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Lexicon :: Strong's H977 - bāḥar

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בָּחַר
Transliteration
bāḥar
Pronunciation
baw-khar'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 231

Strong’s Definitions

בָּחַר bâchar, baw-khar'; a primitive root; properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select:—acceptable, appoint, choose (choice), excellent, join, be rather, require.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 172x

The KJV translates Strong's H977 in the following manner: choose (77x), chosen (77x), choice (6x), choose...out (5x), acceptable (1x), appoint (1x), excellent (1x), chosen men (1x), rather (1x), require (1x), not translated.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 172x
The KJV translates Strong's H977 in the following manner: choose (77x), chosen (77x), choice (6x), choose...out (5x), acceptable (1x), appoint (1x), excellent (1x), chosen men (1x), rather (1x), require (1x), not translated.
  1. to choose, elect, decide for

    1. (Qal) to choose

    2. (Niphal) to be chosen

    3. (Pual) to be chosen, selected

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בָּחַר bâchar, baw-khar'; a primitive root; properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select:—acceptable, appoint, choose (choice), excellent, join, be rather, require.
STRONGS H977: Abbreviations
בָּחַר verb choose (compare Aramaic בְּחַר, Syriac bdb010310 || בחן, Assyrian bêru (√ באר :3) DlPr 76) —
Qal Perfect בָּחַר Deuteronomy 7:6 + 66 times; יִבְחַר Isaiah 41:24 + 60 times; אֶבֲחַר Job 29:25 (Baer); Imperative בְּחַר Exodus 17:9 + 5 times; Infinitive absolute בָּחוֺר 1 Samuel 2:28; Isaiah 7:15, 16; Infinitive construct suffix בָּחֳרִי Ezekiel 20:5; Participle בֹּחֵר 1 Samuel 20:30; Zechariah 3:2; passive בָּחוּר Exodus 14:7 + 18 times; —
1. with בְּ
b. man's choice, of ways Proverbs 3:31; Isaiah 66:3; good things Isaiah 7:15, 16; life Deuteronomy 30:19; gods Judges 10:14; Isaiah 41:24; God's pleasure Isaiah 56:4; Isaiah 65:12; Isaiah 66:4.
2. with אֲשֶׁר (alone, for אשׁר בחר ב׳):
a. divine choice, Israel Isaiah 41:8 יַעֲקֹב אֲשֶׁר בְּחַרְתִּיךָ, Isaiah 43:10; the people 1 Kings 3:8; Psalm 33:12; men Numbers 16:7 (P) Psalm 65:5; king 2 Samuel 16:18; 1 Kings 11:34; place of sacrifice Deuteronomy 12:14, 26; Deuteronomy 15:20; Deuteronomy 17:10; Deuteronomy 31:11 (D) Joshua 9:27 (P), especially לָשׂוּם שְׁמוֺ שָׁם Deuteronomy 12:5, 21; Deuteronomy 14:24, לְשַׁכֵּן שְׁמוֺ שָׁם Deuteronomy 12:11; Deuteronomy 14:23; Deuteronomy 16:2, 6, 11; Nehemiah 1:9; the city 1 Kings 8:48 (= 2 Chronicles 6:38), לשׂום שׁמי שׁם 1 Kings 11:36; 1 Kings 14:21 (= 2 Chronicles 12:13); Jerusalem 1 Kings 11:13; 2 Kings 21:7 (= 2 Chronicles 33:7) 2 Kings 23:27; fast Isaiah 58:5, 6; way Psalm 25:12.
b. man's choice, place to dwell in Deuteronomy 23:7; gardens Isaiah 1:29; king 1 Samuel 12:13; wives Genesis 6:2 (J); what to do 2 Samuel 15:15.
3. with accusative & לְ, choose some one or something for:
a. divine choice, of Levi 1 Samuel 2:28; Jacob Psalm 135:4; Psalm 135:5; inheritance Psalm 47:5.
4. with accusative and מִן, choose, select from 2 Samuel 10:9 (= 1 Chronicles 19:10).
5. accusative
a. divine choice, temple 2 Chronicles 7:16; Judah Psalm 78:68; servant Isaiah 41:9; Isaiah 49:7.
6. with עַל, כי על זה בחרת מעני for this thou hast chosen rather than affliction Job 36:21; with accusative and על pregnantly כל אשׁר תבחר עלי all that thou choosest (to lay) upon me 2 Samuel 19:39.
7. with לְ of accusative 1 Samuel 20:30 (many MSS. have בְּ; but Greek Version of the LXX We Dr read חָבֵר companion). The participle בָּחוּר chosen, of a ruler Psalm 89:20, warrior Jeremiah 49:19 (= Jeremiah 50:44); as cedars Songs 5:15; collective רכב בחור chosen chariots Exodus 14:7 (E); אישׁ בחור chosen men, warriors Judges 20:15, 16, 34; 1 Samuel 24:3; 2 Chronicles 13:3, 17, for which בָּחוּר alone 1 Kings 12:21 2 Chronicles 11:1; 25:5; בחורי ישׂראל 1 Samuel 26:2; Psalm 78:31; 2 Samuel 10:9 בחורי בישׂראל (|| 1 Chronicles 19:10 בחור בישׂראל, doubtless the true reading, as 2 Samuel 6:1).
8. test, try (Aramaic = בחן) בְּחַרְתִּיךָ בְּכוּר עֹ֑נִי Isaiah 48:10 I have tested thee in the furnace of affliction Syriac Version Targum Ges Hi Ew De Che Dr, but chosen Vulgate Rab Calv AV. Niph. נִבְחַר Jeremiah 8:3; Participle נִבְחָר Proverbs 8:10 + 5 times; — to be chosen.
a. absolute chosen, choice Proverbs 8:10, 19; Proverbs 10:20.
b. construct מִן, וְנִבְחַר מות מחיים death will be chosen rather than life Jeremiah 8:3; choicer than Proverbs 16:16; Proverbs 22:1; נבחר ליהוה מזבח choicer (more acceptable) to Yahweh than peace-offering Proverbs 21:3.
Pu. יְבֻחַר chosen, selected Ecclesiastes 9:4 (יְחֻבַּר Qr).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

