בּוֹא
to enter
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Full lexicon entry — Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
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Where this word appears
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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).
Every verse where H935 appears in the Book of Joshua — 55 distinct verses. 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.
Joshua
- Joshua 1:11 לָ/בוֹא֙ prep + Qal inf.cs Pass through the midst of the camp, and command the people, saying, Prepare food; for within three days you are to pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which Yahweh your God gives you to possess it.
- Joshua 2:1 וַ֠/יָּבֹאוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men as spies secretly, saying, Go, view the land, and Jericho. They went and came into the house of a prostitute whose name was Rahab, and lay there.
- Joshua 2:2 בָּ֣אוּ Qal pf 3cp It was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in here tonight of the children of Israel to search out the land.
- Joshua 2:3 הַ/בָּאִ֤ים בָּ֣אוּ בָּֽאוּ ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act mp Qal pf 3cp Qal pf 3cp The king of Jericho sent to Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men who are come to you, who have entered into your house; for they have come to search out all the land.
- Joshua 2:4 בָּ֤אוּ Qal pf 3cp The woman took the two men, and hid them; and she said, Yes, the men came to me, but I didn't know whence they were:
- Joshua 2:18 בָאִ֖ים Qal ptcp.act mp Behold, when we come into the land, you shall bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which you did let us down by: and you shall gather to you into the house your father, and your mother, and your brothers, and all your father's household.
- Joshua 2:22 וַ/יָּבֹ֣אוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp They went, and came to the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but didn't find them.
- Joshua 2:23 וַ/יָּבֹ֔אוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp Then the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun; and they told him all that had happened to them.
- Joshua 3:1 וַ/יָּבֹ֨אוּ֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp Joshua rose up early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to the Jordan, he and all the children of Israel; and they lodged there before they passed over.
- Joshua 3:8 כְּ/בֹאֲ/כֶ֗ם prep + Qal inf.cs + sfx pers 2mp You shall command the priests who bear the ark of the covenant, saying, When you are come to the brink of the waters of the Jordan, you shall stand still in the Jordan.
- Joshua 3:15 וּ/כְ/ב֞וֹא conj + prep + Qal inf.cs and when those who bore the ark were come to the Jordan, and the feet of the priests who bore the ark were dipped in the brink of the water (for the Jordan overflows all its banks all the time of harvest),
- Joshua 5:14 בָ֑אתִי Qal pf 1cs He said, No; but [as] prince of the host of Yahweh am I now come. Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said to him, What says my lord to his servant?
- Joshua 6:1 בָּֽא Qal ptcp.act ms Now Jericho was tightly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.
- Joshua 6:11 וַ/יָּבֹ֨אוּ֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp So he caused the ark of Yahweh to compass the city, going about it once: and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp.
- Joshua 6:19 יָבֽוֹא Qal impf 3ms But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are holy to Yahweh: they shall come into the treasury of Yahweh.
- Joshua 6:22 בֹּ֖אוּ Qal impv 2mp Joshua said to the two men who had spied out the land, Go into the prostitute's house, and bring out there the woman, and all that she has, as you swore to her.
- Joshua 6:23 וַ/יָּבֹ֜אוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp The young men the spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brothers, and all that she had; all her relatives also they brought out; and they set them outside of the camp of Israel.
- Joshua 7:23 וַ/יְבִאוּ/ם֙ conj + Hiphil wimpf 3mp + sfx pers 3mp They took them from the midst of the tent, and brought them to Joshua, and to all the children of Israel; and they laid them down before Yahweh.
- Joshua 8:11 וַ/יָּבֹ֖אוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp All the people, [even] the [men of] war who were with him, went up, and drew near, and came before the city, and encamped on the north side of Ai: now there was a valley between him and Ai.
- Joshua 8:19 וַ/יָּבֹ֥אוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp The ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon as he had stretched out his hand, and entered into the city, and took it; and they hurried and set the city on fire.
- Joshua 8:29 וּ/כְ/ב֣וֹא conj + prep + Qal inf.cs The king of Ai he hanged on a tree until the evening: and at the going down of the sun Joshua commanded, and they took his body down from the tree, and cast it at the entrance of the gate of the city, and raised thereon a great heap of stones, to this day.
- Joshua 9:6 בָּ֔אנוּ Qal pf 1cp They went to Joshua to the camp at Gilgal, and said to him, and to the men of Israel, We are come from a far country: now therefore make you a covenant with us.
- Joshua 9:8 תָּבֹֽאוּ Qal impf 2mp They said to Joshua, We are your servants. Joshua said to them, Who are you? and from whence come you?
- Joshua 9:9 בָּ֣אוּ Qal pf 3cp They said to him, From a very far country your servants are come because of the name of Yahweh your God: for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt,
- Joshua 9:17 וַ/יָּבֹ֛אוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp The children of Israel traveled, and came to their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kiriath Jearim.
- Joshua 10:9 וַ/יָּבֹ֧א conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Joshua therefore came on them suddenly; [for] he went up from Gilgal all the night.
- Joshua 10:13 לָ/ב֖וֹא prep + Qal inf.cs The sun stood still, and the moon stayed, Until the nation had avenged themselves of their enemies. Isn't this written in the book of Jashar? The sun stayed in the midst of the sky, and didn't hurry to go down about a whole day.
- Joshua 10:19 לָ/בוֹא֙ prep + Qal inf.cs but don't stay; pursue after your enemies, and strike the hindmost of them; don't allow them to enter into their cities: for Yahweh your God has delivered them into your hand.
