Strong's H3996 · Hebrew
מָבוֹא
mâbôwʼ · /maw-bo'/
Definition
an entrance (the place or the act); specifically sunset or the west; also (adverb with preposition) towards
KJV: by which came, as cometh, in coming, as men enter into, entering, entrance into, entry, where goeth, going down, [phrase] westward. Compare H4126 (מוֹבָא).
Root / derivation: from H935 (בּוֹא); (with or without H8121 (שֶׁמֶשׁ))
KJV usage breakdown
How the Authorized (KJV) translators rendered מָבוֹא across 23 verses.
Every occurrence (KJV)
23 verses use this word, grouped by book — the translated form is highlighted.
Joshua2 verses
From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast.
Joshua 23:4Behold, I have divided unto you by lot these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea westward. westward: Heb. at the sunset
Judges2 verses
And the spies saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said unto him, Shew us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we will shew thee mercy.
Judges 1:25And when he shewed them the entrance into the city, they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and all his family.
2 Kings2 verses
And they laid hands on her; and she went by the way by the which the horses came into the king's house: and there was she slain.
2 Kings 16:18And the covert for the sabbath that they had built in the house, and the king's entry without, turned he from the house of the LORD for the king of Assyria.
1 Chronicles2 verses
And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.
1 Chronicles 9:19And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren, of the house of his father, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the gates of the tabernacle: and their fathers, being over the host of the LORD, were keepers of the entry. gates: Heb. thresholds
2 Chronicles2 verses
And she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his pillar at the entering in, and the princes and the trumpets by the king: and all the people of the land rejoiced, and sounded with trumpets, also the singers with instruments of musick, and such as taught to sing praise. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, Treason, Treason. Treason: Heb. Conspiracy
2 Chronicles 23:15So they laid hands on her; and when she was come to the entering of the horse gate by the king's house, they slew her there.
Psalms3 verses
A Psalm of Asaph. The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof. of: or, for Asaph
Psalms 104:19He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.
Psalms 113:3From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the LORD'S name is to be praised.
Proverbs1 verse
Ezekiel5 verses
By reason of the abundance of his horses their dust shall cover thee: thy walls shall shake at the noise of the horsemen, and of the wheels, and of the chariots, when he shall enter into thy gates, as men enter into a city wherein is made a breach. as men: Heb. according to the enterings of a city broken up
Ezekiel 33:31And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness. as the: Heb. according to the coming of the people they sit: or, my people sit before thee they shew: Heb. they make loves, or, jests
Ezekiel 42:9And from under these chambers was the entry on the east side, as one goeth into them from the utter court. from under: or, from the place the entry: or, he that brought me as: or, as he came
Ezekiel 44:5And the LORD said unto me, Son of man, mark well, and behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears all that I say unto thee concerning all the ordinances of the house of the LORD, and all the laws thereof; and mark well the entering in of the house, with every going forth of the sanctuary. mark well: Heb. set thine heart mark well: Heb. set thine heart
Ezekiel 46:19After he brought me through the entry, which was at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers of the priests, which looked toward the north: and, behold, there was a place on the two sides westward.
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Frequently asked questions
What does Strong's H3996 (mâbôwʼ) mean?
an entrance (the place or the act); specifically sunset or the west; also (adverb with preposition) towards
How many times does H3996 appear in the Bible?
Strong's H3996 (מָבוֹא) appears in 23 verses of the King James Version, most often translated “down.”
How is mâbôwʼ translated in the KJV?
In the KJV, Strong's H3996 is rendered as “down” (6×), “entry” (5×), “entrance” (3×), “in” (2×), among other words.
Where does the Hebrew word מָבוֹא come from?
from H935 (בּוֹא); (with or without H8121 (שֶׁמֶשׁ))