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

2 Samuel 19:38

And the king answered, Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do to him that which shall seem good unto thee: and whatsoever thou shalt require of me, that will I do for thee.(i)

2 Samuel 24:12

Go and say unto David, Thus saith the Lord , I offer thee three things; choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.

1 Kings 3:8

And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.

1 Kings 8:16

Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an house, that my name might be therein; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.

1 Kings 8:44

If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the Lord toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I have built for thy name:(m)

1 Kings 8:48

And so return unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies, which led them away captive, and pray unto thee toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name:

1 Kings 11:13

Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but will give one tribe to thy son for David my servant’s sake, and for Jerusalem’s sake which I have chosen.

1 Kings 11:32

(But he shall have one tribe for my servant David’s sake, and for Jerusalem’s sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel:)

1 Kings 11:34

Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand: but I will make him prince all the days of his life for David my servant’s sake, whom I chose, because he kept my commandments and my statutes:

1 Kings 11:36

And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a light alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.(j)

1 Kings 12:21

And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin, an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.

1 Kings 14:21

And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the Lord did choose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother’s name was Naamah an Ammonitess.

1 Kings 18:23

Let them therefore give us two bullocks; and let them choose one bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under: and I will dress the other bullock, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under:

1 Kings 18:25

And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and dress it first; for ye are many; and call on the name of your gods, but put no fire under.

2 Kings 21:7

And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the house, of which the Lord said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:

2 Kings 23:27

And the Lord said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and will cast off this city Jerusalem which I have chosen, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there.

1 Chronicles 15:2

Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them hath the Lord chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever.(a)

1 Chronicles 19:10

Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose out of all the choice of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians.(c)

(d)

1 Chronicles 21:10

Go and tell David, saying, Thus saith the Lord , I offer thee three things: choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.(b)

1 Chronicles 28:4

Howbeit the Lord God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever: for he hath chosen Judah to be the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he liked me to make me king over all Israel:

1 Chronicles 28:5

And of all my sons, (for the Lord hath given me many sons,) he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel.

1 Chronicles 28:6

And he said unto me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my house and my courts: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.

1 Chronicles 28:10

Take heed now; for the Lord hath chosen thee to build an house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it.

1 Chronicles 29:1

Furthermore David the king said unto all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great: for the palace is not for man, but for the Lord God.

2 Chronicles 6:5

Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to build an house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to be a ruler over my people Israel:

2 Chronicles 6:6

But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.

2 Chronicles 6:34

If thy people go out to war against their enemies by the way that thou shalt send them, and they pray unto thee toward this city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name;

2 Chronicles 6:38

If they return to thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captives, and pray toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, and toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name:

2 Chronicles 7:12

And the Lord appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for an house of sacrifice.

2 Chronicles 7:16

For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for ever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.

2 Chronicles 11:1

And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he gathered of the house of Judah and Benjamin an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against Israel, that he might bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam.

2 Chronicles 12:13

So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the Lord had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother’s name was Naamah an Ammonitess.

2 Chronicles 13:3

And Abijah set the battle in array with an army of valiant men of war, even four hundred thousand chosen men: Jeroboam also set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, being mighty men of valour.(a)

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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