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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 beyond the Jordan, west of the road, toward the going down of the sun, in the land of the Canaanites who live in the Arabah, over against Gilgal, beside the oak of Moreh?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:4 - From the wilderness and this Lebanon as far as the great river, the river Euphra'tes, all the land of the Hittites to the Great Sea toward the going down of the sun shall be your territory.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 23:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:4 - Behold, I have allotted to you as an inheritance for your tribes those nations that remain, along with all the nations that I have already cut off, from the Jordan to the Great Sea in the west.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:24 - And the spies saw a man coming out of the city, and they said to him, "Pray, show us the way into the city, and we will deal kindly with you."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:25 - And he showed them the way into the city; and they smote the city with the edge of the sword, but they let the man and all his family go.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 11:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:16 - So they laid hands on her; and she went through the horses' entrance to the king's house, and there she was slain.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 16:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:18 - And the covered way for the sabbath which had been built inside the palace, and the outer entrance for the king he removed from the house of the LORD, because of the king of Assyria.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:39 - 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 Ko're, son of Ebi'asaph, son of Korah, and his kinsmen of his fathers' house, the Ko'rahites, were in charge of the work of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the tent, as 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 - and when she looked, there was the king standing by his pillar at the entrance, and the captains and the trumpeters beside the king, and all the people of the land rejoicing and blowing trumpets, and the singers with their musical instruments leading in the celebration. And Athali'ah rent her clothes, and cried, "Treason! Treason!"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 23:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:15 - So they laid hands on her; and she went into the entrance of the horse gate of the king's house, and they slew her there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 50:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:1 - A Psalm of Asaph. The Mighty One, God the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:19 - Thou hast made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows its time for 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!

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:3 - beside the gates in front of the town, at the entrance of the portals she cries aloud:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 38:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:14 - King Zedeki'ah sent for Jeremiah the prophet and received him at the third entrance of the temple of the LORD. The king said to Jeremiah, "I will ask you a question; hide nothing from me."

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 26:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:10 - His horses will be so many that their dust will cover you; your walls will shake at the noise of the horsemen and wagons and chariots, when he enters your gates as one enters a city which has been breached.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 33:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:31 - And they come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear what you say but they will not do it; for with their lips they show much love, but their heart is set on their gain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:9

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 44:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:5 - And the LORD said to me, "Son of man, mark well, see with your eyes, and hear with your ears all that I shall tell you concerning all the ordinances of the temple of the LORD and all its laws; and mark well those who may be admitted to the temple and all those who are to be excluded from the sanctuary.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 46:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:19 - Then he brought me through the entrance, which was at the side of the gate, to the north row of the holy chambers for the priests; and there I saw a place at the extreme western end of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:7 - Thus says the LORD of hosts: Behold, I will save my people from the east country and from the west country;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:11 - For from the rising of the sun to its setting my name is great among the nations, and in every place incense is offered to my name, and a pure offering; for my name is great among the nations, says the LORD of hosts.
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