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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

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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 way toward the sunset H3996, in the land of the Canaanites who live in the Arabah, opposite Gilgal, beside the [fn]oaks of Moreh?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:4 - “From the wilderness and this Lebanon, even as far as the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and as far as the Great Sea toward the setting H3996 of the sun will 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 which remain as an inheritance for your tribes, with all the nations which I have cut off, from the Jordan even to the Great Sea toward the setting H3996 of the sun.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:24 - Then the [fn]spies saw a man coming out of the city, and they said to him, “Please show us the entrance H3996 to the city, and we will treat you with lovingkindness.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:25 - So he showed them the entrance H3996 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 [fn]laid hands on her, and she arrived at the horses’ entrance H3996 of the king’s house and was put to death there.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 16:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:18 - And the covered way for the sabbath which they had built in the house, and the outer entry H3996 of the king, he removed from the house of Yahweh because of the king of Assyria.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:39 -

They went to the entrance H3996 of Gedor, even 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 [fn]Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his relatives of his father’s house, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the tent; and their fathers had been over the camp of Yahweh, keepers of the entrance H3996.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 23:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:13 - And she looked, and behold, the king was standing by his pillar at the entrance H3996, and the commanders and the [fn]trumpeters were beside the king. And all the people of the land were glad and blew trumpets, the singers with their musical instruments [fn]leading the praise. Then Athaliah tore her clothes and said, “Treason! Treason!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 23:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:15 - So they laid hands on her, and when she arrived at the entrance H3996 of the Horse Gate of the king’s house, 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, Yahweh, has spoken,

And called the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting H3996.

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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 place H3996 of H3996 its setting H3996.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 113:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 113:3 -

From the rising of the sun to its setting H3996

The name of Yahweh is to be praised.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:3 -

Beside the gates, at the opening to the city,

At the entrance H3996 of the doors, she makes a shout:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 38:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:14 -

Then King Zedekiah sent and [fn]had Jeremiah the prophet brought to him at the third entrance H3996 that is in the house of Yahweh; and the king said to Jeremiah, “I am going to ask you something; do not hide anything from me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 26:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:10 - “Because of the abundance of his horses, the fine dust raised by them will cover you; your walls will shake at the noise of horsemen and [fn]wagons and chariots when he enters your gates as men enter H3996 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 H3996 and sit before you as My people and hear your words, but they do not do them, for they do the lustful desires expressed by their mouth, and their heart goes after their greedy gain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:9 - Below these chambers was the entrance H3996 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 - Then Yahweh said to me, “Son of man, set your heart on and see with your eyes and hear with your ears all that I say to you concerning all the statutes of the house of Yahweh and concerning all its laws; and set your heart on the entrance H3996 of the house, with all exits of the sanctuary.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 46:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:19 -

Then he brought me through the entrance H3996, which was at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers for the priests, which faced north; and behold, there was a place at the extreme rear toward the west.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:7 - “Thus says Yahweh of hosts, ‘Behold, I am going to save My people from the land where the [fn]sun rises and from the land where the [fn]sun sets H3996;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:11 - “For from the rising of the sun even to its setting H3996, My name will be great among the nations, and in every place incense is going to be presented to My name, as well as a grain offering that is clean; for My name will be great among the nations,” says Yahweh of hosts.
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