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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.
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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 of his sons be given to us, so that we may hang them before the LORD at Gibeah of Saul, the chosen 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 offspring of Israel his servant,
children of Jacob, his chosen ones!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:3 - You have 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 offspring of Abraham, his servant,
children of Jacob, his chosen ones!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:43

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:43 - So he brought his people out with joy,
his chosen ones with singing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:5 - that I may look upon 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 Box Psa 106:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:23 - Therefore he said he would destroy them—
had not Moses, his chosen one,
stood in the breach before him,
to turn away his wrath from destroying them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 42:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:1 - Behold my servant, whom I uphold,
my chosen, 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 wild beasts will honor me,
the jackals and the ostriches,
for I give water in the wilderness,
rivers in the desert,
to give drink to my chosen people,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:4 - For the sake of my servant Jacob,
and Israel my chosen,
I call you by your name,
I name you, though you do not know me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 65:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:9 - I will bring forth offspring from Jacob,
and from Judah possessors of my mountains;
my chosen shall possess it,
and my servants shall dwell there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 65:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:15 - You shall leave your name to my chosen for a curse,
and the Lord GOD will put you to death,
but his servants he will call by another name,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 65:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:22 - They shall not build and another inhabit;
they shall not plant and another eat;
for like the days of a tree shall the days of my people be,
and my chosen shall long enjoy[fn] the work of their hands.
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