מָבוֹא
mâbôwʼ · maw-bo'
an entrance (the place or the act); specifically sunset or the west; also (adverb with preposition) towards
Lexicon
Derivation: from H935 (בּוֹא); (with or without H8121 (שֶׁמֶשׁ))
an entrance (the place or the act); specifically sunset or the west; also (adverb with preposition) towards
- an entrance (the place or the act)
- specifically, sunset or the west
- also, (adverb with preposition) towards
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: by which came, as cometh, in coming, as men enter into, entering, entrance into, entry, where goeth, going down, [phrase] westward. Compare H4126 (מוֹבָא).
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › the house, what is within › to fasten and establish › strength, the leader
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of the house, what is within that works to fasten and establish of strength, the leader.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מָבוֹא above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
22 occurrences · 22 OT · 0 NT · 15 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- entry2 · 8%
- unto the going down2 · 8%
- goeth down1 · 4%
- toward the going down1 · 4%
- westward1 · 4%
- us, we pray thee, the entrance1 · 4%
- them the entrance1 · 4%
- and thy coming in1 · 4%
- came1 · 4%
- to the entrance1 · 4%
- of the entry1 · 4%
- at the entering in1 · 4%
- to the entering1 · 4%
- his going down1 · 4%
- at the coming1 · 4%
- as men enter1 · 4%
- cometh1 · 4%
- was the entry1 · 4%
- the entering in1 · 4%
- me through the entry1 · 4%
- and from the west1 · 4%
- even unto the going down1 · 4%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.