrote”).
- Imperfect
- An incomplete, ongoing, or future action (“he will / would write”).
- Infinitive Construct
- A bound verbal noun, frequently with prepositions (“to write / in writing”).
- Participle Active
- A verbal adjective expressing ongoing or characteristic action (“writing / one who writes”).
- Sequential Perfect
- A perfect with prefixed waw continuing a preceding imperfect or command (waw-consecutive perfect).
- Imperative
- A direct command (“write!”).
- Jussive
- A third- or second-person volitional form expressing wish or command (“let him write”).
- Infinitive Absolute
- An unbound verbal noun, often intensifying or standing in for a finite verb.
- Participle Passive
- A verbal adjective expressing action received (“written”).
- Cohortative
- A first-person volitional form expressing wish or resolve (“let me / let us write”).
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Person
- 3rd Person
- The one spoken about (“he / she / it / they”).
- 2nd Person
- The one addressed (“you”).
- 1st Person
- The speaker (“I / we”).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
- Common
- Either gender — not distinguished for this form.
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
44 verses where H935 appears in the Hiphil stem in the Book of 2 Chronicles. Filtered view — show all forms. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
2 Chronicles
- 2 Chronicles 2:16 וּ/נְבִיאֵ֥/ם conj + Hiphil impf 1cp + sfx pers 3mp and we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as you shall need; and we will bring it to you in floats by sea to Joppa; and you shall carry it up to Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 5:1 וַ/יָּבֵ֨א conj + Hiphil wimpf 3ms Thus all the work that Solomon did for the house of Yahweh was finished. Solomon brought in the things that David his father had dedicated, even the silver, and the gold, and all the vessels, and put them in the treasuries of the house of God.
- 2 Chronicles 5:7 וַ/יָּבִ֣יאוּ conj + Hiphil wimpf 3mp The priests brought in the ark of the covenant of Yahweh to its place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubim.
- 2 Chronicles 7:22 הֵבִ֣יא Hiphil pf 3ms They shall answer, Because they forsook Yahweh, the God of their fathers, who brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshiped them, and served them: therefore has he brought all this evil on them.
- 2 Chronicles 8:18 וַ/יָּבֹ֜אוּ וַ/יָּבִ֖יאוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp conj + Hiphil wimpf 3mp Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants who had knowledge of the sea; and they came with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and fetched from there four hundred fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.
- 2 Chronicles 9:10 הֵבִ֥יאוּ הֵבִ֛יאוּ Hiphil pf 3cp Hiphil pf 3cp The servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, who brought gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and precious stones.
- 2 Chronicles 9:12 הֵבִ֣יאָה Hiphil pf 3fs King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she asked, besides that which she had brought to the king. So she turned, and went to her own land, she and her servants.
- 2 Chronicles 9:14 מְבִיאִ֑ים מְבִיאִ֛ים Hiphil ptcp.act mp Hiphil ptcp.act mp besides that which the traders and merchants brought: and all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.
- 2 Chronicles 9:24 מְבִיאִ֣ים Hiphil ptcp.act mp They brought every man his tribute, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and clothing, armor, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
- 2 Chronicles 15:11 הֵבִ֑יאוּ Hiphil pf 3cp They sacrificed to Yahweh in that day, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.
- 2 Chronicles 15:18 וַ/יָּבֵ֞א conj + Hiphil wimpf 3ms He brought into the house of God the things that his father had dedicated, and that he himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels.
- 2 Chronicles 17:11 מְבִיאִ֧ים מְבִיאִ֥ים Hiphil ptcp.act mp Hiphil ptcp.act mp Some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents, and silver for tribute; the Arabians also brought him flocks, seven thousand and seven hundred rams, and seven thousand and seven hundred male goats.
- 2 Chronicles 22:9 וַ/יְבִאֻ֣/הוּ conj + Hiphil wimpf 3mp + sfx pers 3ms He sought Ahaziah, and they caught him (now he was hiding in Samaria), and they brought him to Jehu, and killed him; and they buried him, for they said, He is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought Yahweh with all his heart. The house of Ahaziah had no power to hold the kingdom.
- 2 Chronicles 24:6 לְ/הָבִ֞יא prep + Hiphil inf.cs The king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said to him, Why haven't you required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the tax of Moses the servant of Yahweh, and of the assembly of Israel, for the tent of the testimony?
- 2 Chronicles 24:9 לְ/הָבִ֤יא prep + Hiphil inf.cs They made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in for Yahweh the tax that Moses the servant of God laid on Israel in the wilderness.
- 2 Chronicles 24:10 וַ/יָּבִ֛יאוּ conj + Hiphil wimpf 3mp All the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, and cast into the chest, until they had made an end.
- 2 Chronicles 24:11 יָבִ֨יא וּ/בָ֨א Hiphil impf 3ms conj + Qal wpf 3ms It was so, that whenever the chest was brought to the king's officers by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king's scribe and the chief priest's officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to its place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance.
