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Lexicon :: Strong's H3996 - māḇô'

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מָבוֹא
Transliteration
māḇô'
Pronunciation
maw-bo'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 212b

Strong’s Definitions

מָבוֹא mâbôwʼ, maw-bo'; from H935; (with or without H8121) an entrance (the place or the act); specifically sunset or the west; also (adverb with preposition) towards:—by which came, as cometh, in coming, as men enter into, entering, entrance into, entry, where goeth, going down, westward. Compare H4126.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 24x

The KJV translates Strong's H3996 in the following manner: going down (6x), entry (5x), come (3x), entrance (3x), enter (2x), in (2x), west (1x), westward (1x), variant (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 24x
The KJV translates Strong's H3996 in the following manner: going down (6x), entry (5x), come (3x), entrance (3x), enter (2x), in (2x), west (1x), westward (1x), variant (1x).

  1. entrance, a coming in, entering

  2. sunset

    1. sunset

    2. sunset, west

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מָבוֹא mâbôwʼ, maw-bo'; from H935; (with or without H8121) an entrance (the place or the act); specifically sunset or the west; also (adverb with preposition) towards:—by which came, as cometh, in coming, as men enter into, entering, entrance into, entry, where goeth, going down, westward. Compare H4126.
STRONGS H3996: Abbreviations
† מָבוֺא noun masculineJeremiah 38:14 entrance, a coming in, entering; — מ׳ absolute Jeremiah 38:14 + 3 times + Ezekiel 42:9 Kt (Qr מֵבִיא wrong, compare Co); construct מְבוֺא Deuteronomy 11:30 + 12 times; suffix מְבוֺאוֺ Psalm 104:19 + 2 times; מְבֹאוֺ Psalm 50:1; מבואך 2 Samuel 3:25 Kt (Qr מוֺבָאֶ֑ךָ inexplicable compare Dr); plural construct מְבוֺאֵי Ezekiel 26:10, מְבוֺאֹת [H3997 Ezekiel 27:3]; —
1. entrance, i.e. place or way of entrance, into a city Judges 1:24, 25; 1 Chronicles 4:39; Proverbs 8:3 (פְּתָחִים מ׳); into buildings 2 Kings 11:16; 2 Kings 16:18; 1 Chronicles 9:19 (שֹׁמְרֵי הַמָּבוֺא), 2 Chronicles 23:13, 15; Jeremiah 38:14; Ezekiel 42:9; Ezekiel 46:19; see also מְבוֺאֹת יָם entrance of (the) sea, gate of the sea, of situation of Tyre [H3997 Ezekiel 27:3].
2. entering, act of entrance, by violence, in storm of city Ezekiel 26:10; coming in or together, making a crowd, כִּמְבוֺא עָ֑ם Ezekiel 33:31 simile of eagerness to hear Yahweh's word; in phrase אֶתמֿוֺצָאֲךָ וְאֶתמֿבואך 2 Samuel 3:25 thy going out and thy coming in, mode of entering temple, or the people who enter Ezekiel 44:5; particularly of sunset מְבוֺא הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ Psalm 104:19; = west Deuteronomy 11:30; Joshua 1:4; Joshua 23:4 הַיָּם הַגָּדוֺל מְבוֺא הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ = Mediterranean, Zechariah 8:7 אֶרֶץ מְבוֺא הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ (|| אֶרֶץ מִזְרָח), Malachi 1:11; Psalm 50:1; Psalm 113:3 sunset = west, opposed to sunrise = east; in phrase from east to west, i.e. over the whole earth, everywhere on earth.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Deuteronomy

