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Lexicon :: Strong's H972 - bāḥîr

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בָּחִיר
Transliteration
bāḥîr
Pronunciation
baw-kheer'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 231c

Strong’s Definitions

בָּחִיר bâchîyr, baw-kheer'; from H977; select:—choose, chosen one, elect.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x

The KJV translates Strong's H972 in the following manner: chosen (8x), elect (4x), chose (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x
The KJV translates Strong's H972 in the following manner: chosen (8x), elect (4x), chose (1x).

  1. chosen, choice one, chosen one, elect (of God)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בָּחִיר bâchîyr, baw-kheer'; from H977; select:—choose, chosen one, elect.
STRONGS H972: Abbreviations
† [בָּחִיר] noun masculine chosen, construct בְּחִיר 2 Samuel 21:6 (but We Dr בְּהַר י׳); suffix בְּחִירָיו 1 Chronicles 16:13; Psalm 89:4; Psalm 105:6; Psalm 105:43; Psalm 106:5; Psalm 106:23; Isa3, Isaiah 42:1; Isaiah 43:20; Isaiah 45:4; Isaiah 65:9, 15, 22; always the chosen or elect of Yahweh.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

2 Samuel

21:6

1 Chronicles

16:13

Psalms

89:4; 105:6; 105:43; 106:5; 106:23

Isaiah

42:1; 43:20; 45:4; 65:9; 65:15; 65:22

H972

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Strong's Number H972 matches the Hebrew בָּחִיר (bāḥîr),
which occurs 13 times in 13 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 21:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:6 - let seven men [chosen] from his sons (descendants) be given to us and we will hang them before the LORD [that is, put them on display, impaled with broken legs and arms] in [fn]Gibeah of Saul, the chosen one of the LORD.” And the king said, “I will give them.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:13 -

O seed of Israel His servant,

[fn]Children of Jacob, His chosen ones!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:3 -

[God has said] “I have made a covenant with My chosen one;

I have sworn to David My servant,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:6 -

O you offspring of Abraham, His servant,

O you sons of Jacob, His chosen ones!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:43

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:43 -

He brought out His people with joy,

And His chosen ones with a joyful shout,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:5 -

That I may see the prosperity of Your chosen ones,

That I may rejoice in the gladness of Your nation,

That I may glory with Your inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:23 -

Therefore He said He would destroy them,

[And He would have done so] had not Moses, His chosen one, stepped into the gap before Him,

To turn away His wrath from destroying them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:1 -

“Behold, My [fn]Servant, whom I [fn]uphold;

My Chosen One in whom My soul delights.

I have put My Spirit upon Him;

He will bring forth justice to the nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 43:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:20 -

“The beasts of the field will honor Me,

Jackals and ostriches,

Because I have given waters in the wilderness

And rivers in the desert,

To give drink to My people, My chosen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:4 -

“For the sake of Jacob My servant,

And of Israel My chosen,

I have also called you by your name;

I have given you an honorable name

Though you have not known Me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:9 -

“I will bring forth descendants from Jacob,

And an heir of My mountains from Judah;

Even My chosen ones shall inherit it,

And My servants will live there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:15 -

“And you will leave your name behind to My chosen ones [who will use it] as a curse,

And the Lord GOD will put you to death,

But He will call His servants by another name [a much greater name, just as the name Israel was greater than the name Jacob].

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:22 -

“They will not build and another occupy;

They will not plant and another eat [the fruit].

For as the lifetime of a tree, so will be the days of My people,

And My chosen [people] will fully enjoy [and long make use of] the work of their hands.

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