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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. Isaiah 58:6

    Is not this the holy day for which I have given orders: to let loose those who have wrongly been made prisoners, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the crushed go free, and every yoke be broken?

    אֶבְחָרֵהוּ֒ (אֶבְחָרֵ) 'ev.cha.re. “[which] I choose”

  2. Isaiah 65:12

    Your fate will be the sword, and you will all go down to death: because when my voice came to you, you made no answer; you did not give ear to my word; but you did what was evil in my eyes, desiring what was not pleasing to me.

    בְּחַרְתֶּֽם׃ be.char.Tem “you chose”

  3. Isaiah 66:3

    He who puts an ox to death puts a man to death; he who makes an offering of a lamb puts a dog to death; he who makes a meal offering makes an offering of pig's blood; he who makes an offering of perfumes for a sign gives worship to an image: as they have

    בָּֽחֲרוּ֙ ba.cha.Ru “they have chosen”

  4. Isaiah 66:4

    So I will go after trouble for them, and will send on them what they are fearing: because no one made answer to my voice, or gave ear to my word; but they did what was evil in my eyes, going after that in which I took no pleasure.

    אֶבְחַ֣ר 'ev.Char “I will choose”בָּחָֽרוּ׃ ba.Cha.ru “they chose”

  5. Jeremiah 8:3

    And death will be desired more than life by the rest of this evil family who are still living in all the places where I have sent them away, says the Lord of armies.

    וְנִבְחַ֥ר (נִבְחַ֥ר) niv.Char “it will be chosen”

  6. Jeremiah 33:24

    Have you taken note of what these people have said, The two families, which the Lord took for himself, he has given up? This they say, looking down on my people as being, in their eyes, no longer a nation.

    בָּחַ֧ר ba.Char “he chose”

  7. Jeremiah 49:19

    See, he will come up like a lion from the thick growth of Jordan against the resting-place of Teman: but I will suddenly make him go in flight from her; and I will put over her the man of my selection: for who is like me? and who will put forward his cau

    בָח֖וּר va.Chur “[is] chosen”

  8. Jeremiah 50:44

    See, he will come up like a lion from the thick growth of Jordan against the resting-place of Teman: but I will suddenly make them go in flight from her; and I will put over her the man of my selection: for who is like me? and who will put forward his ca

    בָח֖וּר va.Chur “[is] chosen”

  9. Ezekiel 20:5

    And say to them, This is what the Lord has said: In the day when I took Israel for myself, when I made an oath to the seed of the family of Jacob, and I gave them knowledge of myself in the land of Egypt, saying to them with an oath, I am the Lord your G

    בָּחֳרִ֣י (בָּחֳרִ֣) bo.cho.R “chose”

  10. Haggai 2:23

    In that day, says the Lord of armies, I will take you, O Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, says the Lord, and will make you as a jewelled ring: for I have taken you to be mine, says the Lord of armies.

    בָחַ֔רְתִּי va.Char.ti “I have chosen”

  11. Zechariah 1:17

    And again let your voice be loud and say, This is what the Lord of armies has said: My towns will again be overflowing with good things, and again the Lord will give comfort to Zion and take Jerusalem for himself.

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

  12. Zechariah 2:16

    And Judah will be the Lord's heritage in the holy land, and Jerusalem will again be his.

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

  13. Zechariah 3:2

    And the Lord said to the Satan, May the Lord's word be sharp against you, O Satan, the word of the Lord who has taken Jerusalem for himself: is this not a burning branch pulled out of the fire?

    הַבֹּחֵ֖ר (בֹּחֵ֖ר) bo.Cher “has chosen”