6:2; 13:11

Exodus

14:7; 14:7; 17:9; 17:9

Leviticus

1

Numbers

16:5; 16:7

Deuteronomy

4:37; 7:6; 7:6; 7:7; 10:15; 12:5; 12:11; 12:14; 12:18; 12:21; 12:26; 14:2; 14:23; 14:24; 14:25; 15:20; 16:2; 16:6; 16:7; 16:11; 16:15; 17:8; 17:10; 17:15; 18:5; 21:5; 23:7; 30:19; 31:11

Joshua

8:3; 9:27; 24:15; 24:22

Judges

5:8; 10:14; 20:15; 20:16; 20:34

1 Samuel

2:28; 8:18; 10:24; 12:13; 13:12; 16:8; 16:9; 16:10; 17:40; 20:30; 20:30; 24:3; 26:2

2 Samuel

6:1; 6:21; 10:9; 10:9; 15:15; 16:18; 17:1; 19:39; 24:12

1 Kings

3:8; 8:16; 8:16; 8:44; 8:48; 11:13; 11:32; 11:34; 11:36; 12:21; 14:21; 18:23; 18:25

2 Kings

21:7; 23:27

1 Chronicles

15:2; 19:10; 19:10; 21:20; 28:4; 28:4; 28:5; 29:1

2 Chronicles

6:5; 6:5; 6:6; 6:6; 6:34; 6:38; 7:12; 7:16; 11:1; 12:13; 13:3; 13:17; 25:5; 29:11; 33:7

Nehemiah

1:9; 9:7

Job

7:15; 9:14; 15:5; 29:25; 29:25; 34:4; 34:33; 36:21

Psalms

25:12; 33:12; 47:5; 65:5; 78:31; 78:67; 78:68; 78:70; 89:20; 105:26; 119:30; 119:173; 132:13; 135:4; 135:5

Proverbs

1:29; 3:31; 8:10; 8:10; 8:19; 10:20; 16:16; 21:3; 22:1

Ecclesiastes

9:4

Song of Songs

5:15

Isaiah

1:29; 7:15; 7:15; 7:16; 7:16; 14:1; 40:20; 41:8; 41:9; 41:24; 41:24; 43:10; 44:1; 44:2; 48:10; 49:7; 56:4; 58:5; 58:6; 65:12; 66:3; 66:4; 66:4

