בָּחַר

Word meanings

Strong's dictionary

a primitive root; properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select; acceptable, appoint, choose (choice), excellent, join, be rather, require.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Every occurrence

1. Deuteronomy 4:37 וַיִּבְחַ֥ר vai.yiv.Char · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

   And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out with his presence, with his great power, out of Egypt;

2. Deuteronomy 7:6 בָּחַ֣ר׀ ba.Char · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

   For thou art a holy people unto Jehovah thy God: Jehovah thy God hath chosen thee to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples that are upon the face of the earth.

3. Deuteronomy 7:7 וַיִּבְחַ֣ר vai.yiv.Char · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

   Jehovah did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all peoples:

4. Deuteronomy 10:15 וַיִּבְחַ֞ר vai.yiv.Char · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

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

5. Deuteronomy 12:5 יִבְחַ֨ר yiv.Char · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

   But unto the place which Jehovah your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come;

6. Deuteronomy 12:11 יִבְחַר֩ yiv.Char · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

   then it shall come to pass that to the place which Jehovah your God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there, thither shall ye 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 ye vow unto Jehovah.

7. Deuteronomy 12:14 יִבְחַ֤ר yiv.Char · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

   but in the place which Jehovah shall choose in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt-offerings, and there thou shalt do all that I command thee.

8. Deuteronomy 12:18 יִבְחַ֜ר yiv.Char · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

   but thou shalt eat them before Jehovah thy God in the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the Levite that is within thy gates: and thou shalt rejoice before Jehovah thy God in all that thou puttest thy hand unto.

9. Deuteronomy 12:21 יִבְחַ֜ר yiv.Char · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

   If the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose, to put his name there, be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock, which Jehovah hath given thee, as I have commanded thee; and thou mayest eat within thy gates, after all the desire of thy soul.

10. Deuteronomy 12:26 יִבְחַ֥ר yiv.Char · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto the place which Jehovah shall choose:

11. Deuteronomy 14:2 בָּחַ֣ר ba.Char · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    For thou art a holy people unto Jehovah thy God, and Jehovah hath chosen thee to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples that are upon the face of the earth.

12. Deuteronomy 14:23 יִבְחַר֮ yiv.Char · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    And thou shalt eat before Jehovah thy God, in the place which he shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there, the tithe of thy grain, of thy new wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herd and of thy flock; that thou mayest learn to fear Jehovah thy God always.

13. Deuteronomy 14:24 יִבְחַר֙ yiv.Char · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it, because the place is too far from thee, which Jehovah thy God shall choose, to set his name there, when Jehovah thy God shall bless thee;

14. Deuteronomy 14:25 יִבְחַ֛ר yiv.Char · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in thy hand, and shalt go unto the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose:

15. Deuteronomy 15:20 יִבְחַ֣ר yiv.Char · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Thou shalt eat it before Jehovah thy God year by year in the place which Jehovah shall choose, thou and thy household.

16. Deuteronomy 16:2 יִבְחַ֣ר yiv.Char · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    And thou shalt sacrifice the passover unto Jehovah thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which Jehovah shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there.

17. Deuteronomy 16:6 יִבְחַ֨ר yiv.Char · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    but at the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell in, there thou shalt sacrifice the passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou camest forth out of Egypt.

18. Deuteronomy 16:7 יִבְחַ֛ר yiv.Char · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    And thou shalt roast and eat it in the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose: and thou shalt turn in the morning, and go unto thy tents.

19. Deuteronomy 16:11 יִבְחַר֙ yiv.Char · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    and thou shalt rejoice before Jehovah thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the sojourner, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are in the midst of thee, in the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there.

20. Deuteronomy 16:15 יִבְחַ֣ר yiv.Char · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Seven days shalt thou keep a feast unto Jehovah thy God in the place which Jehovah shall choose; because Jehovah thy God will bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the work of thy hands, and thou shalt be altogether joyful.

American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.