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Hebrew-Aramaic
H977

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Original: בּחר
Transliteration: bachar (bâchar)
Phonetic: baw-khar'
BDB Definition:
  1. to choose, elect, decide for
    1. (Qal) to choose
    2. (Niphal) to be chosen
    3. (Pual) to be chosen, selected
Origin: a primitive root
TWOT entry: 231
Part(s) of speech: Verb
Strong's Definition: A primitive root; properly to try, that is, (by implication) select: - acceptable, appoint, choose (choice), excellent, join, be rather, require.
Occurrences in the (KJV) King James Version:
All Occurrences (172x)
1
A Chosen (2x)
2
Against Yourselves That Ye Have Chosen (1x)
3
And Choose (4x)
4
And Chose (3x)
5
And Did Choose (1x)
6
And Did I Choose (1x)
7
And Did Not Choose (1x)
8
And Have Chosen (1x)
9
And He Shall Choose (1x)
10
And Let Them Choose (1x)
11
And Shall Choose (1x)
12
And Shall Yet Choose (1x)
13
And Thou Choosest (1x)
14
And Will Yet Choose (1x)
15
But Chose (1x)
16
But I Have Chosen (1x)
17
Choice (2x)
18
Choose (5x)
19
Choose Out (1x)
20
Choose Us Out (1x)
21
Chooseth (3x)
22
Chose (4x)
23
Chose Out (1x)
24
Chosen (15x)
25
Chosen Men (1x)
26
Did Choose (1x)
27
Doth Choose (1x)
28
Excellent (1x)
29
For He Hath Chosen (1x)
30
For I Have Chosen (2x)
31
For Now Have I Chosen (1x)
32
For This Hast Thou Chosen (1x)
33
Had Chosen (1x)
34
Hath Chosen (13x)
35
Hath Not Chosen (1x)
36
He Chose (2x)
37
He Chose Out (1x)
38
He Hath Chosen (2x)
39
He Shall Choose (2x)
40
I Also Will Choose (1x)
41
I Chose (3x)
42
I Had Rather (1x)
43
I Have Chosen (3x)
44
Joined (1x)
45
Let Me Now Choose Out (1x)
46
Let Us Choose (1x)
47
Me; For I Have Chosen (1x)
48
Might Be There; And Have Chosen (1x)
49
Might Be There; Neither Chose (1x)
50
Might Be Therein; But I Chose (1x)
51
More Acceptable (1x)
52
Of All The Choice (2x)
53
Of All Which They Chose (1x)
54
Or Whether Thou Choose (1x)
55
Rather Than Choice (1x)
56
Rather To Be Chosen (2x)
57
Sake Which I Have Chosen (1x)
58
Sake, Whom I Chose (1x)
59
Shall Appoint (1x)
60
Shall Be Chosen (1x)
61
Shall Choose (17x)
62
Than Choice (1x)
63
That Hath Chosen (1x)
64
That I Have Chosen (3x)
65
That Thou Hast Chosen (1x)
66
That Ye Have Chosen (1x)
67
Them, And He Chose (1x)
68
Therefore Choose (1x)
69
Therefore He Chose (1x)
70
They Chose (1x)
71
Thou Choosest (1x)
72
Unto Thee: And Whatsoever Thou Shalt Require (1x)
73
Upon You, Nor Choose (1x)
74
When I Chose (1x)
75
Which Chose (1x)
76
Which He Shall Choose (4x)
77
Which He Should Choose (1x)
78
Which I Have Chosen (5x)
79
Which Thou Hast Chosen (5x)
80
Which Ye Have Chosen (1x)
81
Which Ye Shall Have Chosen (1x)
82
Who Didst Choose (1x)
83
Whom He Had Chosen (1x)
84
Whom He Hath Chosen (1x)
85
Whom I Have Chosen (4x)
86
Whom I Shall Choose (1x)
87
Whom Ye Have Chosen (1x)
88
Yea, They Have Chosen (1x)
All Occurrences
Proverbs 21:3
To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
Proverbs 22:1
A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.(a)
Ecclesiastes 9:4
For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
Song of Solomon 5:15
His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.
Isaiah 1:29
For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.
Isaiah 7:15
Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.
Isaiah 7:16
For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings.
Isaiah 14:1
For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.
Isaiah 40:20
He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved.(n)
Isaiah 41:8
But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
Isaiah 41:9
Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away.
Isaiah 41:24
Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you.(n) (o)
Isaiah 43:10
Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord , and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.(b)
Isaiah 44:1
Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen:
Isaiah 44:2
Thus saith the Lord that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen.
Isaiah 48:10
Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.(b)
Isaiah 49:7
Thus saith the Lord , the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the Lord that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.(e)
Isaiah 56:4
For thus saith the Lord unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant;
Isaiah 58:5
Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the Lord ?(d)
Isaiah 58:6
Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?(e) (f)
Isaiah 65:12
Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose that wherein I delighted not.
Isaiah 66:3
He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog’s neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine’s blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations.(a) (b)
Isaiah 66:4
I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not.(c)
Jeremiah 8:3
And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of them that remain of this evil family, which remain in all the places whither I have driven them, saith the Lord of hosts.
Jeremiah 33:24
Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the Lord hath chosen, he hath even cast them off? thus they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them.
Jeremiah 49:19
Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him 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?(g)
Jeremiah 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?(o)
Ezekiel 20:5
And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God ; In the day when I chose Israel, and lifted up mine hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up mine hand unto them, saying, I am the Lord your God;(b)
Haggai 2:23
In that day, saith the Lord of hosts, will I take thee, O Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith the Lord , and will make thee as a signet: for I have chosen thee, saith the Lord of hosts.
Zechariah 1:17
Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the Lord shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.(d)
Zechariah 2:12
And the Lord shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again.
Zechariah 3:2
And the Lord said unto Satan, The Lord rebuke thee, O Satan; even the Lord that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?

Brown-Driver-Brigg's Information

All of the original Hebrew and Aramaic words are arranged by the numbering system from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible. In some cases more than one form of the word — such as the masculine and feminine forms of a noun — may be listed.

Each entry is a Hebrew word, unless it is designated as Aramaic. Immediately after each word is given its equivalent in English letters, according to a system of transliteration. Then follows the phonetic. Next follows the Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definitions given in English.

Then ensues a reference to the same word as found in Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament (TWOT), by R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, Jr., and Bruce K. Waltke. This section makes an association between the unique number used by TWOT with the Strong's number.

Thayers Information

All of the original Greek words are arranged by the numbering system from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible. The Strong's numbering system arranges most Greek words by their alphabetical order. This renders reference easy without recourse to the Greek characters. In some cases more than one form of the word - such as the masculine, feminine, and neuter forms of a noun - may be listed.

Immediately after each word is given its exact equivalent in English letters, according to the system of transliteration laid down in the scheme here following. Then follows the phonetic. Next follows the Thayer's Definitions given in English.

Then ensues a reference to the same word as found in the ten-volume Theological Dictionary of the New Testament (TDNT), edited by Gerhard Kittel. Both volume and page numbers cite where the word may be found.

The presence of an asterisk indicates that the corresponding entry in the Theological Dictionary of the New Testament may appear in a different form than that displayed in Thayers' Greek Definitions.

Strong's Hebrew and Greek Dictionaries Information

Dictionaries of Hebrew and Greek Words taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance by James Strong, S.T.D., LL.D., 1890.

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