בּוֹא
To go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
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What does בּוֹא (bwōʾ) mean in the Bible?
בּוֹא (bwōʾ) is a Hebrew word meaning "to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)".
Meaning
Foundational motion verb expressing entry, arrival, and transition; fundamental to covenant theology and divine-human encounter narratives.
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) BDB: come in Usage: 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.
Grammatical Forms
How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.
Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 935×
Hiphil causative active — the subject causes someone else to perform the action 193×
Hophal causative passive — the subject is caused to perform the action 15×
Biblical Occurrences
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