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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 Bible in Basic English.

  1. 2 Chronicles 25:5

    Then Amaziah got all Judah together and put them in order by their families, even all Judah and Benjamin, under captains of thousands and captains of hundreds: and he had those of twenty years old and over numbered, and they came to three hundred thousan

    בָּחוּר֙ ba.Chur “chosen [man]”

  2. 2 Chronicles 29:11

    My sons, take care now: for you have been marked out by the Lord to come before him and to be his servants, burning offerings to him.

    בָּחַ֣ר ba.Char “he has chosen”

  3. 2 Chronicles 33:7

    And he put the image he had made in the house of God, the house of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, the town which I have made mine out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:

    בָּחַ֙רְתִּי֙ ba.Char.ti “I have chosen”

  4. Nehemiah 1:9

    But if you come back to me and keep my orders and do them, even if those of you who have been forced out are living in the farthest parts of heaven, I will get them from there, and take them back to the place marked out by me for the resting-place of my

    בָּחַ֔רְתִּי ba.Char.ti “I have chosen”

  5. Nehemiah 9:7

    You are the Lord, the God, who took Abram and made him yours, guiding him from Ur of the Chaldees, and gave him the name of Abraham;

    בָּחַ֙רְתָּ֙ ba.Char.ta “you chose”

  6. Job 7:15

    So that a hard death seems better to my soul than my pains.

    וַתִּבְחַ֣ר (תִּבְחַ֣ר) tiv.Char “it chose”

  7. Job 9:14

    How much less may I give an answer to him, using the right words in argument with him?

    אֶבְחֲרָ֖ה 'ev.cha.Rah “I will choose”

  8. Job 15:5

    For your mouth is guided by your sin, and you have taken the tongue of the false for yourself.

    וְ֝תִבְחַ֗ר (תִבְחַ֗ר) tiv.Char “you may choose”

  9. Job 29:25

    I took my place as a chief, guiding them on their way, and I was as a king among his army. ...

    אֶֽבֲחַ֣ר 'e.va.Char “I chose”

  10. Job 34:4

    Let us make the decision for ourselves as to what is right; let us have the knowledge among ourselves of what is good.

    נִבְחֲרָה־ niv.cha.rah- “let us choose”

  11. Job 34:33 (not in Bible in Basic English)

    תִבְחַ֣ר tiv.Char “you will choose”

  12. Job 36:21

    Take care not to be turned to sin, for you have taken evil for your part in place of sorrow.

    בָּחַ֥רְתָּ ba.Char.ta “you have chosen”

  13. Psalms 25:12

    If a man has the fear of the Lord, the Lord will be his teacher in the way of his pleasure.

    יִבְחָֽר׃ yiv.Char “[which] he will choose”

  14. Psalms 33:12

    Happy is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people whom he has taken for his heritage.

    בָּחַ֖ר ba.Char “[which] he has chosen”

  15. Psalms 47:4

    He will give us our heritage, the glory of Jacob who is dear to him. (Selah.)

    יִבְחַר־ yiv.char- “he chooses”

  16. Psalms 65:4

    Happy is the man of your selection, to whom you give a resting-place in your house; we will be full of the good things out of your holy place.

    תִּֽבְחַ֣ר tiv.Char “[is [the] one whom] you choose”

  17. Psalms 78:67

    And he put the tent of Joseph on one side, and took not the tribe of Ephraim;

    בָחָֽר׃ va.Char “he chose”

  18. Psalms 78:68

    But he took the tribe of Judah for himself, and the mountain of Zion, in which he had pleasure.

    וַ֭יִּבְחַר (יִּבְחַר) i.yiv.char “he chose”

  19. Psalms 78:70

    He took David to be his servant, taking him from the place of the flocks;

    וַ֭יִּבְחַר (יִּבְחַר) i.yiv.char “he chose”

  20. Psalms 84:10

    For a day in your house is better than a thousand. It is better to be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than to be living in the tents of sin.

    בָּחַ֗רְתִּי ba.Char.ti “I have chosen”

  21. Psalms 89:19

    Then your voice came to your holy one in a vision, saying, I have put the crown on a strong one, lifting up one taken from among the people.

    בָח֣וּר va.Chur “a chosen [one]”

  22. Psalms 105:26

    He sent Moses, his servant, and Aaron, the man of his selection.

    בָּֽחַר־ ba.char- “he had chosen”

  23. Psalms 119:30

    I have taken the way of faith: I have kept your decisions before me.

    בָחָ֑רְתִּי va.Cha.re.ti “I have chosen”

  24. Psalms 119:173

    Let your hand be near for my help; for I have given my heart to your orders.

    בָחָֽרְתִּי׃ va.Cha.re.ti “I have chosen”

  25. Psalms 132:13

    For the Lord's heart is on Zion, desiring it for his resting-place.

    בָחַ֣ר va.Char “he has chosen”