Strong's Hebrew · H979

H979 bᵉchurôwth

בְּחֻרוֹת

bekh-oo-rothe'

youth

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bᵉchurôwth appears 3 times in Scripture, in Numbers 11:28, Ecclesiastes 11:9 and Ecclesiastes 12:1. In the Doxa app, open each of these verses, keep your notes on them, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

Definition

youth (collectively and abstractly)

In the King James Version

young men, youth.

Derivation

or בְּחוּרוֹת; feminine plural of H970 (בָּחוּר); also (masculine plural) בְּחֻרִים;

Appears 3 times in Scripture

Ecclesiastes 11:9

“Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you to judgment.”

Ecclesiastes 12:1

“Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of adversity come and the years approach of which you will say, “I find no pleasure in them,””

Numbers 11:28

“Joshua son of Nun, the attendant to Moses since youth, spoke up and said, “Moses, my lord, stop them!””

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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).

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