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H0977בָּחַרba.char

to choosePart of speech: Hebrew Verb

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Occurrences by book

  1. 2
  2. 3
  3. Leviticus: 0
  4. 3
  5. 31
  6. 4
  7. 5
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 12
  10. 9
  11. 13
  12. 2
  13. 10
  14. 16
  15. Ezra: 0
  16. 2
  17. Esther: 0
  18. 7
  19. 14
  20. 8
  21. Ecclesiastes: 0
  22. 1
  23. 20
  24. 4
  25. Lamentations: 0
  26. 1
  27. Daniel: 0
  28. Hosea: 0
  29. Joel: 0
  30. Amos: 0
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. Micah: 0
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. 1
  38. 3
  39. Malachi: 0

Renderings

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171 occurrences in 163 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. 1 Kings 11:36

    And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David My servant may have a lamp alway before Me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen Me to put My name there.

    בָּחַ֣רְתִּי ba.Char.ti “I have chosen”

  2. 1 Kings 12:21

    And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, be assembled all the house of Judah, and the tribe of Benjamin, a hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men that were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom back to Rehoboam the son o

    בָּח֖וּר ba.Chur “chosen [man]”

  3. 1 Kings 14:21

    And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put His name there; and his

    בָּחַ֨ר ba.Char “he had chosen”

  4. 1 Kings 18:23

    Let them therefore give us two bullocks; and let them choose one bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on the wood, and put no fire under; and I will dress the other bullock, and lay it on the wood, and put no fire under.

    וְיִבְחֲר֣וּ (יִבְחֲר֣וּ) yiv.cha.Ru “let them choose”

  5. 1 Kings 18:25

    And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal: 'Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and dress it first; for ye are many; and call on the name of your god, but put no fire under.'

    בַּחֲר֨וּ ba.cha.Ru “choose”

  6. 2 Kings 21:7

    And he set the graven image of Asherah, that he had made, in the house of which the LORD said to David and to Solomon his son: 'In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put My name for ever;

    בָּחַ֙רְתִּי֙ ba.Char.ti “I have chosen”

  7. 2 Kings 23:27

    And the LORD said: 'I will remove Judah also out of My sight, as I have removed Israel, and I will cast off this city which I have chosen, even Jerusalem, and the house of which I said: My name shall be there.'

    בָּחַ֙רְתִּי֙ ba.Char.ti “I chose”

  8. 1 Chronicles 15:2

    Then David said: 'None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites; for them hath the LORD chosen to carry the ark of the LORD, and to minister unto Him for ever.'

    בָּחַ֣ר ba.Char “he had chosen”

  9. 1 Chronicles 19:10

    Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array against the Arameans.

    וַיִּבְחַ֗ר (יִּבְחַ֗ר) i.yiv.Char “he chose”בָּחוּר֙ ba.Chur “chosen [man]”

  10. 1 Chronicles 21:10

    'Go and speak unto David, saying: Thus saith the LORD: I offer thee three things; choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.'

    בְּחַר־ be.char- “choose”

  11. 1 Chronicles 28:4

    Howbeit the LORD, the God of Israel, chose me out of all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever; for He hath chosen Judah to be prince, and in the house of Judah, the house of my father, and among the sons of my father He took pleasure in

    וַיִּבְחַ֡ר (יִּבְחַ֡ר) i.yiv.Char “he chose”בָּחַ֣ר ba.Char “he chose”

  12. 1 Chronicles 28:5

    and of all my sons--for the LORD hath given me many sons--He hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel.

    וַיִּבְחַר֙ (יִּבְחַר֙) i.yiv.Char “he has chosen”

  13. 1 Chronicles 28:6

    And He said unto me: Solomon thy son, he shall build My house and My courts; for I have chosen him to be to Me for a son, and I will be to him for a father.

    בָחַ֨רְתִּי va.Char.ti “I have chosen”

  14. 1 Chronicles 28:10

    Take heed now; for the LORD hath chosen thee to build a house for the sanctuary; be strong, and do it.'

    בָּ֧חַר Ba.char “he has chosen”

  15. 1 Chronicles 29:1

    And David the king said unto all the congregation: 'Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great; for the palace is not for man, but for the LORD God.

    בָּֽחַר־ ba.char- “he has chosen”

  16. 2 Chronicles 6:5

    Since the day that I brought forth My people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house in, that My name might be there; neither chose I any man to be prince over My people Israel;

    בָחַ֣רְתִּֽי va.Char.ti “I have chosen”בָחַ֣רְתִּֽי va.Char.ti “I have chosen”

  17. 2 Chronicles 6:6

    but I have chosen Jerusalem, that My name might be there; and have chosen David to be over My people Israel.

    וָאֶבְחַר֙ (אֶבְחַר֙) 'ev.Char “I have chosen”וָאֶבְחַ֣ר (אֶבְחַ֣ר) 'ev.Char “I have chosen”

  18. 2 Chronicles 6:34

    If Thy people go out to battle against their enemies, by whatsoever way Thou shalt send them, and they pray unto Thee toward this city which Thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for Thy name;

    בָּחַ֣רְתָּ ba.Char.ta “you have chosen”

  19. 2 Chronicles 6:38

    if they return unto Thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captive, and pray toward their land, which Thou gavest unto their fathers, and the city which Thou hast chosen, and towar

    בָּחַ֔רְתָּ ba.Char.ta “you have chosen”

  20. 2 Chronicles 7:12

    And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him: 'I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to Myself for a house of sacrifice.

    וּבָחַ֜רְתִּי (בָחַ֜רְתִּי) va.Char.ti “I have chosen”

  21. 2 Chronicles 7:16

    For now have I chosen and hallowed this house, that My name may be there for ever; and Mine eyes and My heart shall be there perpetually.

    בָּחַ֤רְתִּי ba.Char.ti “I have chosen”

  22. 2 Chronicles 11:1

    And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin, a hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, that were warriors, to fight against Israel, to bring the kingdom back to Rehoboam.

    בָּח֖וּר ba.Chur “chosen [man]”

  23. 2 Chronicles 12:13

    So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned; for Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put His

    בָּחַ֨ר ba.Char “he had chosen”

  24. 2 Chronicles 13:3

    And Abijah joined battle with an army of valiant men of war, even four hundred thousand chosen men; and Jeroboam set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, who were mighty men of valour.

    בָּח֑וּר ba.Chur “chosen”בָּח֖וּר ba.Chur “chosen”

  25. 2 Chronicles 13:17

    And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter; so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.

    בָּחֽוּר׃ ba.Chur “chosen”