Strong's Lexicon

H970

H970 — בָּחוּר בָּחוּר

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewbachuwrnoun mascOccurrences: 64TWOT: 231a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H970
Word:בָּחוּר בָּחוּר
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:participle passive of H977
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:64
Transliteration:bachuwr
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:baw-khoor' (or bachur {baw-khoor'}) n-m.
Meaning:1. (properly) selected 2. a youth (often collective)
KJV Renderings:(choice) young (man), chosen, X hole.

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בָּחוּר noun masculine young man Isa 62:5 + 7 t.; plural בַּחוּרִים (intensive with daghesh forte implicit) Prov 20:29 + 13 t.; construct בַּחוּרֵי Ezek 23:6 + 4 t.; suffix בַּחוּרַי etc. Lam 1:18 + 16 t.; — young man (choice, in the prime of manhood) 1Sam 9:2; Eccl 11:9; Isa 62:5 collective young men Jer 15:8 בָּחוּר וּבְתוּלָה young men and virgins Deut 32:25; 2Chr 36:17; Jer 51:22; Ezek 9:6 usually plural Judg 14:10 ; Ruth 3:10; 1Sam 8:16; 2Kgs 8:12; 2Chr 36:17; Prov 20:29; Isa 9:17; Isa 31:8; Isa 40:30; Jer 9:20; Jer 11:22; Jer 18:21; Jer 48:15; Jer 49:26; Jer 50:3; Jer 51:3; Jer 5:13; Jer 5:14; Jer 30:17; Joel 3:1; Amos 2:11; Amos 4:10 || בתולות Ps 78:63; Ps 148:12; Isa 23:4; Jer 31:13; Lam 1:18; Lam 2:21; Amos 8:13; Zech 9:17.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

בחור (bah-ghoor’)

Judges 14:10

KJV: So his father went down unto the woman: and Samson made there a feast; for so used the young men to do.
EHCC: for so used the young men to do.

Judges 8:16

KJV: And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.taught: Heb. made to know
EHCC: goodliest young men,

Judges 9:2

KJV: Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, which are threescore and ten persons, reign over you, or that one reign over you? remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.Whether…: Heb. What is good? whether, etc
EHCC: 5 chowee young man, and a goodly:

2 Kings 8:12

KJV: And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child.
EHCC: and their young men .

2 Chronicles 36:17

KJV: Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand.
EHCC: who slew their young men

Psalms 78:3

KJV: Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
EHCC: l.and smote down the chosen (men) of

Psalms 148:12

KJV: Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children:
EHCC: Both young men, and maidens ;

Proverbs 20:29

KJV: The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head.
EHCC: The glory of young men

Isaiah 9:17

KJV: Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.folly: or, villany
EHCC: ( 16). bave סת joy in their young men,

Isaiah 28:4

KJV: And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit before the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.eateth: Heb. swalloweth
EHCC: neither do 1 nourish up young men,

Isaiah 40:30

KJV: Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
EHCC: and the young men shall utterly fall:

Isaiah 42:29

EHCC: (they are) all of them snared tn Aoles, [as

Isaiah 62:5

KJV: For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.as the…: Heb. with the joy of the bridegroom
EHCC: For (as) a young man marrieth

Jeremiah 6:11

KJV: Therefore I am full of the fury of the Lord; I am weary with holding in: I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and upon the assembly of young men together: for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him that is full of days.
EHCC: the assembly of young men

Jeremiah 9:21

KJV: For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets.
EHCC: (20). the young men from the streets.

Jeremiah 11:22

KJV: Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, Behold, I will punish them: the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their daughters shall die by famine:punish: Heb. visit upon
EHCC: the young men shall die by the sword;

Jeremiah 15:8

KJV: Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler at noonday: I have caused him to fall upon it suddenly, and terrors upon the city.the mother…: or, the mother city a young man spoiling, etc, or, the mother and the young men
EHCC: the mother of the young men

Jeremiah 18:21

KJV: Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.pour…: Heb. pour them out
EHCC: their young men (be) slain

Jeremiah 31:13

KJV: Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.
EHCC: both young men and old together:

Jeremiah 48:15

KJV: Moab is spoiled, and gone up out of her cities, and his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, saith the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts.his…: Heb. the choice of
EHCC: his chosen young men

Jeremiah 49:26

KJV: Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the Lord of hosts.
EHCC: her young men shall fall

Jeremiah 50:30

KJV: Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the Lord.
EHCC: Therefore shall her young men fall

Lamentations 1:15

KJV: The Lord hath trodden under foot all my mighty men in the midst of me: he hath called an assembly against me to crush my young men: the Lord hath trodden the virgin, the daughter of Judah, as in a winepress.the virgin…: or, the winepress of the virgin, etc
EHCC: to crush my young men:

Lamentations 2:21

KJV: The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, and not pitied.
EHCC: and my young men are fallen

Lamentations 5:13

KJV: They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.
EHCC: They took res, men

Ezekiel 9:6

KJV: Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house.utterly: Heb. to destruction
EHCC: Slay utterly old (and) young, |

Ezekiel 28:6

KJV: Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God;
EHCC: 12,23.all of them desirable young mes, |

Ezekiel 30:17

KJV: The young men of Aven and of Pi–beseth shall fall by the sword: and these cities shall go into captivity.Aven: or, HeliopolisPi–beseth: or, Pubastum
EHCC: The young men of Aven |

Joel 2:28

KJV: And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
EHCC: (3:1).your young men shall see visions:

Amos 2:11

KJV: And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the Lord.
EHCC: and of your young men for Nazarites.

Amos 4:10

KJV: I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your young men have I slain with the sword, and have taken away your horses; and I have made the stink of your camps to come up unto your nostrils: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord.after…: or, in the wayand have…: Heb. with the captivity of your horses
EHCC: your young men have I slain |

Amos 8:33

EHCC: and young men faint for thirst, /

Zechariah 9:17

KJV: For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.cheerful: or, grow, or, speak
EHCC: make the young men chearful, |
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