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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

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171 occurrences in 163 verses

With their references and text in World English Bible.

  1. 1 Kings 11:36

    To his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a lamp always 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

    When Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah, and the tribe of Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand chosen men, who were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.

    בָּח֖וּר ba.Chur “chosen [man]”

  3. 1 Kings 14:21

    Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which Yahweh had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there: and his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess.

    בָּחַ֨ר ba.Char “he had chosen”

  4. 1 Kings 18:23

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

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

  5. 1 Kings 18:25

    Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, "Choose one bull for yourselves, and dress it first; for you are many; and call on the name of your god, but put no fire under it."

    בַּחֲר֨וּ ba.cha.Ru “choose”

  6. 2 Kings 21:7

    He set the engraved image of Asherah, that he had made, in the house of which Yahweh 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 forever;

    בָּחַ֙רְתִּי֙ ba.Char.ti “I have chosen”

  7. 2 Kings 23:27

    Yahweh 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 has Yahweh chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister to him forever.

    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 Syrians.

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

  10. 1 Chronicles 21:10

    Go and speak to David, saying, Thus says Yahweh, I offer you three things: choose you one of them, that I may do it to you.

    בְּחַר־ be.char- “choose”

  11. 1 Chronicles 28:4

    However Yahweh, the God of Israel, chose me out of all the house of my father to be king over Israel forever: for he has 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 me to make me king over all Israel;

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

  12. 1 Chronicles 28:5

    Of all my sons (for Yahweh has given me many sons), he has chosen Solomon my son to sit on the throne of the kingdom of Yahweh over Israel.

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

  13. 1 Chronicles 28:6

    He said to me, Solomon your son, he shall build my house and my courts; for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.

    בָחַ֨רְתִּי va.Char.ti “I have chosen”

  14. 1 Chronicles 28:10

    Take heed now; for Yahweh has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it.

    בָּ֧חַר Ba.char “he has chosen”

  15. 1 Chronicles 29:1

    David the king said to all the assembly, Solomon my son, whom alone God has chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great; for the palace is not for man, but for Yahweh 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 your people go out to battle against their enemies, by whatever way you shall send them, and they pray to you toward this city which you have chosen, and the house which I have built for your name;

    בָּחַ֣רְתָּ ba.Char.ta “you have chosen”

  19. 2 Chronicles 6:38

    if they return to you with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, where they have carried them captive, and pray toward their land, which you gave to their fathers, and the city which you have chosen, and toward the house which I have built for your name:

    בָּחַ֔רְתָּ ba.Char.ta “you have chosen”

  20. 2 Chronicles 7:12

    Yahweh appeared to Solomon by night, and said to him, I have heard your 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 made this house holy, that my name may be there forever; and my eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.

    בָּחַ֤רְתִּי ba.Char.ti “I have chosen”

  22. 2 Chronicles 11:1

    When Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin, one hundred eighty thousand chosen men, who were warriors, to fight against Israel, to bring the kingdom again 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-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which Yahweh had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there: and his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess.

    בָּחַ֨ר ba.Char “he had chosen”

  24. 2 Chronicles 13:3

    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 valor.

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

  25. 2 Chronicles 13:17

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

    בָּחֽוּר׃ ba.Chur “chosen”