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Lexicon :: Strong's H970 - bāḥûr

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בָּחוּר
Transliteration
bāḥûr
Pronunciation
baw-khoor'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Participle passive of בָּחַר (H977)
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TWOT Reference: 231a

Strong’s Definitions

בָּחוּר bâchûwr, baw-khoor'; or בָּחֻר bâchur; participle passive of H977; properly, selected, i.e. a youth (often collective):—(choice) young (man), chosen, × hole.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 45x

The KJV translates Strong's H970 in the following manner: young man (42x), the chosen (1x), young (1x), not translated (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 45x
The KJV translates Strong's H970 in the following manner: young man (42x), the chosen (1x), young (1x), not translated (1x).

  1. youth, young man

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בָּחוּר bâchûwr, baw-khoor'; or בָּחֻר bâchur; participle passive of H977; properly, selected, i.e. a youth (often collective):—(choice) young (man), chosen, × hole.
STRONGS H970: Abbreviations
† בָּחוּר noun masculine young man Isaiah 62:5 + 7 times; plural בַּחוּרִים (intensive with daghesh forte implicit) Proverbs 20:29 + 13 times; construct בַּחוּרֵי Ezekiel 23:6 + 4 times; suffix בַּחוּרַי etc. Lamentations 1:18 + 16 times; — young man (choice, in the prime of manhood) 1 Samuel 9:2; Ecclesiastes 11:9; Isaiah 62:5; collective young men Jeremiah 15:8; בָּחוּר וּבְתוּלָה young men and virgins Deuteronomy 32:25; 2 Chronicles 36:17; Jeremiah 51:22; Ezekiel 9:6; usually plural Judges 14:10; Ruth 3:10; 1 Samuel 8:16; 2 Kings 8:12; 2 Chronicles 36:17; Proverbs 20:29; Isaiah 9:17; Isaiah 31:8; Isaiah 40:30; Jeremiah 6:11; Jeremiah 9:20; Jeremiah 11:22; Jeremiah 18:21; Jeremiah 48:15; Jeremiah 49:26; Jeremiah 50:3; Jeremiah 51:3; Lamentations 1:15; Lamentations 5:13, 14; Ezekiel 33:6, 12, 23; Ezekiel 30:17; Joel 3:1; Amos 2:11; Amos 4:10; || בתולות Psalm 78:63; Psalm 148:12; Isaiah 23:4; Jeremiah 31:13; Lamentations 1:18; Lamentations 2:21; Amos 8:13; Zechariah 9:17.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Deuteronomy

32:25

Judges

14:10

Ruth

3:10

1 Samuel

8:16; 9:2

2 Kings

8:12

2 Chronicles

36:17; 36:17

Psalms

78:63; 148:12

Proverbs

20:29; 20:29

Ecclesiastes

11:9

Isaiah

9:17; 23:4; 31:8; 40:30; 62:5; 62:5

Jeremiah

6:11; 9:20; 11:22; 15:8; 18:21; 31:13; 48:15; 49:26; 50:3; 51:3; 51:22

Lamentations

1:15; 1:18; 1:18; 2:21; 5:13; 5:14

Ezekiel

9:6; 23:6; 30:17; 33:6; 33:12; 33:23

Joel

3:1

Amos

2:11; 4:10; 8:13

Zechariah

9:17

H970

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H970 matches the Hebrew בָּחוּר (bāḥûr),
which occurs 12 times in 12 verses in 'Jer' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:11 - Therefore I am full of the fury of the LORD; I am weary with holding in: I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and upon the assembly of young men H970 together: for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him that is full of days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:21 - For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men H970 from the streets.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 11:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:22 - Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will punish them: the young men H970 shall die by the sword; their sons and their daughters shall die by famine:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:8 - Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men H970 a spoiler at noonday: I have caused him to fall upon it suddenly, and terrors upon the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 18:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:21 - Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men H970 be slain by the sword in battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:13 - Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men H970 and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:15 - Moab is spoiled, and gone up out of her cities, and his chosen young men H970 are gone down to the slaughter, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:26 - Therefore her young men H970 shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD of hosts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:30 - Therefore shall her young men H970 fall in the streets, and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:44

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:44 - Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan unto the habitation of the strong: but I will make them suddenly run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:3 - Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against him that lifteth himself up in his brigandine: and spare ye not her young men; H970 destroy ye utterly all her host.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:22 - With thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man H970 and the maid;
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