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Strong's H3996 מָבוֹא (mabo)

Mabo means “by which came” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G3996 — pentheo (“mourn”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H3996
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 24
Books 13

Strong's H3996 Quick Answer

Strong's H3996 מָבוֹא (mabow') is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. mabow' (maw-bo') n-m. 1. an entrance (the place or the act) 2. (specifically, with or without H8121) sunset or the west It has 24 linked Bible usages across 13 books. Visible English usage signals include entrance, place, toward, without, and west. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
mabow' (maw-bo') n-m. 1. an entrance (the place or the act) 2. (specifically, with or without H8121) sunset or the west
Usage
24 linked usages
Books
13 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
entrance, place, toward, without, and west

Meaning and Definition

mabow' (maw-bo') n-m. 1. an entrance (the place or the act) 2. (specifically, with or without H8121) sunset or the west 3. (adverb with preposition) towards [from H935] KJV: by which came, as cometh, in coming, as men enter into, entering, entrance into, entry, where goeth, going down, + westward. Root(s): H935 Compare: H4126 See also: H8121

Original Word
מָבוֹא
Transliteration
mabow'
Derivation
Root: בוא First root strongs: 935
Morphology
noun masc

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H3996. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

entrance

Usage: 1) entrance, a coming in, entering 2) sunset 2a) sunset 2b) sunset, west Also means: me.vo.ah (מְבוֹאָה "entry" H3997)

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How Strong's H3996 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render mabow', taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

entrance Judges 1:24 place Ezekiel 46:19 toward Joshua 1:4 west Zechariah 8:7 without 2 Kings 16:18

How Strong's H3996 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 24 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H3996 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H3996 in the Old Testament

24 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Deuteronomy 11:30 KJV

Are they not on the other side Jordan, by the way where the sun goeth down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in the champaign over against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh?

Joshua 1:4 KJV

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 23:4 KJV

Behold, 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.

Usage Excerpts

First 24 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H3996.

Deuteronomy 11:30 Old Testament, KJV
Are they not on the other side Jordan, by the way where the sun goeth down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in the champaign over against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh?
Joshua 1:4 Old Testament, KJV
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 23:4 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, 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.
Judges 1:24 Old Testament, KJV
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 1:25 Old Testament, KJV
And 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 Samuel 3:25 Old Testament, KJV
Thou knowest Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive thee, and to know thy going out and thy coming in, and to know all that thou doest.
2 Kings 11:16 Old Testament, KJV
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 16:18 Old Testament, KJV
And 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 Chronicles 4:39 Old Testament, KJV
And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.
1 Chronicles 9:19 Old Testament, KJV
And 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.
2 Chronicles 23:13 Old Testament, KJV
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.
2 Chronicles 23:15 Old Testament, KJV
So 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.
Psalms 50:1 Old Testament, KJV
The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.
Psalms 104:19 Old Testament, KJV
He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.
Psalms 113:3 Old Testament, KJV
From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the LORD's name is to be praised.
Proverbs 8:3 Old Testament, KJV
She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors.
Jeremiah 38:14 Old Testament, KJV
Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet unto him into the third entry that is in the house of the LORD: and the king said unto Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing; hide nothing from me.
Ezekiel 26:10 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Ezekiel 33:31 Old Testament, KJV
And 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.
Ezekiel 42:9 Old Testament, KJV
And from under these chambers was the entry on the east side, as one goeth into them from the utter court.
Ezekiel 44:5 Old Testament, KJV
And 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.
Ezekiel 46:19 Old Testament, KJV
After 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.
Zechariah 8:7 Old Testament, KJV
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and from the west country;
Malachi 1:11 Old Testament, KJV
For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H3996, grouped by book.

Deuteronomy 1 usage, Old Testament
Joshua 2 usages, Old Testament
Judges 2 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Kings 2 usages, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 2 usages, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 2 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 3 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Ezekiel 5 usages, Old Testament
Zechariah 1 usage, Old Testament
Malachi 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H3996 FAQ

What does mabo (מָבוֹא) mean?

Mabo (Strong's H3996) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "by which came". mabow' (maw-bo') n-m. 1. an entrance (the place or the act) 2. (specifically, with or without H8121) sunset or the west

How many times is mabo (מָבוֹא) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 24 linked usages for Strong's H3996 across 13 books.

Where can I study mabo (מָבוֹא) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H3996 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate mabo (מָבוֹא)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as entrance, place, toward, without, and west. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.