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בּוֹא bo

Hebrew word for “to come (in)” · Strong’s H935 · used 2,570 times in 2,306 verses

Old Testament39 booksMost often in Genesis (217)

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Meaning

: come/go_in; 1) to go in, enter, come, go, come in;

Senses in the lexicon

to come (in): come (1,935)
to come (in): bring (555)
to come (in): towards (23)
to come (in): (sun)set (13)
to come (in): fulfill (11)
to come (in): advanced (8)
Lebo-(Hamath) (8)
to come (in): besiege (7)
to come (in): marry (6)
Lebo (4)

How it is translated

Glosses given for bo in context, with how often each is used:

came 510
went 220
will come 211
brought 190
will bring 153
will go 142
coming 129
go 96
come 76
have come 62
bring 60
has come 42

Where it is used

Book	Uses	Per 1,000 words
Genesis	217	10.5
Jeremiah	212	9.7
Ezekiel	191	10.2
1 Samuel	170	12.8
2 Chronicles	159	11.9
2 Kings	152	12.4
2 Samuel	148	13.4
Exodus	124	7.4
Isaiah	123	7.3
1 Kings	114	8.7
Deuteronomy	106	7.4
Judges	95	9.6

Also in 27 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Daniel 11 (16), 2 Kings 4 (14), Genesis 42 (13), 1 Kings 1 (13), Jeremiah 51 (13), Genesis 27 (12), Judges 18 (12), 1 Samuel 20 (12), 1 Samuel 25 (12), 1 Kings 13 (12)

Forms

ויבא 302
בא 272
ויבאו 202
באו 128
יבוא 98
לבוא 81
תבוא 65
יבא 65
ובא 60
יבאו 50

Words used with it

Words that share verses with bo more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

Key verses

The verses using bo that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

Genesis 49:10 — The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
Isaiah 60:1 — Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.
Jeremiah 16:19 — O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say,…
Jeremiah 23:5 — Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and…
Jeremiah 25:9 — Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against…
Daniel 9:24 — Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for…
Daniel 9:26 — And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the…
Micah 3:11 — The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and…
Zechariah 9:9 — Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding…
Zechariah 13:9 — And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name,…
Malachi 3:1 — Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of…
Malachi 4:1 — For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.