What does יוֹם · בּוֹא mean in the Bible?
יוֹם · בּוֹא is a Hebrew phrase meaning "days are coming".
Hebrew · H3117, H935
יָמִים בָּאִים
A day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb) · to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
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יוֹם H3117 a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
Pronunciation yôm
Fundamental unit of time marked by daylight, extending metaphorically to ages, epochs, and eschatological periods.
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בּוֹא H935 to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
Pronunciation bwōʾ
Foundational motion verb expressing entry, arrival, and transition; fundamental to covenant theology and divine-human encounter narratives.
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What does יָמִים בָּאִים (yamim ba'im) mean in the Bible?
יוֹם · בּוֹא is a Hebrew phrase meaning "days are coming".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H3117, H935?
H3117, H935 is connected to 4,896 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. days are coming
Strong's H3117, H935
Lexical occurrences 4,896 verses Source Gloss
days are coming
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain