Strong's Lexicon

H3996

H3996 — מָבוֹא

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewmabownoun mascOccurrences: 25TWOT: 212b

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H3996
Word:מָבוֹא
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from H935
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:25
Transliteration:mabow
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:maw-bo'
Meaning:1. an entrance (the place or the act) 2. (specifically, with or without H8121) sunset or the west 3. (adverb with preposition) towards
KJV Renderings:by which came, as cometh, in coming, as men enter into, entering, entrance into, entry, where goeth, going down, + westward.

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מָבוֺא noun masculine Jer 38:14 entrance, a coming in, entering; — ׳ מ absolute Jer 38:14 + 3 t. + Ezek 42:9 Kt ( Qr מֵבִיא wrong, compare Co); construct מְבוֺא Deut 11:30 + 12 t.; suffix מְבוֺאוֺ Ps 104:19 + 2 t.; מְבֹאוֺ Ps 50:1 מבואך 2Sam 3:25 Kt ( Qr מוֺבָאֶ֑ךָ inexplicable compare Dr); plural construct מְבוֺאֵי Ezek 26:10, מְבוֺאֹת Ezek 27:3 —

1. entrance, i.e. place or way of entrance, into a city Judg 1:24; Judg 1:25; 1Chr 4:39; Prov 8:3 (פְּתָחִים ׳ מ); into buildings 2Kgs 11:16; 2Kgs 16:18; 1Chr 9:19 (שֹׁמְרֵי הַמָּבוֺא), 2Chr 23:13; 2Chr 23:15; Jer 38:14; Ezek 42:9; Ezek 46:19 see also מְבוֺאֹת יָם entrance of (the) sea, gate of the sea, of situation of Tyre Ezek 27:3.
2. entering, act of entrance, by violence, in storm of city Ezek 26:10 coming in or together, making a crowd, כִּמְבוֺא עָ֑ם Ezek 33:31 simile of eagerness to hear Yahweh's word; in phrase אֶתמֿוֺצָאֲךָ וְאֶתמֿבואך 2Sam 3:25 thy going out and thy coming in, mode of entering temple, or the people who enter Ezek 44:5 particularly of sunset מְבוֺא הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ Ps 104:19 = west Deut 11:30; Josh 1:4; Josh 23:4 הַיָּם הַגָּדוֺל מְבוֺא הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ = Mediterranean, Zech 8:7 אֶרֶץ מְבוֺא הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ (|| אֶרֶץ מִזְרָח), Mal 1:11; Ps 50:1; Ps 113:3 sunset = west, opposed to sunrise = east; in phrase from east to west, i.e. over the whole earth, everywhere on earth.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מבוא (h-voh’)

Deuteronomy 11:30

KJV: Are they not on the other side Jordan, by the way where the sun goeth down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in the champaign over against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh?
EHCC: where the sun goeth down,

Joshua 1:4

KJV: From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast.
EHCC: toward the going down of the sun,

Joshua 23:4

KJV: Behold, I have divided unto you by lot these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea westward.westward: Heb. at the sunset
EHCC: unto the great sea westward. (marg. at the

Judges 1:24

KJV: And the spies saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said unto him, Shew us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we will shew thee mercy.
EHCC: Shew us,...the entrance info the city,

2 Kings 11:16

KJV: And they laid hands on her; and she went by the way by the which the horses came into the king’s house: and there was she slain.
EHCC: the wey by the which the horses came (lit.

2 Kings 16:18

KJV: And the covert for the sabbath that they had built in the house, and the king’s entry without, turned he from the house of the Lord for the king of Assyria.
EHCC: the king's entry without,

1 Chronicles 4:39

KJV: And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.
EHCC: they went fo the entrance of Gedor,

1 Chronicles 9:19

KJV: And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren, of the house of his father, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the gates of the tabernacle: and their fathers, being over the host of the Lord, were keepers of the entry.gates: Heb. thresholds
EHCC: keepers of the entry.

2 Chronicles 23:13

KJV: And she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his pillar at the entering in, and the princes and the trumpets by the king: and all the people of the land rejoiced, and sounded with trumpets, also the singers with instruments of musick, and such as taught to sing praise. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, Treason, Treason.Treason: Heb. Conspiracy
EHCC: at his pillar af the entering in,

2 Chronicles 104:19

EHCC: the sun knoweth his going down.

2 Chronicles 113:3

EHCC: unto the going down of the same

Proverbs 8:3

KJV: She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors.
EHCC: at the coming in at the doors.

Jeremiah 38:14

KJV: Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet unto him into the third entry that is in the house of the Lord: and the king said unto Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing; hide nothing from me.third: or, principal
EHCC: prophet unto him into fhe third entry

Jeremiah 27:8

KJV: And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, saith the Lord, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.
EHCC: situate at the entry of the sea,

Jeremiah 42:9

KJV: And said unto them, Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel, unto whom ye sent me to present your supplication before him;
EHCC: (בתיב) the enfry on the east side,

Jeremiah 44:5

KJV: But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods.
EHCC: mark well the entering in of

Jeremiah 46:19

KJV: O thou daughter dwelling in Egypt, furnish thyself to go into captivity: for Noph shall be waste and desolate without an inhabitant.furnish…: Heb. make thee instruments of captivity
EHCC: he brought me through the entry,

Zechariah 8:7

KJV: Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and from the west country;the west…: Heb. the country of the going down of the sun
EHCC: from the west country; (marg. the

Malachi 1:11

KJV: For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the Lord of hosts.
EHCC: unto the going down of the same
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