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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 -

But I am full of the wrath of the LORD;

I am weary of holding it in.

“Pour it out on the children in the street

And on the [fn]gathering of young H970 men H970 together;

For both husband and wife shall be taken,

The old [fn]and the very old.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:21 -

For death has come up through our windows;

It has entered our palaces

To eliminate the children from the streets,

The young H970 men H970 from the public squares.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 11:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:22 - therefore, this is what the LORD of armies says: “Behold, I am going to punish them! The young H970 men H970 will die by the sword, their sons and daughters will die by famine;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:8 -

“Their widows will be more numerous before Me

Than the sand of the seas;

I will bring against them, against the mother of a young H970 man H970,

A destroyer at noon;

I will suddenly bring down on her

Shock and horror.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 18:21

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Therefore, give their children over to famine

And turn them over to the [fn]power of the sword;

And let their wives become childless and widowed.

Let their men also be slaughtered to death,

Their young H970 men H970 struck and killed by the sword in battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:13 -

“Then the virgin will rejoice in the dance,

And the young H970 men H970 and the old together;

For I will turn their mourning into joy

And comfort them, and give them joy for their sorrow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:15 -

“Moab has been destroyed and [fn]men have gone up to [fn]his cities;

His choicest [fn]young H970 men H970 have also gone down to the slaughter,”

Declares the King, whose name is the LORD of armies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:26 -

“Therefore, her young H970 men H970 will fall in her streets,

And all the men of war will perish on that day,” declares the LORD of armies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:30 -

“Therefore her young H970 men H970 will fall in her streets,

And all her men of war will perish on that day,” declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:44

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:44 -

“Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thicket of the Jordan to a perennially watered pasture; for in an instant I will chase them away from it, and I will appoint over it whoever is chosen. For who is like Me, and who will summon Me into court? And who then is the shepherd who can stand against Me?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:3 -

“Let not [fn]him who [fn]bends his bow [fn]bend it,

Nor let him rise up in his coat of armor.

Do not spare her young H970 men H970;

Devote all her army to destruction.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:22 -

And with you I shatter man and woman,

And with you I shatter the old man and youth,

And with you I shatter the young H970 man H970 and virgin,

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