- 2 Chronicles 24:14 הֵבִ֣יאוּ Hiphil pf 3cp When they had made an end, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, of which were made vessels for the house of Yahweh, even vessels with which to minister and to offer, and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. They offered burnt offerings in the house of Yahweh continually all the days of Jehoiada.
- 2 Chronicles 25:12 וַ/יְבִיא֖וּ/ם conj + Hiphil wimpf 3mp + sfx pers 3mp [other] ten thousand did the children of Judah carry away alive, and brought them to the top of the rock, and cast them down from the top of the rock, so that they all were broken in pieces.
- 2 Chronicles 25:14 ב֤וֹא וַ/יָּבֵ֗א Qal inf.cs conj + Hiphil wimpf 3ms Now it happened, after that Amaziah was come from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and bowed down himself before them, and burned incense to them.
- 2 Chronicles 25:23 וַ/יְבִיאֵ֨/הוּ֙ conj + Hiphil wimpf 3ms + sfx pers 3ms Joash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth-shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
- 2 Chronicles 28:5 וַ/יָּבִ֖יאוּ conj + Hiphil wimpf 3mp Therefore Yahweh his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria; and they struck him, and carried away of his a great multitude of captives, and brought them to Damascus. He was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who struck him with a great slaughter.
- 2 Chronicles 28:8 וַ/יָּבִ֥יאוּ conj + Hiphil wimpf 3mp The children of Israel carried away captive of their brothers two hundred thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and took also away much spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Samaria.
- 2 Chronicles 28:13 תָבִ֤יאוּ Hiphil impf 2mp and said to them, You shall not bring in the captives here: for you purpose that which will bring on us a trespass against Yahweh, to add to our sins and to our trespass; for our trespass is great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 28:15 וַ/יְבִיא֛וּ/ם conj + Hiphil wimpf 3mp + sfx pers 3mp The men who have been mentioned by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all who were naked among them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them on donkeys, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brothers: then they returned to Samaria.
- 2 Chronicles 28:27 הֱבִיאֻ֔/הוּ Hiphil pf 3cp + sfx pers 3ms Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even in Jerusalem; for they didn't bring him into the tombs of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his place.
- 2 Chronicles 29:4 וַ/יָּבֵ֥א conj + Hiphil wimpf 3ms He brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the broad place on the east,
- 2 Chronicles 29:21 וַ/יָּבִ֣יאוּ conj + Hiphil wimpf 3mp They brought seven bulls, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven male goats, for a sin-offering for the kingdom and for the sanctuary and for Judah. He commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer them on the altar of Yahweh.
- 2 Chronicles 29:31 וְ/הָבִ֛יאוּ וַ/יָּבִ֤יאוּ conj + Hiphil impv 2mp conj + Hiphil wimpf 3mp Then Hezekiah answered, Now you have consecrated yourselves to Yahweh; come near and bring sacrifices and thank-offerings into the house of Yahweh. The assembly brought in sacrifices and thank-offerings; and as many as were of a willing heart [brought] burnt offerings.
- 2 Chronicles 29:32 הֵבִ֣יאוּ Hiphil pf 3cp The number of the burnt offerings which the assembly brought was seventy bulls, one hundred rams, and two hundred lambs: all these were for a burnt offering to Yahweh.
- 2 Chronicles 30:15 וַ/יָּבִ֥יאוּ conj + Hiphil wimpf 3mp Then they killed the Passover on the fourteenth [day] of the second month: and the priests and the Levites were ashamed, and sanctified themselves, and brought burnt offerings into the house of Yahweh.
- 2 Chronicles 31:5 הֵבִֽיאוּ Hiphil pf 3cp As soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of Israel gave in abundance the first fruits of grain, new wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all things brought they in abundantly.
- 2 Chronicles 31:6 הֵבִ֕יאוּ Hiphil pf 3cp The children of Israel and Judah, who lived in the cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of dedicated things which were consecrated to Yahweh their God, and laid them by heaps.
- 2 Chronicles 31:10 לָ/בִ֣יא prep + Hiphil inf.cs Azariah the chief priest, of the house of Zadok, answered him and said, Since [the people] began to bring the offerings into the house of Yahweh, we have eaten and had enough, and have left plenty: for Yahweh has blessed his people; and that which is left is this great store.
- 2 Chronicles 31:12 וַ/יָּבִ֨יאוּ conj + Hiphil wimpf 3mp They brought in the offerings and the tithes and the dedicated things faithfully: and over them Conaniah the Levite was ruler, and Shimei his brother was second.
- 2 Chronicles 32:23 מְבִיאִ֨ים Hiphil ptcp.act mp Many brought gifts to Yahweh to Jerusalem, and precious things to Hezekiah king of Judah; so that he was exalted in the sight of all nations from thenceforth.
- 2 Chronicles 33:11 וַ/יָּבֵ֨א conj + Hiphil wimpf 3ms Therefore Yahweh brought on them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh in chains, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
- 2 Chronicles 34:16 וַ/יָּבֵ֨א conj + Hiphil wimpf 3ms Shaphan carried the book to the king, and moreover brought back word to the king, saying, All that was committed to your servants, they are doing.