Jeremiah

8:3; 8:3; 33:24; 49:19; 50:44

Ezekiel

20:5; 20:5

Haggai

2:23

Zechariah

1:17; 3:2; 3:2

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H977 matches the Hebrew בָּחַר (bāḥar),
which occurs 170 times in 162 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 4 (Gen 6:2–1Sa 8:18)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:2 - videntes filii Dei filias eorum quod essent pulchrae acceperunt uxores sibi ex omnibus quas elegerant
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:11 - elegitque sibi Loth regionem circa Iordanem et recessit ab oriente divisique sunt alterutrum a fratre suo
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:7 - tulitque sescentos currus electos quicquid in Aegypto curruum fuit et duces totius exercitus
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:9 - dixitque Moses ad Iosue elige viros et egressus pugna contra Amalech cras ego stabo in vertice collis habens virgam Dei in manu mea
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:25 - et electis viris strenuis de cuncto Israhel constituit eos principes populi tribunos et centuriones et quinquagenarios et decanos
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:5 - locutusque ad Core et ad omnem multitudinem mane inquit notum faciet Dominus qui ad se pertineant et sanctos adplicabit sibi et quos elegerit adpropinquabunt ei
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:7 - et hausto cras igne ponite desuper thymiama coram Domino et quemcumque elegerit ipse erit sanctus multum erigimini filii Levi
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:5 - quem ex his elegero germinabit virga eius et cohibebo a me querimonias filiorum Israhel quibus contra vos murmurant
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:37 - quia dilexit patres tuos et elegit semen eorum post eos eduxitque te praecedens in virtute sua magna ex Aegypto
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:6 - quia populus sanctus es Domino Deo tuo te elegit Dominus Deus tuus ut sis ei populus peculiaris de cunctis populis qui sunt super terram
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:7 - non quia cunctas gentes numero vincebatis vobis iunctus est Dominus et elegit vos cum omnibus sitis populis pauciores
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:15 - et tamen patribus tuis conglutinatus est Dominus et amavit eos elegitque semen eorum post eos id est vos de cunctis gentibus sicut hodie conprobatur
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:5 - sed ad locum quem elegerit Dominus Deus vester de cunctis tribubus vestris ut ponat nomen suum ibi et habitet in eo venietis
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:11 - in loco quem elegerit Dominus Deus vester ut sit nomen eius in eo illuc omnia quae praecipio conferetis holocausta et hostias ac decimas et primitias manuum vestrarum et quicquid praecipuum est in muneribus quae vovistis Domino
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:14 - sed in eo quem elegerit Dominus in una tribuum tuarum offeres hostias et facies quaecumque praecipio tibi
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:18 - sed coram Domino Deo tuo comedes ea in loco quem elegerit Dominus Deus tuus tu et filius tuus ac filia servus et famula atque Levites qui manet in urbibus tuis et laetaberis et reficieris coram Domino Deo tuo in cunctis ad quae extenderis manum tuam
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:21 - locus autem quem elegerit Dominus Deus tuus ut sit nomen eius ibi si procul fuerit occides de armentis et pecoribus quae habueris sicut praecepi tibi et comedes in oppidis tuis ut tibi placet
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:26 - quae autem sanctificaveris et voveris Domino tolles et venies ad locum quem elegerit Dominus
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:2 - quoniam populus sanctus es Domino Deo tuo et te elegit ut sis ei in populum peculiarem de cunctis gentibus quae sunt super terram
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:23 - et comedes in conspectu Domini Dei tui in loco quem elegerit ut in eo nomen illius invocetur decimam frumenti tui et vini et olei et primogenita de armentis et ovibus tuis ut discas timere Dominum Deum tuum omni tempore
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:24 - cum autem longior fuerit via et locus quem elegerit Dominus Deus tuus tibique benedixerit nec potueris ad eum haec cuncta portare
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:25 - vendes omnia et in pretium rediges portabisque manu tua et proficisceris ad locum quem elegerit Dominus Deus tuus
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:20 - in conspectu Domini Dei tui comedes ea per annos singulos in loco quem elegerit Dominus tu et domus tua
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:2 - immolabisque phase Domino Deo tuo de ovibus et de bubus in loco quem elegerit Dominus Deus tuus ut habitet nomen eius ibi
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:6 - sed in loco quem elegerit Dominus Deus tuus ut habitet nomen eius ibi immolabis phase vesperi ad solis occasum quando egressus es de Aegypto
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:7 - et coques et comedes in loco quem elegerit Dominus Deus tuus maneque consurgens vades in tabernacula tua
