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HebrewH3996Noun (Masculine)

מָבוֹא

ma.vo

22Occurrences
H3996Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

an entrance (the place or the act); specifically sunset or the west; also (adverb with preposition) towards

from H935 (בּוֹא); (with or without H8121 (שֶׁמֶשׁ))

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
  1. entrance, a coming in, entering 2) sunset 2a) sunset 2b) sunset, west Also means: me.vo.ah (*מְבוֹאָה *"entry" H3997)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

H:N-M

Full Description

H:N-M

Occurrences

מָבוֹא appears 22 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Ezk
4
Psalms
3
1 Chronicles
2
2 Chronicles
2
2 Kings
2
Judges
2
Joshua
2
Deuteronomy
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 4:39BSB

and they journeyed to the entrance of Gedor, to the east side of the valley, in search of pasture for their flocks.

2 Kings 11:16BSB

So they seized Athaliah as she reached the horses’ entrance to the palace grounds, and there she was put to death.

Ezk 33:31BSB

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Judges 1:25BSB

So the man showed them the entrance to the city, and they put the city to the sword but released that man and all his family.

Malachi 1:11BSB

For My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name, because My name will be great among the nations,” says the LORD of Hosts.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.