מָבוֹא

Strong’s Definition

an entrance (the place or the act); specifically sunset or the west; also (adverb with preposition) towards

Etymology & Derivation

from H935 (בּוֹא); (with or without H8121 (שֶׁמֶשׁ))

KJV Usage

by which came, as cometh, in coming, as men enter into, entering, entrance into, entry, where goeth, going down, [phrase] westward. Compare H4126 (מוֹבָא).

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.entrance, a coming in, entering
• 2.sunset
• 3.sunset, west
• 4.sunset

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: mâbôwʼ; Pronunciation: maw-bo'

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