Hebrew noun (masculine) · H3996
מָבוֹא
mabomaw-bo'
entrance
22 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: mâbôwʼ
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H3996is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 12 of 39Old Testament books
- 15spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H3996
an entrance (the place or the act); specifically sunset or the west; also (adverb with preposition) towards
The King James renders it: by which came, as cometh, in coming, as men enter into, entering, entrance into, entry, where goeth, going down, [phrase] westward. Compare H4126 (מוֹבָא).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
mabo is rendered "entrance". It stands 22 times in the Hebrew text, across twelve books.
- Four of the uses stand in Ezekiel, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Deuteronomy 11:30Are not these mountains across the Jordan, west of the road toward the sunset, in the land of the Canaanites who live in the Arabah opposite Gilgal near the Oak of Moreh?
- The Greek text spells it fifteen different ways.
The first use
Are not these mountains across the Jordan, west of the road toward the sunset, in the land of the Canaanites who live in the Arabah opposite Gilgal near the Oak of Moreh?
Deuteronomy 11:30מְב֣וֹא
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in twelve of the 39 Old Testament books.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- entrance of6
- setting its4
- setting of4
- to entrance of2
- an entrance1
- at the entrance1
- in the entrance1
- like coming of1
- like enterings of1
- the entrance1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| מָבוֹן | mabon | teacher | Usesnot recorded |
The words it stands beside
All 22, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
15 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- מְב֣וֹא4
- מְב֥וֹא4
- לִמְב֣וֹא2
- בַמָּבוֹא֮1
- בַּמָּב֗וֹא1
- הַמָּבֽוֹא׃1
- כִּמְבוֹא־1
- כִּמְבוֹאֵ֖י1
- מְבֹאֽוֹ׃1
- מְב֤וֹא1
- מְב֖וֹא1
- מָבוֹא֙1
and 3 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)10HNcmsc
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular4HNcmsc/Sp3ms
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)3HR/Ncmsc
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular2HRd/Ncmsa
- noun · masculine singular1HNcmsa
- preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1HR/Ncmpc
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular1HTd/Ncmsa
Deuteronomy
one use
Are not these mountains across the Jordan, west of the road toward the sunset, in the land of the Canaanites who live in the Arabah opposite Gilgal near the Oak of Moreh?
- מְב֣וֹאmevo'noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: setting of
Joshua
two uses
Your territory shall extend from the wilderness and Lebanon to the great River Euphrates—all the land of the Hittites—and west as far as the Great Sea.
- מְב֣וֹאmevo'noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: setting of
See, I have allotted as an inheritance to your tribes these remaining nations, including all the nations I have already cut off, from the Jordan westward to the Great Sea.
- מְב֥וֹאmevo'noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: setting of
Judges
two uses
and when the spies saw a man coming out of the city, they said to him, “Please show us how to get into the city, and we will treat you kindly.”
- מְב֣וֹאmevo'noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
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.
- מְב֣וֹאmevo'noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
2 Kings
two uses
So they seized Athaliah as she reached the horses’ entrance to the palace grounds, and there she was put to death.
- מְב֥וֹאmevo'noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
And on account of the king of Assyria, he removed the Sabbath canopy they had built in the temple and closed the royal entryway outside the house of the LORD.
- מְב֤וֹאmevo'noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
1 Chronicles
two uses
and they journeyed to the entrance of Gedor, to the east side of the valley, in search of pasture for their flocks.
- לִמְב֣וֹאlimvo'preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to entrance of
Shallum son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his relatives from the Korahites were assigned to guard the thresholds of the Tent, just as their fathers had been assigned to guard the entrance to the dwelling of the LORD.
- הַמָּבֽוֹא׃hamavo'the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the entrance
2 Chronicles
two uses
And she looked out and saw the king standing by his pillar at the entrance. The officers and trumpeters were beside the king, and all the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets, while the singers with musical instruments were leading the praises. Then Athaliah tore her clothes and screamed, “Treason, treason!”
- בַּמָּב֗וֹאbamavo'preposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: at the entrance
So they seized Athaliah as she reached the entrance of the Horse Gate to the palace grounds, and there they put her to death.
- מְב֥וֹאmevo'noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
Psalms
three uses
The Mighty One, God the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from where the sun rises to where it sets.
- מְבֹאֽוֹ׃mevoonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: setting its
He made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows when to set.
- מְבוֹאֽוֹ׃mevoonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: setting its
From where the sun rises to where it sets, the name of the LORD is praised.
- מְבוֹא֑וֹmevoonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: setting its
Proverbs
one use
Beside the gates to the city, at the entrances she cries out:
- מְב֖וֹאmevo'noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
Jeremiah
one use
Then King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah the prophet and received him at the third entrance to the house of the LORD. “I am going to ask you something,” said the king to Jeremiah. “Do not hide anything from me.”
- מָבוֹא֙mavo'noun · masculine singulartagged: an entrance
Ezekiel
four uses
His multitude of horses will cover you in their dust. When he enters your gates as an army entering a breached city, your walls will shake from the noise of cavalry, wagons, and chariots.
- כִּמְבוֹאֵ֖יkimvoeipreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: like enterings of
So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest gain.
- כִּמְבוֹא־kimvo'-preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: like coming of
The LORD said to me: “Son of man, pay attention; look carefully with your eyes and listen closely with your ears to everything I tell you concerning all the statutes and laws of the house of the LORD. Take careful note of the entrance to the temple, along with all the exits of the sanctuary.
- לִמְב֣וֹאlimvo'preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to entrance of
Then the man brought me through the entrance at the side of the gate into the holy chambers facing north, which belonged to the priests, and he showed me a place there at the far western end
- בַמָּבוֹא֮vamavo'preposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: in the entrance
Zechariah
one use
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I will save My people from the land of the east and from the land of the west.
- מְב֥וֹאmevo'noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: setting of
Malachi
one use
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.
- מְבוֹא֗וֹmevoonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: setting its
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.