- Joshua 10:20 וַ/יָּבֹ֖אוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp It happened, when Joshua and the children of Israel had made an end of killing them with a very great slaughter, until they were consumed, and the remnant which remained of them had entered into the fortified cities,
- Joshua 10:27 בּ֣וֹא Qal inf.cs It happened at the time of the going down of the sun, that Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast them into the cave in which they had hidden themselves, and laid great stones on the mouth of the cave, to this very day.
- Joshua 11:5 וַ/יָּבֹ֜אוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp All these kings met together; and they came and encamped together at the waters of Merom, to fight with Israel.
- Joshua 11:7 וַ/יָּבֹ֣א conj + Qal wimpf 3ms So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them by the waters of Merom suddenly, and fell on them.
- Joshua 11:21 וַ/יָּבֹ֨א conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Joshua came at that time, and cut off the Anakim from the hill-country, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the hill-country of Judah, and from all the hill-country of Israel: Joshua utterly destroyed them with their cities.
- Joshua 13:1 בָּ֖א בָּ֣אתָ Qal pf 3ms Qal pf 2ms Now Joshua was old and well stricken in years; and Yahweh said to him, You are old and well stricken in years, and there remains yet very much land to be possessed.
- Joshua 13:5 לְב֥וֹא n Proper and the land of the Gebalites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrise, from Baal Gad under Mount Hermon to the entrance of Hamath;
- Joshua 14:11 וְ/לָ/בֽוֹא conj + prep + Qal inf.cs As yet I am as strong this day as I as in the day that Moses sent me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, and to go out and to come in.
- Joshua 15:18 בְּ/בוֹאָ֗/הּ prep + Qal inf.cs + sfx pers 3fs It happened, when she came [to him], that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she alighted from off her donkey; and Caleb said, What would you?
- Joshua 18:3 לָ/בוֹא֙ prep + Qal inf.cs Joshua said to the children of Israel, How long are you slack to go in to possess the land, which Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has given you?
- Joshua 18:4 וְ/יָבֹ֥אוּ conj + Qal impf 3mp Appoint for you three men of each tribe: and I will send them, and they shall arise, and walk through the land, and describe it according to their inheritance; and they shall come to me.
- Joshua 18:6 וַֽ/הֲבֵאתֶ֥ם conj + Hiphil wpf 2mp You shall describe the land into seven portions, and bring [the description] here to me; and I will cast lots for you here before Yahweh our God.
- Joshua 18:9 וַ/יָּבֹ֧אוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp The men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven portions in a book; and they came to Joshua to the camp at Shiloh.
- Joshua 20:6 וּ/בָ֤א conj + Qal pf 3ms He shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for judgment, until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days: then shall the manslayer return, and come to his own city, and to his own house, to the city from whence he fled.
- Joshua 21:45 בָּֽא Qal pf 3ms There failed not anything of any good thing which Yahweh had spoken to the house of Israel; all came to pass.
- Joshua 22:10 וַ/יָּבֹ֨אוּ֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp When they came to the region about the Jordan, that is in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by the Jordan, a great altar to look on.
- Joshua 22:15 וַ/יָּבֹ֜אוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp They came to the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, to the land of Gilead, and they spoke with them, saying,
- Joshua 23:1 בָּ֖א Qal pf 3ms It happened after many days, when Yahweh had given rest to Israel from all their enemies round about, and Joshua was old and well stricken in years;
- Joshua 23:2 בָּ֖אתִי Qal pf 1cs that Joshua called for all Israel, for their elders and for their heads, and for their judges and for their officers, and said to them, I am old and well stricken in years:
- Joshua 23:7 בוֹא֙ Qal inf.cs that you not come among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear [by them], neither serve them, nor bow down yourselves to them;
- Joshua 23:12 וּ/בָאתֶ֥ם conj + Qal wpf 2mp Else if you do at all go back, and cleave to the remnant of these nations, even these who remain among you, and make marriages with them, and go in to them, and they to you;
- Joshua 23:14 בָּ֣אוּ Qal pf 3cp Behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and you know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing has failed of all the good things which Yahweh your God spoke concerning you; all are happen to you, not one thing has failed of it.
- Joshua 23:15 בָּ֤א יָבִ֨יא Qal pf 3ms Hiphil impf 3ms It shall happen, that as all the good things are come on you of which Yahweh your God spoke to you, so will Yahweh bring on you all the evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which Yahweh your God has given you.
- Joshua 24:6 וַ/תָּבֹ֖אוּ conj + Qal wimpf 2mp I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and you came to the sea; and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and with horsemen to the Red Sea.
- Joshua 24:7 וַ/יָּבֵ֨א conj + Hiphil wimpf 3ms When they cried out to Yahweh, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea on them, and covered them; and your eyes saw what I did in Egypt: and you lived in the wilderness many days.
- Joshua 24:8 ו/אבא/ה וָ/אָבִ֣יא conj + Hiphil wimpf 1cs + sfx h conj + Hiphil wimpf 1cs I brought you into the land of the Amorites, that lived beyond the Jordan: and they fought with you; and I gave them into your hand, and you possessed their land; and I destroyed them from before you.
- Joshua 24:11 וַ/תָּבֹ֣אוּ conj + Qal wimpf 2mp You went over the Jordan, and came to Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Girgashite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; and I delivered them into your hand.
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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