Strong's Hebrew · H970
H970 bâchûwr
בָּחוּר
baw-khoor'
youth
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bâchûwr appears 44 times in Scripture, including Deuteronomy 32:25 and Judges 14:10. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
properly, selected, i.e. a youth (often collective)
In the King James Version
(choice) young (man), chosen, × hole.
Derivation
or בָּחֻר; participle passive of H977 (בָּחַר);
Appears 44 times in Scripture
“Then Boaz said, “May the LORD bless you, my daughter. You have shown more kindness now than before, because you have not run after the younger men, whether rich or poor.”
“Slaughter the old men, the young men and maidens, the women and children; but do not go near anyone who has the mark. Now begin at My sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were before the temple.”
“Then his father went to visit the woman, and Samson prepared a feast there, as was customary for the bridegroom.”
“So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who put their young men to the sword in the sanctuary, sparing neither young men nor young women, neither elderly nor infirm. God gave them all into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar,”
“And he will take your menservants and maidservants and your best cattle and donkeys and put them to his own use.”
““Why is my lord weeping?” asked Hazael. “Because I know the evil you will do to the Israelites,” Elisha replied. “You will set fire to their fortresses, kill their young men with the sword, dash their little ones to pieces, and rip open their pregnant women.””
“Moab has been destroyed and its towns have been invaded; the best of its young men have gone down in the slaughter, declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts.”
“Outside, the sword will take their children, and inside, terror will strike the young man and the young woman, the infant and the gray-haired man.”
“And he had a son named Saul, choice and handsome, without equal among the Israelites—a head taller than any of the people.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
