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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 JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. Psalms 135:4

    For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto Himself, and Israel for His own treasure.

    בָּחַ֣ר ba.Char “he has chosen”

  2. Proverbs 1:29

    For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD;

    בָחָֽרוּ׃ va.Cha.ru “they chose”

  3. Proverbs 3:31

    Envy thou not the man of violence, and choose none of his ways.

    תִּ֝בְחַ֗ר tiv.Char “you choose”

  4. Proverbs 8:10

    Receive my instruction, and not silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold.

    נִבְחָֽר׃ niv.Char “chosen”

  5. Proverbs 8:19

    My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my produce than choice silver.

    נִבְחָֽר׃ niv.Char “chosen”

  6. Proverbs 10:20

    The tongue of the righteous is as choice silver; the heart of the wicked is little worth.

    נִ֭בְחָר Niv.chor “chosen”

  7. Proverbs 16:16

    How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! yea, to get understanding is rather to be chosen than silver.

    נִבְחָ֥ר niv.Char “[is to be] chosen”

  8. Proverbs 21:3

    To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.

    נִבְחָ֖ר niv.Char “[is] chosen”

  9. Proverbs 22:1

    A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.

    נִבְחָ֣ר niv.Char “[is to be] chosen”

  10. Song of Songs 5:15

    His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold; his aspect is like Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.

    בָּח֖וּר ba.Chur “chosen”

  11. Isaiah 1:29

    For they shall be ashamed of the terebinths which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.

    בְּחַרְתֶּֽם׃ be.char.Tem “you have chosen”

  12. Isaiah 7:15

    Curd and honey shall he eat, when he knoweth to refuse the evil, and choose the good.

    וּבָח֥וֹר (בָח֥וֹר) va.Chor “to choose”

  13. Isaiah 7:16

    Yea, before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land whose two kings thou hast a horror of shall be forsaken.

    וּבָחֹ֣ר (בָחֹ֣ר) va.Chor “to choose”

  14. Isaiah 14:1

    For the LORD will have compassion on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land; and the stranger shall join himself with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.

    וּבָחַ֥ר (בָחַ֥ר) va.Char “he will choose”

  15. Isaiah 40:20

    A holm-oak is set apart, he chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning craftsman to set up an image, that shall not be moved.

    יִבְחָ֑ר yiv.Char “he chooses”

  16. Isaiah 41:8

    But thou, Israel, My servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham My friend;

    בְּחַרְתִּ֑יךָ (בְּחַרְתִּ֑י) be.char.Ti. “I have chosen”

  17. Isaiah 41:9

    Thou whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the uttermost parts thereof, and said unto thee: 'Thou art My servant, I have chosen thee and not cast thee away';

    בְּחַרְתִּ֖יךָ (בְּחַרְתִּ֖י) be.char.Ti. “I have chosen”

  18. Isaiah 41:24

    Behold, ye are nothing, and your work a thing of nought; an abomination is he that chooseth you.

    יִבְחַ֥ר yiv.Char “[one who] he chooses”

  19. Isaiah 43:10

    Ye are My witnesses, saith the LORD, and My servant whom I have chosen; that ye may know and believe Me, and understand that I am He; before Me there was no God formed, neither shall any be after Me.

    בָּחָ֑רְתִּי ba.Cha.re.ti “I have chosen”

  20. Isaiah 44:1

    Yet now hear, O Jacob My servant, and Israel, whom I have chosen;

    בָּחַ֥רְתִּי ba.Char.ti “[whom] I have chosen”

  21. Isaiah 44:2

    Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, who will help thee: Fear not, O Jacob My servant, and thou, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.

    בָּחַ֥רְתִּי ba.Char.ti “[whom] I have chosen”

  22. Isaiah 48:10

    Behold, I have refined thee, but not as silver; I have tried thee in the furnace of affliction.

    בְּחַרְתִּ֖יךָ (בְּחַרְתִּ֖י) be.char.Ti. “I have chosen”

  23. Isaiah 49:7

    Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, his Holy One, to him who is despised of men, to him who is abhorred of nations, to a servant of rulers: kings shall see and arise, princes, and they shall prostrate themselves; because of the LORD that is fait

    וַיִּבְחָרֶֽךָּ׃ (יִּבְחָרֶֽ) i.yiv.cha.Re. “he has chosen”

  24. Isaiah 56:4

    For thus saith the LORD concerning the eunuchs that keep My sabbaths, and choose the things that please Me, and hold fast by My covenant:

    וּבָֽחֲר֖וּ (בָֽחֲר֖וּ) va.cha.Ru “they choose”

  25. Isaiah 58:5

    Is such the fast that I have chosen? the day for a man to afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? Wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?

    אֶבְחָרֵ֔הוּ (אֶבְחָרֵ֔) 'ev.cha.Re. “[which] I choose”