Strong's Concordance

Hebrew-Aramaic
H977

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Original: בּחר

Transliteration: bachar (bâchar)

Phonetic: baw-khar'

BDB Definition:

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)

A Chosen (2x)

Against Yourselves That Ye Have Chosen (1x)

And Choose (4x)

And Chose (3x)

And Did Choose (1x)

And Did I Choose (1x)

And Did Not Choose (1x)

And Have Chosen (1x)

And He Shall Choose (1x)

And Let Them Choose (1x)

And Shall Choose (1x)

And Shall Yet Choose (1x)

And Thou Choosest (1x)

And Will Yet Choose (1x)

But Chose (1x)

But I Have Chosen (1x)

Choice (2x)

Choose (5x)

Choose Out (1x)

Choose Us Out (1x)

Chooseth (3x)

Chose (4x)

Chose Out (1x)

Chosen (15x)

Chosen Men (1x)

Did Choose (1x)

Doth Choose (1x)

Excellent (1x)

For He Hath Chosen (1x)

For I Have Chosen (2x)

For Now Have I Chosen (1x)

For This Hast Thou Chosen (1x)

Had Chosen (1x)

Hath Chosen (13x)

Hath Not Chosen (1x)

He Chose (2x)

He Chose Out (1x)

He Hath Chosen (2x)

He Shall Choose (2x)

I Also Will Choose (1x)

I Chose (3x)

I Had Rather (1x)

I Have Chosen (3x)

Joined (1x)

Let Me Now Choose Out (1x)

Let Us Choose (1x)

Me; For I Have Chosen (1x)

Might Be There; And Have Chosen (1x)

Might Be There; Neither Chose (1x)

Might Be Therein; But I Chose (1x)

More Acceptable (1x)

Of All The Choice (2x)

Of All Which They Chose (1x)

Or Whether Thou Choose (1x)

Rather Than Choice (1x)

Rather To Be Chosen (2x)

Sake Which I Have Chosen (1x)

Sake, Whom I Chose (1x)

Shall Appoint (1x)

Shall Be Chosen (1x)

Shall Choose (17x)

Than Choice (1x)

That Hath Chosen (1x)

That I Have Chosen (3x)

That Thou Hast Chosen (1x)

That Ye Have Chosen (1x)

Them, And He Chose (1x)

Therefore Choose (1x)

Therefore He Chose (1x)

They Chose (1x)

Thou Choosest (1x)

Unto Thee: And Whatsoever Thou Shalt Require (1x)

Upon You, Nor Choose (1x)

When I Chose (1x)

Which Chose (1x)

Which He Shall Choose (4x)

Which He Should Choose (1x)

Which I Have Chosen (5x)

Which Thou Hast Chosen (5x)

Which Ye Have Chosen (1x)

Which Ye Shall Have Chosen (1x)

Who Didst Choose (1x)

Whom He Had Chosen (1x)

Whom He Hath Chosen (1x)

Whom I Have Chosen (4x)

Whom I Shall Choose (1x)

Whom Ye Have Chosen (1x)

Yea, They Have Chosen (1x)

All Occurrences

Deuteronomy 18:6

And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourned, and come with all the desire of his mind unto the place which the Lord shall choose;

Deuteronomy 21:5

And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them the Lord thy God hath chosen to minister unto him, and to bless in the name of the Lord ; and by their word shall every controversy and every stroke be tried:(a)

Deuteronomy 23:16

He shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best: thou shalt not oppress him.(e)

Deuteronomy 26:2

That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that the Lord thy God giveth thee, and shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which the Lord thy God shall choose to place his name there.

Deuteronomy 30:19

I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:

Deuteronomy 31:11

When all Israel is come to appear before the Lord thy God in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing.

Joshua 8:3

So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men of valour, and sent them away by night.

Joshua 9:27

And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the Lord , even unto this day, in the place which he should choose.(e)

Joshua 24:15

And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord , choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord .

Joshua 24:22

And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen you the Lord , to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses.

Judges 5:8

They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?

Judges 10:14

Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation.

Judges 20:15

And the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of the cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, beside the inhabitants of Gibeah, which were numbered seven hundred chosen men.

Judges 20:16

Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded; every one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and not miss.

Judges 20:34

And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was sore: but they knew not that evil was near them.

1 Samuel 2:28

And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer upon mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings made by fire of the children of Israel?

1 Samuel 8:18

And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the Lord will not hear you in that day.

1 Samuel 10:24

And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom the Lord hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, God save the king.(i)

1 Samuel 12:13

Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye have desired! and, behold, the Lord hath set a king over you.

1 Samuel 13:2

Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Beth–el, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.

1 Samuel 16:8

Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the Lord chosen this.

1 Samuel 16:9

Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the Lord chosen this.(e)

1 Samuel 16:10

Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel said unto Jesse, The Lord hath not chosen these.

1 Samuel 17:40

And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd’s bag which he had, even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine.(p)

(q)

1 Samuel 20:30

Then Saul’s anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and unto the confusion of thy mother’s nakedness?(o)

1 Samuel 24:2

Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats.

1 Samuel 26:2

Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.

2 Samuel 6:1

Again, David gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.

2 Samuel 6:21

And David said unto Michal, It was before the Lord , which chose me before thy father, and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the Lord , over Israel: therefore will I play before the Lord .

2 Samuel 10:9

When Joab saw that the front of the battle was against him before and behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians:

2 Samuel 15:15

And the king’s servants said unto the king, Behold, thy servants are ready to do whatsoever my lord the king shall appoint.(d)

2 Samuel 16:18

And Hushai said unto Absalom, Nay; but whom the Lord , and this people, and all the men of Israel, choose, his will I be, and with him will I abide.

2 Samuel 17:1

Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:

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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.

Strong's Concor­dance

Hebrew-Aramaic H977

Brown-Driver-Brigg's Information

Thayers Information

Strong's Hebrew and Greek Dictionaries Information

Strong's Concordance

Hebrew-Aramaic
H977