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 Chronicles 13:17

And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.

2 Chronicles 25:5

Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to the houses of their fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and above, and found them three hundred thousand choice men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield.

2 Chronicles 29:11

My sons, be not now negligent: for the Lord hath chosen you to stand before him, to serve him, and that ye should minister unto him, and burn incense.(c)

(d)

2 Chronicles 33:7

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

Nehemiah 1:9

But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there.

Nehemiah 9:7

Thou art the Lord the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;

Job 7:15

So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.(g)

Job 9:14

How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him?

Job 15:5

For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.(d)

Job 29:25

I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.

Job 34:4

Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good.

Job 34:33

Should it be according to thy mind? he will recompense it, whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: therefore speak what thou knowest.(m)

Job 36:21

Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.

Psalm 25:12

What man is he that feareth the Lord ? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.

Psalm 33:12

Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord ; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.

Psalm 47:4

He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.

Psalm 65:4

Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple.

Psalm 78:67

Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:

Psalm 78:68

But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.

Psalm 78:70

He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:

Psalm 84:10

For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.(e)

Psalm 89:19

Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.

Psalm 105:26

He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen.

Psalm 119:30

I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me.

Psalm 119:173

Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts.

Psalm 132:13

For the Lord hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.

Psalm 135:4

For the Lord hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure.

Proverbs 1:29

For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord :

Proverbs 3:31

Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.(i)

Proverbs 8:10

Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.

Proverbs 8:19

My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver.

Proverbs 10:20

The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.

Proverbs 16:16

How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!

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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