Hebrew · Strong's H935 · Verb
בּוֹא
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to come (in): come
1937times used
1752verses
39books
How it's translated
- and he came139
- and they came126
- and he went99
- he came56
- and they went47
- it will come46
- they came40
- he will come40
Definition
: come/go_in
1) to go in, enter, come, go, come in
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to enter, come in
1a2) to come
1a2a) to come with
1a2b) to come upon, fall or light upon, attack (enemy)
1a2c) to come to pass
The forms it takes
Form
- Wayyiqtol (“and he did”) 27% and then …: the storyteller’s past
- Imperfect (yiqtol) 19% incomplete: ongoing, future or possible
- Perfect (qatal) 18% a complete action, usually past
- Infinitive 13% “to …”, or for emphasis
- Participle 11% one who is doing
- Weqatal (“and he will”) 8% and then …: future or instructions
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Between Hebrew and Greek
The Greek Old Testament (the Septuagint), the Bible the first Christians often quoted, translates this word as:
Where it appears
Genesisacross the Old TestamentMalachi
- Jeremiah149
- Genesis146
- 1 Samuel124
- 2 Samuel112
- 2 Kings109
- Ezekiel105
- Isaiah94
- 2 Chronicles92
- 1 Kings82
- Judges76
…and 29 more books.
Every verse
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