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Lexicon :: Strong's H970 - bāḥûr

Aa
בָּחוּר
Transliteration
bāḥûr
Pronunciation
baw-khoor'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Participle passive of בָּחַר (H977)
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TWOT Reference: 231a

Strong’s Definitions

בָּחוּר bâchûwr, baw-khoor'; or בָּחֻר bâchur; participle passive of H977; properly, selected, i.e. a youth (often collective):—(choice) young (man), chosen, × hole.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 45x

The KJV translates Strong's H970 in the following manner: young man (42x), the chosen (1x), young (1x), not translated (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 45x
The KJV translates Strong's H970 in the following manner: young man (42x), the chosen (1x), young (1x), not translated (1x).

  1. youth, young man

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בָּחוּר bâchûwr, baw-khoor'; or בָּחֻר bâchur; participle passive of H977; properly, selected, i.e. a youth (often collective):—(choice) young (man), chosen, × hole.
STRONGS H970: Abbreviations
† בָּחוּר noun masculine young man Isaiah 62:5 + 7 times; plural בַּחוּרִים (intensive with daghesh forte implicit) Proverbs 20:29 + 13 times; construct בַּחוּרֵי Ezekiel 23:6 + 4 times; suffix בַּחוּרַי etc. Lamentations 1:18 + 16 times; — young man (choice, in the prime of manhood) 1 Samuel 9:2; Ecclesiastes 11:9; Isaiah 62:5; collective young men Jeremiah 15:8; בָּחוּר וּבְתוּלָה young men and virgins Deuteronomy 32:25; 2 Chronicles 36:17; Jeremiah 51:22; Ezekiel 9:6; usually plural Judges 14:10; Ruth 3:10; 1 Samuel 8:16; 2 Kings 8:12; 2 Chronicles 36:17; Proverbs 20:29; Isaiah 9:17; Isaiah 31:8; Isaiah 40:30; Jeremiah 6:11; Jeremiah 9:20; Jeremiah 11:22; Jeremiah 18:21; Jeremiah 48:15; Jeremiah 49:26; Jeremiah 50:3; Jeremiah 51:3; Lamentations 1:15; Lamentations 5:13, 14; Ezekiel 33:6, 12, 23; Ezekiel 30:17; Joel 3:1; Amos 2:11; Amos 4:10; || בתולות Psalm 78:63; Psalm 148:12; Isaiah 23:4; Jeremiah 31:13; Lamentations 1:18; Lamentations 2:21; Amos 8:13; Zechariah 9:17.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Deuteronomy

32:25

Judges

14:10

Ruth

3:10

1 Samuel

8:16; 9:2

2 Kings

8:12

2 Chronicles

36:17; 36:17

Psalms

78:63; 148:12

Proverbs

20:29; 20:29

Ecclesiastes

11:9

Isaiah

9:17; 23:4; 31:8; 40:30; 62:5; 62:5

Jeremiah

6:11; 9:20; 11:22; 15:8; 18:21; 31:13; 48:15; 49:26; 50:3; 51:3; 51:22

Lamentations

1:15; 1:18; 1:18; 2:21; 5:13; 5:14

Ezekiel

9:6; 23:6; 30:17; 33:6; 33:12; 33:23

Joel

3:1

Amos

2:11; 4:10; 8:13

Zechariah

9:17

H970

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H970 matches the Hebrew בָּחוּר (bāḥûr),
which occurs 46 times in 45 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:25 - Outside they will be cut off by the sword, and in the inner rooms by fear; death will take the young man and the virgin, the baby at the breast and the grey-haired man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:10 - Then Samson went down to the woman, and made a feast there, as was the way among young men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:10 - And he said, May the Lord give you his blessing, my daughter: even better than what you did at the first is this last kind act you have done, in not going after young men, with or without wealth.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:16 - He will take your men-servants and your servant-girls, and the best of your oxen and your asses and put them to his work.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:2 - He had a son named Saul, a specially good-looking young man; there was no one better-looking among the children of Israel: he was taller by a head than any other of the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:12 - And Hazael said, Why is my lord weeping? Then he said in answer, Because I see the evil which you will do to the children of Israel: burning down their strong towns, putting their young men to death with the sword, smashing their little ones against the stones, and cutting open the women who are with child.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:17 - So he sent against them the king of the Chaldaeans, who put their young men to death with the sword in the house of their holy place, and had no pity for any, young man or virgin, old man or white-haired: God gave them all into his hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:31 - The wrath of God came on them, and put to death the fattest of them, and put an end to the young men of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:63

