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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 169 times in 161 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 4 (2Ch 25:5–Isa 58:6)

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:5 - Moreover, Amaziah H558 assembled H6908 Judah H3063 and appointed H5975 them according to their fathers’ H1 households H1004 under commanders H8269 of thousands H505 and commanders H8269 of hundreds H3967 throughout H3605 Judah H3063 and Benjamin; H1144 and he [fn]took H6485 a census H6485 of those from twenty H6242 years H8141 old H1121 and upward H4605 and found H4672 them to be 300,000 H7969 H3967 H505 choice H970 men, able to go H3318 to war H6635 and handle H270 spear H7420 and shield. H6793
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:11 - “My sons, H1121 do not be negligent H7951 now, H6258 for the LORD H3068 has chosen H977 you to stand H5975 before H6440 Him, to minister H8334 to Him, and to be His ministers H8334 and burn H6999 incense.” H6999
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:7 - Then he put H7760 the carved H6459 image H6459 of the idol H5566 which H834 he had made H6213 in the house H1004 of God, H430 of which H834 God H430 had said H559 to David H1732 and to Solomon H8010 his son, H1121 “In this H2088 house H1004 and in Jerusalem, H3389 which H834 I have chosen H977 from all H3605 the tribes H7626 of Israel, H3478 I will put H7760 My name H8034 forever; H5769
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:9 - but if you return H7725 to Me and keep H8104 My commandments H4687 and do H6213 them, though H518 those of you who have been scattered H5080 were in the most H7097 remote H7097 part H7097 of the heavens, H8064 I will gather H6908 them from there H8033 and will bring H935 them to the place H4725 where H834 H8033 I have chosen H977 to cause My name H8034 to dwell.’ H7931
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:7 - “You are the LORD H3068 God, H430
Who H834 chose H977 Abram H87
And brought H3318 him out from Ur H218 of the Chaldees, H3778
And gave H7760 him the name H8034 Abraham. H85
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:15 - So that my soul H5315 would choose H977 suffocation, H4267
Death H4194 rather H4480 than H4480 my [fn]pains. H6106
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:14 - “How H637 then H637 H3588 can I [fn]answer H6030 Him,
And choose H977 my words H1697 [fn]before H5973 Him?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:5 - “For your guilt H5771 teaches H502 your mouth, H6310
And you choose H977 the language H3956 of the crafty. H6175
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:25 - “I chose H977 a way H1870 for them and sat H3427 as chief, H7218
And dwelt H7931 as a king H4428 among the troops, H1416
As one who H834 comforted H5162 the mourners. H57
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:4 - “Let us choose H977 for ourselves what H4941 is right; H4941
Let us know H3045 among H996 ourselves what H4100 is good. H2896
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:33 - “Shall He recompense H7999 on your terms, H5973 because H3588 you have rejected H3988 it?
For you must choose, H977 and not I;
Therefore declare H1696 what H4100 you know. H3045
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:21 - “Be careful, H8104 do not turn H6437 to evil, H205
For you have preferred H977 this H2088 to affliction. H6040
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:12 - Who H4310 is the man H376 who fears H3372 the LORD? H3068
He will instruct H3384 him in the way H1870 he should choose. H977
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:12 - Blessed H835 is the nation H1471 whose H834 God H430 is the LORD, H3068
The people H5971 whom He has chosen H977 for His own inheritance. H5159
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 47:4 - He chooses H977 our inheritance H5159 for us,
The glory H1347 of Jacob H3290 whom H834 He loves. H157 [fn]Selah. H5542
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:4 - How blessed H835 is the one whom You choose H977 and bring H7126 near H7126 to You
To dwell H7931 in Your courts. H2691
We will be satisfied H7646 with the goodness H2898 of Your house, H1004
Your holy H6918 temple. H1964
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:67 - He also rejected H3988 the tent H168 of Joseph, H3130
And did not choose H977 the tribe H7626 of Ephraim, H669
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:68 - But chose H977 the tribe H7626 of Judah, H3063
Mount H2022 Zion H6726 which H834 He loved. H157
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:70 - He also chose H977 David H1732 His servant H5650
And took H3947 him from the sheepfolds; H6629 H4356
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:10 - For a day H3117 in Your courts H2691 is better H2896 than H4480 a thousand H505 outside.
