H977 · בָּחַר
bâchar · baw-khar' · choose, chosen, choice
H977 (bâchar, pronounced baw-khar') is the Hebrew word בָּחַר in Strong’s dictionary: properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select. It appears 172 times in 164 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- בָּחַר (Hebrew)
- Transliteration
- bâchar
- Pronunciation
- baw-khar'
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- Definition
- properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select
- Rendered in the KJV
- acceptable, appoint, choose (choice), excellent, join, be rather, require.
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
172 occurrences in 164 verses (171 with English words of their own, 1 in the original with no English word of their own).
How the BSB renders it
- “will choose” ×19
- “chosen” ×13
- “I have chosen” ×12
- “has chosen” ×8
- “chose” ×7
- “I chose” ×5
- “You have chosen” ×5
- “He will choose” ×4
By book
Genesis 2 · Exodus 3 · Numbers 3 · Deuteronomy 31 · Joshua 4 · Judges 5 · 1 Samuel 12 · 2 Samuel 8 · 1 Kings 12 · 2 Kings 2 · 1 Chronicles 8 · 2 Chronicles 13 · Nehemiah 2 · Job 7 · Psalms 14 · Proverbs 8 · Ecclesiastes 1 · Song of Solomon 1 · Isaiah 19 · Jeremiah 4 · Ezekiel 1 · Haggai 1 · Zechariah 3
First 30 of 164 verses
- Genesis 6:2
- Genesis 13:11
- Exodus 14:7
- Exodus 17:9
- Exodus 18:25
- Numbers 16:5
- Numbers 16:7
- Numbers 17:5
- Deuteronomy 4:37
- Deuteronomy 7:6
- Deuteronomy 7:7
- Deuteronomy 10:15
- Deuteronomy 12:5
- Deuteronomy 12:11
- Deuteronomy 12:14
- Deuteronomy 12:18
- Deuteronomy 12:21
- Deuteronomy 12:26
- Deuteronomy 14:2
- Deuteronomy 14:23
- Deuteronomy 14:24
- Deuteronomy 14:25
- Deuteronomy 15:20
- Deuteronomy 16:2
- Deuteronomy 16:6
- Deuteronomy 16:7
- Deuteronomy 16:11
- Deuteronomy 16:15
- Deuteronomy 16:16
- Deuteronomy 17:8
Related words
Numbers that share a root with H977.