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:63 - Their young men were burned in the fire; and their virgins were not praised in the bride-song.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:19 - Then your voice came to your holy one in a vision, saying, I have put the crown on a strong one, lifting up one taken from among the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:12 - Young men and virgins; old men and children:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:29 - The glory of young men is their strength, and the honour of old men is their grey hairs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:9 - Have joy, O young man, while you are young; and let your heart be glad in the days of your strength, and go in the ways of your heart, and in the desire of your eyes; but be certain that for all these things God will be your judge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:17 - For this cause the Lord will have no pleasure in their young men, and no pity on their widows and the children without fathers: for they are all haters of God and evil-doers, and foolish words come from every mouth. For all this his wrath is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:4 - Be shamed, O Zidon: for the sea, the strong place of the sea has said, I have not been with child, or given birth; I have not taken care of young men, or kept watch over the growth of virgins.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:8 - Then the Assyrian will come down by the sword, but not of man; the sword, not of men, will be the cause of his destruction: and he will go in flight from the sword, and his young men will be put to forced work.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:30

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:30 - Even the young men will become feeble and tired, and the best of them will come to the end of his strength;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:5 - For as a young man takes a virgin for his wife, so will your maker be married to you: and as a husband has joy in his bride, so will the Lord your God be glad over you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:11 - For this reason I am full of the wrath of the Lord, I am tired of keeping it in: may it be let loose on the children in the street, and on the band of the young men together: for even the husband with his wife will be taken, the old man with him who is full of days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:21 - For death has come up into our windows, forcing its way into our great houses; cutting off the children in the streets and the young men in the wide places.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:22 - So the Lord of armies has said, See, I will send punishment on them: the young men will be put to the sword; their sons and their daughters will come to death through need of food:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:8 - I have let their widows be increased in number more than the sand of the seas: I have sent against them, against the mother and the young men, one who makes waste in the heat of the day, causing pain and fears to come on her suddenly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:21 - For this cause, let their children be without food, and give them over to the power of the sword; and let their wives be without children and become widows; let their men be overtaken by death, and their young men be put to the sword in the fight.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:13 - Then the virgin will have joy in the dance, and the young men and the old will be glad: for I will have their weeping turned into joy, I will give them comfort and make them glad after their sorrow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:15 - He who makes Moab waste has gone up against her; and the best of her young men have gone down to their death, says the King, whose name is the Lord of armies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:26 - So her young men will be falling in her streets, and all the men of war will be cut off in that day, says the Lord of armies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:30 - For this cause her young men will be falling in her streets, and all her men of war will be cut off in that day, says the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:44

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:44 - See, he will come up like a lion from the thick growth of Jordan against the resting-place of Teman: but I will suddenly make them go in flight from her; and I will put over her the man of my selection: for who is like me? and who will put forward his cause against me? and what keeper of sheep will keep his place before me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:3 - Against her the bow of the archer is bent, and he puts on his coat of metal: have no mercy on her young men, give all her army up to the curse.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:22 - With you man and woman will be broken; with you the old man and the boy will be broken; with you the young man and the virgin will be broken;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:15 - The Lord has made sport of all my men of war in me, he has got men together against me to send destruction on my young men: the virgin daughter of Judah has been crushed like grapes under the feet of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:18 - The Lord is upright; for I have gone against his orders: give ear, now, all you peoples, and see my pain, my virgins and my young men have gone away as prisoners.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:21 - The young men and the old are stretched on the earth in the streets; my virgins and my young men have been put to the sword: you have sent death on them in the day of your wrath, causing death without pity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:13 - The young men were crushing the grain, and the boys were falling under the wood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:14 - The old men are no longer seated in the doorway, and the music of the young men has come to an end.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:6 - Give up to destruction old men and young men and virgins, little children and women: but do not come near any man who has the mark on him: and make a start at my holy place. So they made a start with the old men who were before the house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:6 - Who were clothed in blue, captains and rulers, all of them young men to be desired, horsemen seated on horses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:12 - She was full of desire for the Assyrians, captains and rulers, her neighbours, clothed in blue, horsemen going on horses, all of them young men to be desired.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:23 - The Babylonians and all the Chaldaeans, Pekod and Shoa and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them: young men to be desired, captains and rulers all of them, and chiefs, her neighbours, all of them on horseback.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:17 - The young men of On and Pi-beseth will be put to the sword: and these towns will be taken away prisoners.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:28 - And after that, it will come about, says the Lord, that I will send my spirit on all flesh; and your sons and your daughters will be prophets, your old men will have dreams, your young men will see visions:

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:11 - And some of your sons I made prophets, and some of your young men I made separate for myself. Is it not even so, O children of Israel? says the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:10 - I have sent disease among you, as it was in Egypt: I have put your young men to the sword, and have taken away your horses; I have made the evil smell from your tents come up to your noses: and still you have not come back to me, says the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:13 - In that day the fair virgins and the young men will be feeble from need of water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:17 - For how good it is and how beautiful! grain will make the young men strong and new wine the virgins.
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