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To come (in)

בּוֹאStrong’s H0935

bo

Appears in 2,308 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Bo is the Hebrew word usually translated “came”, “went” and “coming”. It appears in 2,308 verses of the Old Testament.

“In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it.”
Daniel 1:1 KJV
Meaning
  1. To go in, enter, come, go, come in(Qal) · (Hiphil) · (Hophal)
How it's translated
  • and he came 142
  • and they came 135
  • and he went 105
  • coming 102
  • he came 65
  • and they went 57
  • he will come 51
  • they came 49

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Genesis 198
  • Jeremiah 196
  • Ezekiel 164
  • 1 Samuel 154
  • 2 Chronicles 139
  • 2 Kings 129

39 books in all.

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All 2,308 verses, by book
Genesis 198
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Jeremiah 196
1:152:32:72:313:143:184:54:64:124:164:295:125:156:36:196:206:226:267:27:107:328:78:148:169:179:219:2510:910:2211:811:1111:2312:1213:113:2014:314:1815:815:916:516:816:1416:1917:617:817:1517:1817:1917:2017:2117:2417:2517:2617:2718:2219:319:619:1419:1520:520:621:1322:222:422:2323:523:723:823:1223:1724:125:925:1325:3126:226:2126:2327:327:727:1127:1227:1827:2228:328:428:930:331:831:931:1231:2731:3132:732:832:2332:2432:2932:4233:533:1133:1434:334:1035:235:435:1135:1736:536:636:936:1436:2036:2936:3137:437:1437:1637:1938:1138:2538:2739:139:339:739:1640:340:440:640:840:1040:1240:1341:141:541:641:741:1742:1442:1542:1742:1842:1942:2243:243:743:1144:244:844:1244:1444:2845:546:1346:1846:2046:2146:2247:447:548:848:1248:1648:2148:4449:249:449:549:849:949:1449:3249:3649:3750:450:550:2650:2750:3150:4151:1051:1351:3351:4651:4751:4851:5151:5251:5351:5651:6051:6151:6452:452:552:1152:12
Obadiah 3
1:51:111:13
Nahum 1
3:14
Zephaniah 2
2:23:20
Hebrew dictionary

בּוֹא bo · to come (in)

: 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 1a3) to attain to 1a4) to be enumerated 1a5) to go 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to lead in 1b2) to carry in 1b3) to bring in, cause to come in, gather, cause to come, bring near, bring against, bring upon 1b4) to bring to pass 1c) (Hophal) 1c1) to be brought, brought in 1c2) to be introduced, be put

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “came” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

CAME, noun

A slender rod of cast lead, of which glaziers make their turned lead.

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.