1158. baah
Strong's Lexicon
baah: To come, to enter, to go

Original Word: בָּעָה
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: ba`ah
Pronunciation: bah-ah
Phonetic Spelling: (baw-aw')
Definition: To come, to enter, to go
Meaning: to gush over, to swell, to desire earnestly, to ask

Word Origin: A primitive root

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G1525 (εἰσέρχομαι, eiserchomai) - to enter, to go in

- G2064 (ἔρχομαι, erchomai) - to come, to go

Usage: The Hebrew verb "baah" primarily means "to come" or "to enter." It is used to describe the action of moving from one place to another, often implying a transition or arrival. This verb can be used in various contexts, including physical movement, entering into a covenant, or the coming of events or times.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Hebrew culture, movement and travel were significant due to the nomadic lifestyle of many Israelites. The concept of "coming" or "entering" often carried connotations of hospitality, covenant relationships, and divine intervention. The act of entering a place or situation was frequently associated with God's promises and the fulfillment of His plans.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
a prim. root
Definition
to inquire, cause to swell or boil up
NASB Translation
boil (1), bulge (1), inquire (2), searched (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
[בָּעָה] verb inquire, cause to swell or boil up (Late Hebrew id; Arabic seek, suppurate, swell; Aramaic בְּעָא, seek) —

Qal Imperfect3feminine singular תִּבְעֶה Isaiah 64:1; 2masculine plural תִּבְעָיוּן Isaiah 21:12; Imperative בְּעָיוּ Isaiah 21:12; — a. of rising desire, seek, inquire, absolute, of inquiring of prophet Isaiah 21:12 (twice in verse). 2 cause to boil up, אֵֿשׁ׳מַיִם תִּב Isaiah 64:1 (but gloss Che).

Niph`al Perfect נִבְעוּ Obadiah 6 searched out ("" נֶחְמְּשׂוּ); Participle נִבְעֶה Isaiah 30:13 swelling, swelling out (of decaying wall; Di swelling, enlarging, of crack in wall).

בעז (quick ? compare Arabic swiftness (of horse)).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
cause, inquire, seek up, swell out

A primitive root; to gush over, i.e. To swell; (figuratively) to desire earnestly; by implication to ask -- cause, inquire, seek up, swell out.

Forms and Transliterations
בְּעָ֖יוּ בעיו נִבְע֖וּ נִבְעֶ֖ה נבעה נבעו תִּבְעֶה־ תִּבְעָי֥וּן תבעה־ תבעיון bə‘āyū bə·‘ā·yū beAyu niḇ‘eh niḇ‘ū niḇ·‘eh niḇ·‘ū nivEh nivU tiḇ‘āyūn tiḇ‘eh- tiḇ·‘ā·yūn tiḇ·‘eh- tivaYun tiveh
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Englishman's Concordance
Isaiah 21:12
HEB: לָ֑יְלָה אִם־ תִּבְעָי֥וּן בְּעָ֖יוּ שֻׁ֥בוּ
NAS: If you would inquire, inquire;
KJV: and also the night: if ye will enquire, enquire
INT: night If inquire inquire back

Isaiah 21:12
HEB: אִם־ תִּבְעָי֥וּן בְּעָ֖יוּ שֻׁ֥בוּ אֵתָֽיוּ׃
NAS: you would inquire, inquire; Come
KJV: if ye will enquire, enquire ye: return,
INT: If inquire inquire back Come

Isaiah 30:13
HEB: כְּפֶ֣רֶץ נֹפֵ֔ל נִבְעֶ֖ה בְּחוֹמָ֣ה נִשְׂגָּבָ֑ה
NAS: about to fall, A bulge in a high
KJV: ready to fall, swelling out in a high
INT: A breach to fall A bulge wall A high

Isaiah 64:2
HEB: הֲמָסִ֗ים מַ֚יִם תִּבְעֶה־ אֵ֔שׁ לְהוֹדִ֥יעַ
NAS: causes water to boil-- To make
KJV: causeth the waters to boil, to make thy name
INT: the brushwood water to boil fire known

Obadiah 1:6
HEB: נֶחְפְּשׂ֣וּ עֵשָׂ֔ו נִבְע֖וּ מַצְפֻּנָֽיו׃
NAS: [And] his hidden treasures searched out!
KJV: [how] are his hidden things sought up!
INT: will be ransacked Esau searched his hidden

5 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 1158
5 Occurrences


bə·‘ā·yū — 1 Occ.
niḇ·‘eh — 1 Occ.
niḇ·‘ū — 1 Occ.
tiḇ·‘ā·yūn — 1 Occ.
tiḇ·‘eh- — 1 Occ.















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