- 2 Chronicles 34:24 מֵבִ֥יא Hiphil ptcp.act ms Thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will bring evil on this place, and on the inhabitants of it, even all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah.
- 2 Chronicles 34:28 מֵבִ֛יא Hiphil ptcp.act ms Behold, I will gather you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace, neither shall your eyes see all the evil that I will bring on this place, and on the inhabitants of it. They brought back word to the king.
- 2 Chronicles 36:4 וַ/יְבִיאֵ֖/הוּ conj + Hiphil wimpf 3ms + sfx pers 3ms The king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. Neco took Joahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt.
- 2 Chronicles 36:7 הֵבִ֥יא Hiphil pf 3ms Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of Yahweh to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon.
- 2 Chronicles 36:10 וַ/יְבִאֵ֣/הוּ conj + Hiphil wimpf 3ms + sfx pers 3ms At the return of the year king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of Yahweh, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 36:18 הֵבִ֥יא Hiphil pf 3ms All the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of Yahweh, and the treasures of the king, and of his princes, all these he brought to Babylon.
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
The Hebrew verb בוא centers on the idea of “to enter.” Debuting at Genesis 2:19, it then recurs through the corpus. It appears 2,307 verses across 39 books of the Hebrew Bible, among its most common vocabulary. As a verb its force shifts by stem, across 3 stems (Qal, Hiphil, and more). It shares a root with באה, מבוא and תבואה. For the data behind this summary, explore the sense tree and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H935 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 2,307
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 2,307 distinct verses.
- 39 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 39 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #14
- by frequency
- Top 25 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 14 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 2,307 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 2,307 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 1,213 verses · 53%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 570 verses · 25%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 524 verses · 23%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Came 420×, Come 175×, Brought 98×
- American Standard Version: Came 379×, Come 123×, Brought 81×
- Berean Standard Bible: Came 212×, Come 112×, Went 85×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Came 327×, And 220×, Come 155×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H935 across 2,573 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 509 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 6 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H935 across 2,567 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 571 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H935 across 2,440 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 505 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 112 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H935 across 2,955 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 290 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