11:30; 11:30

Joshua

1:4; 23:4

Judges

1:24; 1:25

2 Samuel

3:25; 3:25

2 Kings

11:16; 16:18

1 Chronicles

4:39; 9:19

2 Chronicles

23:13; 23:15

Psalms

50:1; 50:1; 104:19; 104:19; 113:3

Proverbs

8:3

Jeremiah

38:14; 38:14; 38:14

Ezekiel

26:10; 26:10; 33:31; 42:9; 42:9; 44:5; 46:19

Zechariah

8:7

Malachi

1:11

H3996

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3996 matches the Hebrew מָבוֹא (māḇô'),
which occurs 23 times in 23 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:30 - “Are they not across the Jordan, west of the road, toward the sunset, in the land of the Canaanites who live in the Arabah, opposite Gilgal, beside the oaks of Moreh?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:4 - “From the wilderness [of Arabia in the south] and this Lebanon [in the north], even as far as the great river, the river Euphrates [in the east], all the land of the [fn]Hittites (Canaan), and as far as the Great [Mediterranean] Sea toward the west shall be your territory.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 23:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:4 - “See, I have allotted to you these nations that remain as an inheritance for your tribes, with all the nations which I have cut off, from the Jordan [on the east] to the Great [Mediterranean] Sea toward the setting sun.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:24 - The spies saw a man coming out of the city and they said to him, “Please show us the entrance to the city and we will treat you kindly.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:25 - So he showed them the entrance to the city, and they struck the city with the edge of the sword, but they let the man and all his family go free.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 11:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:16 - So they seized her, and she went through the horses’ entrance to the king’s house (palace), and she was put to death there.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 16:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:18 - He removed from the house of the LORD the covered way for the Sabbath which they had built in the house, and the outer entrance of the king, because of the king of Assyria [who might confiscate them].

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:39 - So they journeyed to the entrance of Gedor, to the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:19 - Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his relatives of his father’s house, the Korahites, were in charge of the work of the service, doorkeepers of the Tent; and their fathers had been in charge of the camp of the LORD, keepers of the entrance.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 23:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:13 - She looked, and there was the [young] king, standing by his pillar at the entrance, and the captains and the trumpeters were beside him. And all the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets, and the singers with their musical instruments were directing the [singing of] praise. Then Athaliah tore her clothes and cried, “Treason! Treason!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 23:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:15 - So they seized Athaliah, and when she arrived at the entrance of the Horse Gate of the king’s house (palace), they put her to death there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 50:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:1 -

A Psalm of [fn]Asaph

The mighty One, God, the LORD, has spoken,

And summoned the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting [from east to west].

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:19 -

He made the moon for the seasons;

The sun knows the [exact] place of its setting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 113:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 113:3 -

From the rising of the sun to its setting

The name of the LORD is to be praised [with awe-inspired reverence].

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:3 -

Beside the gates, at the entrance to the city,

At the entrance of the doors, she cries out:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 38:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:14 -

Then King Zedekiah sent and had Jeremiah the prophet brought to him at the third entrance that is in the house of the LORD. And the king said to Jeremiah, “I am going to ask you something; hide nothing from me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 26:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:10 - “Because of the great number of his horses, their dust will cover you; your walls [O Tyre] will shake from the noise of the horsemen and the wagons and the chariots when he enters your gates as men enter a city that is breached.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 33:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:31 - “They come to you as people come, and they sit before you as My people, and they hear your words, but they do not practice them; for with their mouth they express loving devotion, but their heart goes after their (unlawful) gain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:9 - Below these chambers was the entrance on the east side, as one enters them from the outer courtyard.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 44:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:5 - The LORD said to me, “Son of man, pay careful attention, see with your eyes and hear with your ears all that I say to you concerning all the statutes of the house of the LORD and all its laws; and pay careful attention to the entering of the house [by people], with all the departures from the sanctuary [of people, those who are allowed to enter the temple and all those who are excluded from the sanctuary].

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 46:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:19 -

Then he [my guide] brought me through the entrance, which was at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers for the priests, which faced the north; and behold, a place was there at their extreme westward end.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:7 - “Thus says the LORD of hosts, ‘Behold, I am going to save My people from the east country and from the west,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:11 - “For [fn]from the rising of the sun, even to its setting, My name shall be great among the nations. In every place incense is going to be offered to My name, and a grain offering that is pure; for My name shall be great among the nations,” says the LORD of hosts.
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