Lexical Definition

‎מָבוֹא‎ mâbôwʼ (maw-bo') entrance ^H:N-M
from ‎בּוֹא‎; (with or without ‎שֶׁמֶשׁ‎)

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

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

1) entrance, a coming in, entering
2) sunset
2a) sunset
2b) sunset, west

See Greek: ὁδός

Extended Information

• Also means: me.vo.ah (‎מ‎ְ‎בו‎ֹ‎א‎ָ‎ה‎ "entry" מְבוֹאָה)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎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.

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