H3997
H3997 — מְבוֹאָה
Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
mbowah (meb-o-aw') n-f.
1. a haven
[feminine of H3996]
KJV: entry.
Root(s): H3996
TWOT
TWOT: 212b
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KJV Renderings
entry.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced
BDB948
מָבוֺא noun masculine Jer 38:14 entrance, a coming in, entering; — ׳ מ absolute Jer 38:14 + 3 t. + Ezek 42:9 Kt ( Qr מֵבִיא wrong, compare Co); construct מְבוֺא Deut 11:30 + 12 t.; suffix מְבוֺאוֺ Ps 104:19 + 2 t.; מְבֹאוֺ Ps 50:1 מבואך 2Sam 3:25 Kt ( Qr מוֺבָאֶ֑ךָ inexplicable compare Dr); plural construct מְבוֺאֵי Ezek 26:10, מְבוֺאֹת Ezek 27:3 —
1.
entrance, i.e. place or way of entrance, into a city Judg 1:24; Judg 1:25; 1Chr 4:39; Prov 8:3 (פְּתָחִים
׳
מ); into buildings 2Kgs 11:16; 2Kgs 16:18; 1Chr 9:19 (שֹׁמְרֵי
הַמָּבוֺא), 2Chr 23:13; 2Chr 23:15; Jer 38:14; Ezek 42:9; Ezek 46:19 see also
מְבוֺאֹת יָם
entrance of (the) sea, gate of the sea, of situation of Tyre Ezek 27:3.
2.
entering, act of entrance, by violence, in storm of city Ezek 26:10
coming in or together, making a crowd, כִּמְבוֺא עָ֑ם
Ezek 33:31
simile of eagerness to hear Yahweh's word; in phrase אֶתמֿוֺצָאֲךָ וְאֶתמֿבואך
2Sam 3:25
thy going out and thy coming in, mode of entering temple, or the people who
enter
Ezek 44:5
particularly of sunset
מְבוֺא הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ
Ps 104:19
= west
Deut 11:30;
Josh 1:4; Josh 23:4
הַיָּם הַגָּדוֺל מְבוֺא
הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ = Mediterranean, Zech 8:7
אֶרֶץ מְבוֺא הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ (|| אֶרֶץ מִזְרָח), Mal 1:11; Ps 50:1; Ps 113:3
sunset = west, opposed to sunrise = east; in phrase
from east to west, i.e. over the whole earth, everywhere on earth.