בּוֹא bôwʼ

Meaning

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

In the King James Version: abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat, [phrase] employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, [phrase] follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, [phrase] have, [idiom] indeed, (in-) vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, [idiom] (well) stricken (in age), [idiom] surely, take (in), way.

Derivation: a primitive root;

Where it is used

• Psalms 98:9 before the LORD, for He comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with equity.
• Psalms 100:2 Serve the LORD with gladness; come into His presence with joyful songs.
• Psalms 100:4 Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise; give thanks to Him and bless His name.
• Psalms 101:2 I will ponder the way that is blameless—when will You come to me? I will walk in my house with integrity of heart.
• Psalms 102:1 A prayer of one who is afflicted, when he grows faint and pours out his lament before the LORD. Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry for help come before You.
• Psalms 102:13 You will rise up and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show her favor—the appointed time has come.
• Psalms 105:18 They bruised his feet with shackles and placed his neck in irons,
• Psalms 105:19 until his prediction came true and the word of the LORD proved him right.
• Psalms 105:23 Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob dwelt in the land of Ham.
• Psalms 105:31 He spoke, and insects swarmed—gnats throughout their country.
• Psalms 105:34 He spoke, and the locusts came—young locusts without number.
• Psalms 105:40 They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
• Psalms 109:17 The cursing that he loved, may it fall on him; the blessing in which he refused to delight, may it be far from him.
• Psalms 109:18 The cursing that he wore like a coat, may it soak into his body like water, and into his bones like oil.
• Psalms 118:19 Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter and give thanks to the LORD.
• Psalms 118:20 This is the gate of the LORD; the righteous shall enter through it.
• Psalms 118:26 Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD. From the house of the LORD we bless you.
• Psalms 119:41 May Your loving devotion come to me, O LORD, Your salvation, according to Your promise.
• Psalms 119:77 May Your compassion come to me, that I may live, for Your law is my delight.
• Psalms 119:170 May my plea come before You; rescue me according to Your promise.
• Psalms 121:1 A song of ascents. I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come?
• Psalms 121:8 The LORD will watch over your coming and going, both now and forevermore.
• Psalms 126:6 He who goes out weeping, bearing a trail of seed, will surely return with shouts of joy, carrying sheaves of grain.
• Psalms 132:3 “I will not enter my house or get into my bed,
• Psalms 132:7 Let us go to His dwelling place; let us worship at His footstool.
• Psalms 143:2 Do not bring Your servant into judgment, for no one alive is righteous before You.
• Proverbs 1:26 in turn I will mock your calamity; I will sneer when terror strikes you,
• Proverbs 1:27 when your dread comes like a storm, and your destruction like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish overwhelm you.
• Proverbs 2:10 For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will delight your soul.
• Proverbs 2:19 None who go to her return or negotiate the paths of life.
• Proverbs 3:25 Do not fear sudden danger or the ruin that overtakes the wicked,
• Proverbs 4:14 Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers.
• Proverbs 6:3 then do this, my son, to free yourself, for you have fallen into your neighbor’s hands: Go, humble yourself, and press your plea with your neighbor.
• Proverbs 6:11 and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.
• Proverbs 6:15 Therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in an instant he will be shattered beyond recovery.
• Proverbs 6:29 So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.
• Proverbs 7:20 He took with him a bag of money and will not return till the moon is full.”
• Proverbs 7:22 He follows her on impulse, like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer bounding into a trap,
• Proverbs 10:24 What the wicked man dreads will overtake him, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.
• Proverbs 11:2 When pride comes, disgrace follows, but with humility comes wisdom.
• Proverbs 11:8 The righteous man is delivered from trouble; in his place the wicked man goes in.
• Proverbs 11:27 He who searches out good finds favor, but evil will come to him who seeks it.
• Proverbs 13:12 Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
• Proverbs 18:3 With a wicked man comes contempt as well, and shame is accompanied by disgrace.
• Proverbs 18:6 A fool’s lips bring him strife, and his mouth invites a beating.
• Proverbs 18:17 The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
• Proverbs 21:27 The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable—how much more so when brought with ill intent!
• Proverbs 22:24 Do not make friends with an angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man,
• Proverbs 23:10 Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
• Proverbs 23:12 Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge.
• Proverbs 23:30 Those who linger over wine, who go to taste mixed drinks.
• Proverbs 24:25 but it will go well with those who convict the guilty, and rich blessing will come upon them.
• Proverbs 24:34 and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.
• Proverbs 26:2 Like a fluttering sparrow or darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest.
• Proverbs 27:10 Do not forsake your friend or your father’s friend, and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity; better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.
• Proverbs 28:22 A stingy man hastens after wealth and does not know that poverty awaits him.
• Proverbs 31:14 She is like the merchant ships, bringing her food from afar.
• Ecclesiastes 1:4 Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever.
• Ecclesiastes 1:5 The sun rises and the sun sets; it hurries back to where it rises.
• Ecclesiastes 2:12 Then I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly; for what more can the king’s successor do than what has already been accomplished?