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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. Genesis 6:2

    that God's sons saw that men's daughters were beautiful, and they took for themselves wives of all that they chose.

    בָּחָֽרוּ׃ ba.Cha.ru “they chose”

  2. Genesis 13:11

    So Lot chose the Plain of the Jordan for himself. Lot traveled east, and they separated themselves the one from the other.

    וַיִּבְחַר־ (יִּבְחַר) i.yiv.char- “he chose”

  3. Exodus 14:7

    and he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over all of them.

    בָּח֔וּר ba.Chur “chosen”

  4. Exodus 17:9

    Moses said to Joshua, "Choose men for us, and go out, fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with God's rod in my hand."

    בְּחַר־ be.char- “choose”

  5. Exodus 18:25

    Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

    וַיִּבְחַ֨ר (יִּבְחַ֨ר) i.yiv.Char “he chose”

  6. Numbers 16:5

    and he spoke to Korah and to all his company, saying, In the morning Yahweh will show who are his, and who is holy, and will cause him to come near to him: even him whom he shall choose will he cause to come near to him.

    יִבְחַר־ yiv.char- “he will choose”

  7. Numbers 16:7

    and put fire in them, and put incense on them before Yahweh tomorrow: and it shall be that the man whom Yahweh does choose, he [supplied: shall be] holy: you take too much on you, you sons of Levi.

    יִבְחַ֥ר yiv.Char “he will choose”

  8. Numbers 17:5

    It shall happen, that the rod of the man whom I shall choose shall bud: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against you.

    אֶבְחַר־ 'ev.char- “I will choose”

  9. Deuteronomy 4:37

    Because he loved your fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought you out with his presence, with his great power, out of Egypt;

    וַיִּבְחַ֥ר (יִּבְחַ֥ר) i.yiv.Char “he chose”

  10. Deuteronomy 7:6

    For you are a holy people to Yahweh your God: Yahweh your God has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples who are on the face of the earth.

    בָּחַ֣ר׀ ba.Char “he has chosen”

  11. Deuteronomy 7:7

    Yahweh didn't set his love on you, nor choose you, because you were more in number than any people; for you were the fewest of all peoples:

    וַיִּבְחַ֣ר (יִּבְחַ֣ר) i.yiv.Char “he chose”

  12. Deuteronomy 10:15

    Only Yahweh had a delight in your fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all peoples, as at this day.

    וַיִּבְחַ֞ר (יִּבְחַ֞ר) i.yiv.Char “he chose”

  13. Deuteronomy 12:5

    But to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, even to his habitation shall you seek, and there you shall come;

    יִבְחַ֨ר yiv.Char “he will choose”

  14. Deuteronomy 12:11

    then it shall happen that to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there, there shall you bring all that I command you: your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave-offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which you vow to Yahweh.

    יִבְחַר֩ yiv.Char “he will choose”

  15. Deuteronomy 12:14

    but in the place which Yahweh shall choose in one of your tribes, there you shall offer your burnt offerings, and there you shall do all that I command you.

    יִבְחַ֤ר yiv.Char “he will choose”

  16. Deuteronomy 12:18

    but you shall eat them before Yahweh your God in the place which Yahweh your God shall choose, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your man-servant, and your maid-servant, and the Levite who is within your gates: and you shall rejoice before Yahweh your God in all that you put your hand to.

    יִבְחַ֜ר yiv.Char “he will choose”

  17. Deuteronomy 12:21

    If the place which Yahweh your God shall choose, to put his name there, be too far from you, then you shall kill of your herd and of your flock, which Yahweh has given you, as I have commanded you; and you may eat within your gates, after all the desire of your soul.

    יִבְחַ֜ר yiv.Char “he will choose”

  18. Deuteronomy 12:26

    Only your holy things which you have, and your vows, you shall take, and go to the place which Yahweh shall choose:

    יִבְחַ֥ר yiv.Char “he will choose”

  19. Deuteronomy 14:2

    For you are a holy people to Yahweh your God, and Yahweh has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples who are on the face of the earth.

    בָּחַ֣ר ba.Char “he has chosen”

  20. Deuteronomy 14:23

    You shall eat before Yahweh your God, in the place which he shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there, the tithe of your grain, of your new wine, and of your oil, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock; that you may learn to fear Yahweh your God always.

    יִבְחַר֮ yiv.Char “he will choose”

  21. Deuteronomy 14:24

    If the way be too long for you, so that you are not able to carry it, because the place is too far from you, which Yahweh your God shall choose, to set his name there, when Yahweh your God shall bless you;

    יִבְחַר֙ yiv.Char “he will choose”

  22. Deuteronomy 14:25

    then shall you turn it into money, and bind up the money in your hand, and shall go to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose:

    יִבְחַ֛ר yiv.Char “he will choose”

  23. Deuteronomy 15:20

    You shall eat it before Yahweh your God year by year in the place which Yahweh shall choose, you and your household.

    יִבְחַ֣ר yiv.Char “he will choose”

  24. Deuteronomy 16:2

    You shall sacrifice the Passover to Yahweh your God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which Yahweh shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there.

    יִבְחַ֣ר yiv.Char “he will choose”

  25. Deuteronomy 16:6

    but at the place which Yahweh your God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell in, there you shall sacrifice the Passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that you came forth out of Egypt.

    יִבְחַ֨ר yiv.Char “he will choose”