Root

ب-و-ب

bwb·b-w-b

27 occurrences24 verses1 form

Derived forms

FormTranslitCountMeaning
بابbāb27

Neighbourhood · roots it keeps company with

Nearby roots share verses with ب-و-ب more than chance would predict (statistical). See the whole atlas →

Mapping the neighbourhood…

Word path · where ب-و-ب falls in the muṣḥaf

Each cell is one page of the 604-page Madanī muṣḥaf, lit in proportion to how many times ب-و-ب occurs on it. Counted, not interpreted — a bright page is where the word is dense, which is a fact about vocabulary and not a claim about what the page teaches.

lessmoreon 21 of 604 pages (3%)

Densest in juzʾ 14 (4 occurrences). The longest stretch without it runs 108 pages — pages 348455, juzʾ 1823.

Occurrences · 27 in mushaf order

Counted on the quran-uthmani text (Tanzil.net) in the recitation of Ḥafṣ ʿan ʿĀṣim, with morphology from the Quranic Arabic Corpus. How we count →

Questions

How many times does the root ب-و-ب appear in the Quran?

The Arabic root ب-و-ب (bwb) occurs 27 times in the Qurʾān, spread across 24 distinct verses. Counted on the quran-uthmani text (Tanzil.net) in the recitation of Ḥafṣ ʿan ʿĀṣim, using the Quranic Arabic Corpus morphology. “Occurrences” counts every word token derived from the root — a root appearing twice in one verse counts twice — which is why it exceeds the verse count.

In how many verses does ب-و-ب occur?

24 verses of the Qurʾān contain at least one word derived from ب-و-ب (bwb), out of 27 total occurrences.

What words come from the root ب-و-ب?

ب-و-ب (bwb) yields 1 distinct derived form in the Qurʾān, most frequently باب (bāb, 27×). Each form links to every verse in which it appears.