41 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
Hebrew verbs can shift meaning by stem (binyan): Qal is the basic action, Niphal is often passive or reflexive, Piel often intensifies or makes it factitive, and Hiphil is typically causative. The senses below are grouped under the stem BDB assigns to each. This entry also uses Hophal (the passive of Hiphil).
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 41 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
Qal
- Pf. בָּא Gn 6:13 +; 3 fs. בָּ֫אָה Gn 15:17 +; sf. בָּאַתְנוּ ψ 44:18; 2 ms. בָּ֫אתָ Jos 13:1 +, בָּ֫אתָה 2 S 3:7; 2 fs. בָּאתְ Gn 16:8 Ru 2:12, וּבָאתְ consec. Ru 3:4 2 S 14:3 Mi 4:10; 3 pl. בָּאוּ Gn 7:9 +; 1 pl. בָּאנוּ Gn 32:7 + (בָּנוּ 1 S 25:8), etc.; Impf. יָבוֹא Gn 32:9 +, יָבֹא Gn 49:10 +; 3 fs. תָּבוֹא Gn 41:50 +; sf. תְּבוֹאָֽתְךָ Jb 22:21 (but text dub. v. Köi. 644); 2 ms. תָּבוֹא Gn 15:15 +; 2 fs. תָּבוֹאִי Ru 3:17 +; 1 s. אָבוֹא Gn 33:14 +; cohort. אָבֹ֫אָה Ju 15:1, אָב֫וֹאָה Gn 29:21 +, וַתָּבֹאתִי 1 S 25:34 (Qr וַתָּבֹאת, but text prob. wrong, v. Köi. 647 Dr, read וַתָּבֹאִי); 3 pl. m. יָבוֹאוּ Gn 6:20 +, also (by textual error) בֹּאוּ Je 27:18 cf. Köi. 645, יְבֹא֑וּן ψ 95:11, sf. יְבֹאוּנִי ψ 119:77, וִיבֹאֻנִי v 41; 3 f. pl. תָּבֹאןָ Gn 30:38, תָּבוֹאנָה 1 S 10:7 +; תְּבֹאֶינָה 1 S 10:7 ψ 45:16, etc.; Imv. בּוֹא, בֹּא Gn 7:1 +, בֹּ֫אָה 1 S 20:21 1 K 13:7, בּ֫וֹאִי, בֹּ֫אִי 2 S 13:11 +; mpl. בֹּ֫אוּ Gn 45:17 +; Inf. בּוֹא, בֹּא Gn 39:16 +; sf. בֹּאִי, בּוֹאִי Gn 48:5 +, בּוֹאֲךָ 1 S 29:6 +, בֹּאֲכָה Gn 10:19 +, etc., בֹּאָם Gn 34:5 +, בֹּאָן Gn 30:38 cf. Ez 42:12 (where Co for בְּבוֹאָן reads לבוא להנה); Pt. בָּא Gn 33:1 +; f. בָּאָ֫ה Gn 29:6 +, הַבָּ֫אָה Gn 18:21 + (accent wrong Ew§ 331 b N.); pl. בָּאִים Gn 18:11 +; cstr. בָּאֵי Gn 23:10 +; f. abs. בָּאוֹת Gn 41:29; (see further on forms Köi. 634 f.);— e.g. Genesis 6:13
- 1. come in, sq. אֶל Gn 6:18; 7:9, 13, sq. בְּ Gn 19:8 & so (subj. רוּחַ) Ez 2:2; 37:10, sq. לְ Est 6:4, sq. ה—ָ loc. Gn 12:11; 41:57 Nu 14:24, sq. acc. (בית) Ju 18:18 2 K 11:19 cf. ψ 100:4 (שַׁעֲרָיו), & בָּאֵי שַׁעַר עִירוֹ Gn 23:10, 18; even of lifeless things 2 K 18:21, וּבָא בְכַפּוֹ (of broken reed) = pierce; of food and drink (sq. אֶל־) Dn 10:3 cf. Gn 41:21 (fat kine when eaten by lean kine); v. also (sq. בְּ) Nu 5:22, 24, 27; abs. Gn 7:16; 24:31 1 K 1:42; 14:6 cf. 2 K 11:5, 9 = 2 Ch 23:4, 8 +; more partic. e.g. Genesis 6:18
- a. opp. יָצָא, go out and come in (Sab. וצֿאם או בהאם Hal152) Jos 6:1 1 K 15:17 = 2 Ch 16:1 2 K 11:8 = 2 Ch 23:7; especially in sense of going about one’s affairs Dt 28:6; 19 Zc 8:10 ψ 121:8; id. + ישׁב 2 K 19:27 = Is 37:28; also sq. לִפְנֵי הָעָם etc. = act as ruler (judge) of, Nu 27:17 2 Ch 1:10 cf. 1 K 3:7; of leading an army 1 S 18:13, 16 cf. also Jos 14:11; v. further Dt 31:2 1 S 29:6 & sub c. infr. e.g. Joshua 6:1
- b. of taking part in worship of congregation Dt 23:2, 3(×2), 4(×2) + (sq. בְּ); or entering into tabernacle for priestly service Ex 28:29, 35 Lv 16:22 (all sq. אֶל־), Ex 28:30 (sq. לִפְנֵי יהוה), Lv 16:17 (sq. inf.) +. e.g. Deuteronomy 23:2
- c. of entering on official duty 2 K 11:9 = 2 Ch 23:8 1 Ch 27:1 (all opp. יצא). e.g. 2 Kings 11:9
- d. of bride coming into her husband’s house Jos 15:18 = Ju 1:14. e.g. Joshua 15:18
- e. of entering a woman’s tent or apartment (with implication coire cum femina, cf. Arabic بَآءٌ NH בִּיאָה coitio; on origin of this use of word cf. RSK 90, 167, 291) Ju 15:1 אֶל־אִשְׁתִּי הֶחָ֑דְרָה, 16;1 Gn 6:4; 16:2; 30:3; 38:8, 9; 39:14 Dt 22:13 2 S 12:24; 16:21; 20:3 Ez 23:44(×3) Pr 6:29 (all sq. אֶל־); sq. עַל־ Gn 19:31 Dt 25:5 יָבֹא עָלֶיהָ וּלְקָחָהּ לוֹ לְאִשָּׁה; cf. בָּאֶיהָ Pr 2:19;—subj. rarely woman Gn 19:34 2 S 11:4. e.g. Judges 15:1
- f. of associating with (sq. בְּ) Jos 23:7, 12 cf. Gn 49:6 בְּסֹדָם אַל תָּבֹא נַפְשִׁי (אַל־תֵּחַד ‖ בִּקְהָלָם). e.g. Joshua 23:7
- g. of entering into specific relations, בּ׳ בְאָלָה, בּ׳ בִבְרִית (v. אלה, ברית); בּוֹא בְדָמִים come into blood-guiltiness, became guilty of murder 1 S 25:26. e.g. 1 Samuel 25:26
- h. of burial, בּ׳ אֶל־קֶבֶר 1 K 13:22; 14:13 cf. תָּבוֹא אֶל־אֲבוֹתֶיךָ Gn 15:15 (‖ תִּקָּבֵר). e.g. 1 Kings 13:22
- i. of sun, set (go in, enter, cf. Assyrian erîb šamši COT Gn 19:23; opp. יצא go forth, rise) Gn 15:12, 17; 28:11 Ex 17:12; 22:25 Lv 22:7 Dt 16:6; 23:12; 24:13, 15 Jos 8:29; 10:13, 27 Ju 19:14 Ec 1:5 2 S 2:24; 3:35 1 K 22:36; 18:34; so also fig. Je 15:9 of calamity בּאה שִׁמְשָׁהּ בְּעוֹד יוֹמָם (‖ אֻמְלְלָה יֹלֶדֶת הַשִּׁבְעָה etc.), cf. Is 60:20; Mi 3:6 וּב׳ הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ עַל־הַנְּבִיאִים of ignorance and confusion. e.g. Genesis 19:23
- j. of harvest, come in = be gathered Lv 25:22 (cf. תְּבוּאָה); so of revenue (income) 1 K 10:14 = 2 Ch 9:13 (sq. לְ pers.),—opp. יצא be expended. k. in other phrases: וַתָּבֹא הָעִיר בַּמָּצוֹר 2 K 24:10 + and the city came into siege; cf. ψ 105:18 בַּרְזֶל בָּאָה נַפְשׁוֹ his soul came into iron (v. AV RVm; Che felt iron chains, cf. Ew Ol Hup Pe; 𝔗 Hi De al. iron came upon his soul); בָּא בַּיָּמִים come into (the) days, = advanced in age Gn 24:1 Jos 13:1; 23:1 (all ‖ זָקֵן); on 1 S 17:12 v. Dr e.g. Leviticus 25:22
- 2. come (approach, arrive) opp. הָלַךְ Gn 16:8 1 S 20:21 (cf. v 22) Ne 6:17 Ec 5:14, 15 (of birth opp. death); sq. אֶל־ pers. vel rei Gn 14:7; 37:23; sq. עַל־ Ex 18:23 2 Ch 20:24 (come up upon, almost = ascend); cf. also Lv 21:11 Nu 6:6; sq. לְ 1 S 9:12 2 Ch 29:17; sq. עַד Nu 13:22 Ju 15:14 2 S 16:5; cf. בָּאוּ בָנִים עַד־מַשְׁבֵּר 2 K 19:3 = Is 37:3 children have come to the birth; sq. עַד + אֶל 2 K 9:20 בָּא עַד אֲלֵיהֶם; sq. ָה loc. Ju 11:16 2 K 6:4; sq. acc. 1 S 4:12; 2 K 8:7 Je 32:24; cf. also La 1:4 בָּאֵי מוֹעֵד those coming to an appointed feast; abs. Gn 45:16 Joseph’s brethren are come, & often; also of lifeless things, ark of י׳ 1 S 4:6; wind Jb 1:19; so כַּסְפְּכֶם בָּא אֵלָ֑י Gn 43:23 your money came unto me = I received your money; our inheritance has fallen to us Nu 32:19 (c. אֶל־); so 1 S 9:16 its cry is come unto me, cf. Gn 18:21 Ex 3:9 La 1:22; of time, often of imminent future, especially in phr. הִנֵּה יָמִים בָּאִים Is 39:6 = 2 K 20:17 Je 7:32; 9:24; 16:14; 19:6; cf. also 1 S 26:10 Ez 7:7 +; of day of י׳ Jo 2:1; 3:4 Zc 14:1 Mal 3:2, 19, 23; also ptcp. as adj. הַיָּמִים הַבָּאִים Ec 2:16 cf. Je 47:4; as subst. הַבָּאוֹת Is 41:22 things to come, future things; & הַבָּאִים alone = adv. in (days) to come Is 27:6; partic. e.g. Genesis 16:8
- a. come with, i. e. come, bringing, sq. בְּ: אָבוֹא בֵיתְךָ בְעוֹלוֹת ψ 66:13; אָבוֹא בִּגְבֻרוֹת אדני י׳ ψ 71:16 (‖ אַזְכִּיר צִדְקָֽתְךָ) so Lv 16:3 & perhaps Pr 18:6—cf. בְּ III. 1. b. e.g. Psalms 66:13
