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מָבוֹא H3996

H3996 is the Hebrew word מָבוֹא, transliterated mâbôwʼ and said maw-bo'. The King James Version most often renders it entry.

Word: מָבוֹאTransliteration: mâbôwʼSaid: maw-bo'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 22 verses

What it means

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

Where it comes from

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

How the King James Version translates it

Across 17 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

entry 4×entrance 2×entering in 2×goeth down 1×toward the going down 1×westward 1×pray thee the entrance 1×coming in 1×came 1×entering 1×going down 1×coming 1×

Strong's own list of 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).

Verses using מָבוֹא

All 22 verses, quoted in full.

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?

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.

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.

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.

Judges 1:25 · KJV

And when he shewed them the entrance into the city, they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and all his family.

2 Samuel 3:25 · KJV

Thou knowest Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive thee, and to know thy going out and thy coming in, and to know all that thou doest.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

2 Chronicles 23:15 · KJV

So they laid hands on her; and when she was come to the entering of the horse gate by the king’s house, they slew her there.

Psalm 113:3 · KJV

From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the LORD’s name is to be praised.

Proverbs 8:3 · KJV

She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, 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.

Ezekiel 26:10 · KJV

By reason of the abundance of his horses their dust shall cover thee: thy walls shall shake at the noise of the horsemen, and of the wheels, and of the chariots, when he shall enter into thy gates, as men enter into a city wherein is made a breach.

Ezekiel 33:31 · KJV

And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness.

Ezekiel 42:9 · KJV

And from under these chambers was the entry on the east side, as one goeth into them from the utter court.

Ezekiel 44:5 · KJV

And the LORD said unto me, Son of man, mark well, and behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears all that I say unto thee concerning all the ordinances of the house of the LORD, and all the laws thereof; and mark well the entering in of the house, with every going forth of the sanctuary.

Ezekiel 46:19 · KJV

After he brought me through the entry, which was at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers of the priests, which looked toward the north: and, behold, there was a place on the two sides westward.

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;

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.

Common questions

What does Strong's H3996 mean?

H3996 is the Hebrew word מָבוֹא (mâbôwʼ), meaning an entrance (the place or the act); specifically sunset or the west; also (adverb with preposition) towards.

How is H3996 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it entry (4 times), entrance (2 times), entering in (2 times), goeth down (1 time), toward the going down (1 time), among others.

How many times does H3996 appear in the Bible?

מָבוֹא (mâbôwʼ) is tagged in 22 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H3996 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: from H935 (בּוֹא); (with or without H8121 (שֶׁמֶשׁ)).

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