I would rather stand H5605 at the threshold H5605 of the house H1004 of my God H430
Than H4480 dwell H1752 in the tents H168 of wickedness. H7562
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:26 - He sent H7971 Moses H4872 His servant, H5650
And Aaron, H175 whom H834 He had chosen. H977
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:30 - I have chosen H977 the faithful H530 way; H1870
I have [fn]placed H7737 Your ordinances H4941 before me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:173 - Let Your hand H3027 be [fn]ready to help H5826 me,
For I have chosen H977 Your precepts. H6490
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:13 - For the LORD H3068 has chosen H977 Zion; H6726
He has desired H183 it for His habitation. H4186
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:4 - For [fn]the LORD H3050 has chosen H977 Jacob H3290 for Himself,
Israel H3478 for His [fn]own possession. H5459
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:29 - Because H8478 H3588 they hated H8130 knowledge H1847
And did not choose H977 the fear H3374 of the LORD. H3068
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:31 - Do not envy H7065 a man H376 of violence H2555
And do not choose H977 any H3605 of his ways. H1870
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:10 - “Take H3947 my instruction H4148 and not silver, H3701
And knowledge H1847 rather H4480 than H4480 choicest H977 gold. H2742
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:19 - “My fruit H6529 is better H2896 than H4480 gold, H2742 even pure H6337 gold, H6337
And my yield H8393 better than H4480 choicest H977 silver. H3701
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:20 - The tongue H3956 of the righteous H6662 is as choice H977 silver, H3701
The heart H3820 of the wicked H7563 is worth little. H4592
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:16 - How H4100 much better H2896 it is to get H7069 wisdom H2451 than H4480 gold! H2742
And to get H7069 understanding H998 is to be chosen H977 above H4480 silver. H3701
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:3 - To do H6213 righteousness H6666 and justice H4941
Is desired H977 by the LORD H3068 more H4480 than H4480 sacrifice. H2077
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:1 - A good name H8034 is to be more H4480 desired H977 than H4480 great H7227 wealth, H6239
Favor H2580 is better H2896 than H4480 silver H3701 and gold. H2091
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:15 - “His legs H7785 are pillars H5982 of alabaster H8336
Set H3245 on pedestals H134 of pure H6337 gold; H6337
His appearance H4758 is like Lebanon H3844
Choice H977 as the cedars. H730
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:29 - Surely H3588 [fn]you will be ashamed H954 of the [fn]oaks H352 which H834 you have desired, H2530
And you will be embarrassed H2659 at the gardens H1593 which H834 you have chosen. H977
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:15 - “He will eat H398 curds H2529 and honey H1706 [fn]at the time He knows H3045 enough to refuse H3988 evil H7451 and choose H977 good. H2896
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:16 - “For before H2962 the boy H5288 will know H3045 enough to refuse H3988 evil H7451 and choose H977 good, H2896 the land H127 whose H834 two H8147 kings H4428 you dread H6973 will be forsaken. H5800
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:1 - When H3588 the LORD H3068 will have H7355 compassion H7355 on Jacob H3290 and again H5750 choose H977 Israel, H3478 and settle H5117 them in their own land, H127 then strangers H1616 will join H3867 them and attach H5596 themselves to the house H1004 of Jacob. H3290
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:20 - He who is too impoverished H5532 for such an offering H8641
Selects H977 a tree H6086 that does not rot; H7537
He seeks H1245 out for himself a skillful H2450 craftsman H2796
To [fn]prepare H3559 [fn]an idol H6459 that will not totter. H4131
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:8 - “But you, Israel, H3478 My servant, H5650
Jacob H3290 whom H834 I have chosen, H977
Descendant H2233 of Abraham H85 My friend, H157
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:9 - You whom H834 I have [fn]taken H2388 from the ends H7098 of the earth, H776
And called H7121 from its remotest H678 parts H678
And said H559 to you, ‘You are My servant, H5650
I have chosen H977 you and not rejected H3988 you.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:24 - Behold, H2005 you are of [fn]no H369 account, H369
And your work H6467 amounts to nothing; H657
He who chooses H977 you is an abomination. H8441
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:10 - “You are My witnesses,” H5707 declares H5002 the LORD, H3068
“And My servant H5650 whom H834 I have chosen, H977
So that you may know H3045 and believe H539 Me
And understand H995 that I am He.
Before H6440 Me there was no H3808 God H410 formed, H3335
And there will be none H3808 after H310 Me.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:1 - “But now H6258 listen, H8085 O Jacob, H3290 My servant, H5650
And Israel, H3478 whom I have chosen: H977
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:2 - Thus H3541 says H559 the LORD H3068 who made H6213 you
And formed H3335 you from the womb, H990 who will help H5826 you,
‘Do not fear, H3372 O Jacob H3290 My servant; H5650
And you Jeshurun H3484 whom I have chosen. H977
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:10 - “Behold, H2009 I have refined H6884 you, but not as silver; H3701
I have tested H977 you in the furnace H3564 of affliction. H6040
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:7 - Thus H3541 says H559 the LORD, H3068 the Redeemer H1350 of Israel H3478 and its Holy H6918 One, H6918
To the despised H960 One,
To the One abhorred H8581 by the nation, H1471
To the Servant H5650 of rulers, H4910
“Kings H4428 will see H7200 and arise, H6965
Princes H8269 will also bow H7812 down, H7812
Because H4616 of the LORD H3068 who H834 is faithful, H539 the Holy H6918 One H6918 of Israel H3478 who has chosen H977 You.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:4 - For thus H3541 says H559 the LORD, H3068
“To the eunuchs H5631 who H834 keep H8104 My sabbaths, H7676
And choose H977 what H834 pleases H2654 Me,
And hold H2388 fast H2388 My covenant, H1285
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:5 - “Is it a fast H6685 like this H2088 which I choose, H977 a day H3117 for a man H120 to humble H6031 himself? H5315
Is it for bowing H3721 [fn]one’s head H7218 like a reed H100
And for spreading H3331 out sackcloth H8242 and ashes H665 as a bed?
Will you call H7121 this H2088 a fast, H6685 even an acceptable H7522 day H3117 to the LORD? H3068
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:6 - “Is this H2088 not the fast H6685 which I choose, H977
To loosen H6605 the bonds H2784 of wickedness, H7562
To undo H5425 the bands H92 of the yoke, H4133
And to let H7971 the oppressed H7533 go H7971 free H2670
And break H5423 every H3605 yoke? H4133

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