- b. come upon, fall or light upon, of enemy, attack, sq. עַל־ Gn 34:27 1 S 11:12 cf. Gn 32:9 (sq. אֶל־); sq. sf. Jb 15:21, so also 20:22 Ez 32:11; of calamity, etc. Pr 10:24; 28:22 ψ 36:12; 44:18 (all c. sf.); sq. לְ Jb 3:25 (‖ אתה c. sf.) Is 47:9 (‖ בוא על); of blessing, sq. עַל־ Jos 23:15; sq. sf. Jb 22:21 (cf. Di) ψ 119:41, 77. e.g. Genesis 34:27
- c. come to pass, of signs, wonders, predictions, etc. Dt 13:3 Jos 23:14 1 S 9:6 (בֹּא יָבֹא) Is 42:9 Je 28:9 Pr 13:12 Jb 6:8 +. e.g. Deuteronomy 13:3
- d. Gn 6:13 קֵץ כָּל־בָּשָׂר בָּא לְפָנַי perhaps has presented itself before me (v. Kn), cf. La 1:22 supr. & 2 Ch 7:11 (where בוא for usual עלה); but perhaps (cf. Di) has come to pass before me, i. e. in my mind it is already a fact. e.g. Genesis 6:13
- e. † in phr. עַד־בּוֹאֲךָ עַזָּה Ju 6:4 cf. 11:33 1 S 17:52 2 S 5:25 1 K 18:46 (עַד־בֹּאֲכָה) until thou comest to = as far as; so also בּוֹאֲךָ (בֹּאֲכָה) alone, = as far as, or in the direction of, Gn 10:19(×2), 30; 13:10; 25:18 1 S 27:8 (all sq. ָה loc.) 1 S 15:7; so לְבֹא חֲמָת Nu 13:21; 34:8 Ez 48:1, cf. Ez 47:15 (in a different connexion לָבוֹא אפרתה Gn 35:16; 48:7); עַד לְבוֹא ח׳ Jos 13:5 Ju 3:3 1 Ch 13:5, cf. 5:9 2 Ch 26:8 Ez 47:20; מִלְּבוֹא ח׳ Am 6:14 1 K 8:65 2 K 14:25 2 Ch 7:8; of Isaac בָּא מִבּוֹא בְּאֵר לַחַי רֹאִי Gn 24:62 (but text dub.) e.g. Judges 6:4
- f. attain to וְעַד הַשְּׁלשָׁה לֹא בָא 2 S 23:19 = 1 Ch 11:21. e.g. 2 Samuel 23:19
- g. be enumerated הַבָּאִים בְּשֵׁמוֹת, lit. those coming with names 1 Ch 4:38. e.g. 1 Chronicles 4:38
- 3. go, i.e. walk, associate with (עִם) ψ 26:4, so c. אֵת Pr 22:24 (cf. הלך את 13:20 & התהלך את Gn 5:22, 24; 6:9). e.g. Psalms 26:4
- 4. go (cf. הלך) from speaker, but with limit of motion given Is 22:15 לֶךְ־בֹּא אֶל־, so Ez 3:4, 11; Gn 45:17 וּלְכוּ־בֹאוּ אַרְצָה כְּנָ֑עַן; 1 S 22:5 לֵךְ וּבָאתָ־לְךָ אֶרֶץ יְהוּדָה; Is 47:5 Jon 1:3 אֳנִיָּה בָּאָה תַרְשִׁישׁ a ship going to Tarshish; go to war יָבֹאוּ לַמִּלְחָמָה Nu 32:6. e.g. Isaiah 22:15
Hiphil
- Pf. הֵבִיא Gn 4:4 +; sf. הֱבִיאַנִי Dt 9:4 +, etc.; 2 ms. הֵבֵיאתָ Is 43:23, הֵבֵאתָ Gn 20:9 +, etc.; sf. הֲבִיֹאתַנִי 2 S 7:18 1 Ch 17:16, הֲבִיאֹתָנוּ Nu 16:14, הֲבֵתָנוּ ψ 66:11; 1 s. הֵבֵאתִי Gn 31:39 +, והבאיתי Je 25:13 Kt (Qr וְהֵבֵאתִי); sf. וַהֲבִיאוֹתִיךָ Ez 38:16 +, הֲבֵאתִיהָ Is 37:26, etc.; 3 pl. הֵבִיאוּ Gn 43:2 +; sf. הֱבִיאוּהוּ 2 Ch 28:27 etc.; 2 mpl. הֲבֵאתֶם Nu 20:4 +; וַהֲבִיאֹתֶם 1 S 16:17; 1 pl. sf. הֲבִיאֹנֻם Nu 32:17; Impf. יָבִיא (יָבִא) Lv 4:32 +, וַיָּבֵא Gn 2:19 +; sf. וַיְבִיאֵנִי Ez 40:17, etc.; 2 ms. תָּבִיא Jb 14:3; sf. תְּבִיאֵהוּ Je 13:1, וַתְּבִיאֵם Ne 9:23, תְּבִאֵ֗מוֹ Ex 15:17, אָבִיא Ex 11:1 + (אָבִי 1 K 21:29 Mi 1:15), etc.; Imv. הָבֵא Gn 43:16 Ex 4:6, הָבֵיא 1 S 20:40, הָבִיאָה Gn 27:7 +; fs. הָבִיאִי 2 S 13:10 +, etc.; Inf. abs. הָבֵא Hg 1:6; cstr. הָבִיא Gn 18:19 +; Pt. מֵבִיא ψ 74:5 +, מֵבִי 1 K 21:21 + 3 times, מְבִיאֲךָ Dt 8:7; pl. מְבִיאִים (מְבִאִים) 1 K 10:25 +; cstr. מְבִאֵי Je 17:26, מְבִיאֶיהָ Dn 11:6;— e.g. Genesis 4:4