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:11 - et epulaberis coram Domino Deo tuo tu et filius tuus et filia tua et servus tuus et ancilla et Levites qui est intra portas tuas et advena ac pupillus et vidua qui morantur vobiscum in loco quem elegerit Dominus Deus tuus ut habitet nomen eius ibi
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:15 - septem diebus Domino Deo tuo festa celebrabis in loco quem elegerit Dominus benedicetque tibi Dominus Deus tuus in cunctis frugibus tuis et in omni opere manuum tuarum erisque in laetitia
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:16 - tribus vicibus per annum apparebit omne masculinum tuum in conspectu Domini Dei tui in loco quem elegerit in sollemnitate azymorum et in sollemnitate ebdomadarum et in sollemnitate tabernaculorum non apparebit ante Dominum vacuus
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:8 - si difficile et ambiguum apud te iudicium esse perspexeris inter sanguinem et sanguinem causam et causam lepram et non lepram et iudicum intra portas tuas videris verba variari surge et ascende ad locum quem elegerit Dominus Deus tuus
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:10 - et facies quodcumque dixerint qui praesunt loco quem elegerit Dominus et docuerint te
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:15 - eum constitues quem Dominus Deus tuus elegerit de numero fratrum tuorum non poteris alterius gentis hominem regem facere qui non sit frater tuus
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:5 - ipsum enim elegit Dominus Deus tuus de cunctis tribubus tuis ut stet et ministret nomini Domini ipse et filii eius in sempiternum
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:6 - si exierit Levites de una urbium tuarum ex omni Israhel in qua habitat et voluerit venire desiderans locum quem elegerit Dominus
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:5 - accedentque sacerdotes filii Levi quos elegerit Dominus Deus tuus ut ministrent ei et benedicant in nomine eius et ad verbum eorum omne negotium et quicquid mundum vel inmundum est iudicetur
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:16 - habitabit tecum in loco qui ei placuerit et in una urbium tuarum requiescet nec contristes eum
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:2 - tolles de cunctis frugibus primitias et pones in cartallo pergesque ad locum quem Dominus Deus tuus elegerit ut ibi invocetur nomen eius
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:19 - testes invoco hodie caelum et terram quod proposuerim vobis vitam et mortem bonum et malum benedictionem et maledictionem elige ergo vitam ut et tu vivas et semen tuum
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:11 - convenientibus cunctis ex Israhel ut appareant in conspectu Domini Dei tui in loco quem elegerit Dominus leges verba legis huius coram omni Israhel audientibus eis
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:3 - surrexitque Iosue et omnis exercitus bellatorum cum eo ut ascenderent in Ahi et electa triginta milia virorum fortium misit nocte
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:27 - decrevitque in illo die esse eos in ministerium cuncti populi et altaris Domini caedentes ligna et aquas conportantes usque in praesens tempus in loco quem Dominus elegisset
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:15 - sin autem malum vobis videtur ut Domino serviatis optio vobis datur eligite hodie quod placet cui potissimum servire debeatis utrum diis quibus servierunt patres vestri in Mesopotamia an diis Amorreorum in quorum terra habitatis ego autem et domus mea serviemus Domino
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:22 - et Iosue ad populum testes inquit vos estis quia ipsi elegeritis vobis Dominum ut serviatis ei responderuntque testes
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:8 - nova bella elegit Dominus et portas hostium ipse subvertit clypeus et hasta si apparuerint in quadraginta milibus Israhel
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:14 - ite et invocate deos quos elegistis ipsi vos liberent in tempore angustiae
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:15 - inventique sunt viginti quinque milia de Beniamin educentium gladium praeter habitatores Gabaa
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:16 - qui septingenti erant viri fortissimi ita sinistra ut dextra proeliantes et sic fundis ad certum iacientes lapides ut capillum quoque possent percutere et nequaquam in alteram partem ictus lapidis deferretur
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:34 - et ab occidentali urbis parte procedere sed et alia decem milia virorum de universo Israhel habitatores urbis ad certamina provocabant ingravatumque est bellum contra filios Beniamin et non intellexerunt quod ex omni parte illis instaret interitus
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:28 - et elegi eum ex omnibus tribubus Israhel mihi in sacerdotem ut ascenderet altare meum et adoleret mihi incensum et portaret ephod coram me et dedi domui patris tui omnia de sacrificiis filiorum Israhel
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:18 - et clamabitis in die illa a facie regis vestri quem elegistis vobis et non exaudiet vos Dominus in die illa

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