H3996 מָבוֹא (mâbôwʼ) — an entrance (the place or the act)

Lexical Definition

Strong's Hebrew H3996

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

KJV usage: by which came, as cometh, in coming, as men enter into, entering, entrance into, entry, where goeth, going down, westward. Compare 4126 .

Etymology: from 935 ; (with or without 8121 )

Brown–Driver–Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

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

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