- 1. cause to come in, bring in (conduct, lead, obj. persons and animals), sq. אֶל־ Gn 6:19 Ct 2:4; 3:4; sq. בְּ Lv 26:41 ψ 66:11; sq. לְ Ju 19:21 1 S 19:22; sq. לִפְנֵי Est 1:11, 17; sq. ָה loc. Gn 24:67; 46:7; sq. ָה + אֶל־ Gn 19:10, sq. acc. (חֶדֶר) Ct 1:4 2 K 9:2; also bring, carry in (lifeless things), sq. אֶל־ Nu 31:54 Mal 3:10; sq. בְּ Je 17:21; send, of sending (shooting) arrows (fig.) La 3:13; cf. Lv 26:36; of sending breath (רוּחַ) into dry bones Ez 37:5 (Co על); sq. לְ Ne 13:12; sq. ָה loc. Ex 26:33 2 K 20:20 וַיָּבֵא אֶת־הַמַּיִם הָעִ֑ירָה; sq. acc. (חֶדֶר) 2 S 13:10; also 2 Ch 15:18 (בֵּית); abs. 2 S 6:17; partic. e.g. Genesis 6:19
- a. opp. הוֹצִיא (bring out) Dt 9:28 (sq. אֶל־); especially in combination with הוֹצִיא lead out and in (to and from battle) Nu 27:17 1 Ch 11:2. e.g. Deuteronomy 9:28
- b. bring in women as wives for sons (sq. מִן הַחוּץ) Ju 12:9 (opp. שִׁלַּח הַחוּצָה). e.g. Judges 12:9
- c. bring into judgment וְאֹתִי תָבִיא בְּמִשְׁפָּט עִמָּ֑ךְ Jb 14:3 cf. Ec 11:9; 12:4. e.g. Job 14:3
- d. cause sun to go down Am 8:9 (symbol of judgment). e.g. Amos 8:9
- e. of harvest, bring in, gather 2 S 9:10 Hg 1:6 (opp. זרע) cf. Ne 13:15. e.g. 2 Samuel 9:10
- f. put staves into (בְּ) rings Ex 25:14; 37:5; 38:7 cf. 26:11 Lv 14:42; hand into (בְּ) bosom Ex 4:6(×2); girdle into (בְּ) water Je 13:1. e.g. Exodus 25:14
- g. other phrases, הֵבִיאוּ צַוָּ֯רָם בַּעֲבֹדַת אֲדֹנֵיהֶם Ne 3:5 put their necks to the work, etc.; fig. הביאו את־צואריכם בְּעֹל Je 27:12; הָבִיאָה לַמּוּסָר לֵבֶּ֑ךָ Pr 23:12 apply to instruction thy heart; וְנָבִא לְבַב חָכְמָה ψ 90:12 that we may gain a heart of wisdom. e.g. Nehemiah 3:5
- 2. cause to come, bring, bring near, etc. (animate obj.) sq. אֶל־ Gn 2:19, 22; 43:9 Lv 24:11 Nu 5:15; often of bringing Isr. to Canaan Ex 6:8; 23:23 +, cf. Is 14:2; 56:7 Ne 1:9; abs. Dt 4:38; 6:23; sq. לְ Gn 39:14, 17; sq. ָה loc. Ez 12:13; sq. הֲלֹם Ju 18:3, & עַד־הֲלֹם (fig. of Yahweh’s prospering care) 2 S 7:18 = 1 Ch 17:16; abs. Gn 46:32; also with lifeless obj., Gn 27:10 (sq. לְ), so 2 Ch 36:7; Gn 31:39 (sq. אֶל־); sq. acc. 2 K 12:5 2 Ch 36:18 Dn 1:2(×2); sq. ָה loc. Ex 26:33 Je 20:5; sq. לִפְנֵי 2 Ch 24:14; of ravens bringing food 1 K 17:6 (sq. לְ); of bringing presents Gn 43:26 1 S 9:7; 10:27 (all sq. לְ); cf. 1 S 17:18; especially offerings, sq. לְ Gn 4:3 Nu 15:25 Ne 10:35, 37 (לְבֵית), etc.; Lv 2:2 sq. אֶל־ of priest; abs. Gn 4:4 Lv 4:32; 23:14, 15 Mal 1:13(×2) 2 Ch 31:5; cf. also Ex 35:21, 22, 23, 24:(×2), 27, 29 (sq. לְ for) so 36:3 +; of time, cause a day to come La 1:21; cause cry to come (עַל־) Jb 34:28; = carry והב׳ בָּנַיִךְ בְּחֹצֶן Is 49:22 (‖ עַל־כָּתֵף נשׂא); carry God in (בְּ) the hand Jb 12:6 (cf. אֱלהַּ p. 43); allow to come, almost = invite Est 5:12 (sq. אֶל־) cf. v 10; partic. e.g. Genesis 2:19
- a. sq. עַל־ bring against, or upon, bring enemies against Je 25:9 cf. Ez 23:22; obj. sword Lv 26:25 Ez 5:17; 11:8; 14:17; 33:2; plague Ex 11:1; curse or calamity Gn 27:12 Dt 29:26 1 K 9:9 = 2 Ch 7:22 Jb 42:11 cf. Je 25:13; 36:31; 44:2; 49:8, 37 Ez 14:22; sin Gn 20:9; 26:10 Ex 32:21; cf. also sq. אֶל־ Je 32:42; 49:36. e.g. Jeremiah 25:9
- b. bring to pass 2 K 19:25 = Is 37:26 cf. 1 Ch 4:10 ψ 78:29. e.g. 2 Kings 19:25
- c. bring, bring forward, bring on the scene Mi 1:15 Zc 3:8. e.g. Micah 1:15
- d. bring for a purpose, sq. inf. ψ 78:71 עָלוֹת הֱבִיאוֹ לִרְעוֹת בְּיַעֲקֹב עַמּוֹ מֵאַחַר. e.g. Psalms 78:71
- e. bring, procure בְּנַפְשֵׁנוּ נָבִיא לַחְמֵנוּ La 5:9, ψ 90:12. e.g. Lamentations 5:9
Hophal
- Pf. הוּבָא Lv 10:18 +; 3 fs. הֻבָאת Gn 33:11 (v. infr.); 2 ms. הֻבָ֫אתָה Ez 40:4; 3 pl. הוּבְאוּ Gn 43:18; Impf. יוּבָא Lv 6:23 +, יוּבָ֑אוּ Je 27:22; Pt. מוּבָא 2 K 12:10 +; pl. מוּבָאִים Gn 43:18 Ez 30:11 + 23:42 (Co מרבדים), מוּבָאוֹת ψ 45:15;— e.g. Leviticus 10:18
- a. be brought in (of pers. and things), abs. Gn 43:18; sq. בית into a house Gn 43:18; temple 2 K 12:5, 10, 14, 17; 22:4 2 Ch 34:9, 14. e.g. Genesis 43:18
- b. be brought, sq. לְ Gn 33:11 (but 𝔊 read Hiph. I have brought), ψ 45:15; sq. אֶל־ unto Lv 6:23; 10:18; 13:2, 9; 14:2; cf. Ez 23:42 (but v. Co VB); sq. הֵ֫נָּה Ez 40:4; sq. בָּבֶ֫לָה Je 27:22; sq. inf. Lv 16:27 Ez 30:11; sq. מִן Je 10:9. e.g. Genesis 33:11
- c. be introduced, put, sq. בְּ, staves into rings Ex 27:7; vessel into water Lv 11:32. e.g. Exodus 27:7
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Word origin
vb. come in, come, go in, go (Assyrian bâʾu HptKAT 499, Ethiopic ቦአ Arabic بَآءَ return)—
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Origin: a primitive root
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
בּוֹא
- 1. to enter, come. R. Hash. I, 2 בָּאֵי העולם those come into the world, i.e. mortals. Ḥull. 54ᵇ בּוֹאֲכֶם בשלום be welcome!—Tanḥ. Vaëra 14; Midr. Till. to Ps. LXXVIII, 47, a. e. (play on ב̇ח̇נ̇מ̇ל̇ ibid.) [ב̇א נ̇ח̇ מ̇ל̇] ב̇א ח̇ן̇ מ̇ל̇ it (the locust) comes, encamps [rests], and plucks. Y. Shebu. VIII, 38ᶜ top, a. e. במקום שבאת, v. גְּזֵרָה.—Y. Peah I, 15ᶜ top, a. fr. יָבֹא עלי אם וכ׳ may (evil) befall me, if—; cmp. אֲתָא; Koh. R. to X, 8 אם לא יבא וכ׳ (corr. acc.).
- 2. with על (b. h. to have sexual connection. Kerith. I, 1; a. fr.
- 3. with לְיַד or לִידֵי to fall into the power of.—Aboth II, 1 ואין אתה בא לידי עבירה and sin will have no power over thee. Yoma 86ᵇ בא לידו דבר וכ׳ (not באת) he had the power (the chance) to commit a sin &c.; Kidd. 39ᵇ; a. fr.—בּוֹא וראה come and see (I will prove). Yoma l. c.; a. fr.
- 1. to bring, carry. Gitt. I, 1 המֵבִיא וכ׳ he who brings (as a messenger) a letter of divorce from abroad; a. fr.
- 2. to offer. Bicc. I, 1; a. fr.
- 3. to draw an object toward’s one’s self, opp. הוֹלִיךְ, v. הָלַךְ. Ḥull. II, 3 הוליך ולא ה׳ he put the knife out (in slaughtering) but did not draw it backward; ה׳ ולא וכ׳ or drew it toward himself but did not then move forward; a. fr.
- 4. to bring about, produce, cause. Aboth I, 17 מביא חטא begets sin; a. fr.
- 5. to lead, procure admittance. Ab. Zar. 20ᵇ Torah מביאה לידי וכ׳ (v. supra) leads to careful conduct &c. Ib. 18ᵃ אתה מְבִיאֵנִי וכ׳ wilt thou procure me (promise me) admittance into the world to come?; a. fr.
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Forms in the corpus
The 1,091 distinct written forms H935 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that stem’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 1,031 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
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Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 2,182 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 2,307 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
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- Genesis 2:19
- Exodus 1:1
- Leviticus 2:2
- Numbers 4:3
- Deuteronomy 1:7
- Joshua 1:11
- Judges 1:7
- Ruth 1:2
- 1 Samuel 1:19
- 2 Samuel 1:2
- 1 Kings 1:1
- 2 Kings 1:13
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