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. Joshua 8:3 וַיִּבְחַ֣ר vai.yiv.Char · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

   So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up to Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty thousand men, the mighty men of valor, and sent them forth by night.

2. Joshua 9:27 יִבְחָֽר׃ פ yiv.Char · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

   And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of Jehovah, unto this day, in the place which he should choose.

3. Joshua 24:15 בַּחֲר֨וּ ba.cha.Ru · A command to all of you: simple action

   And if it seem evil unto you to serve Jehovah, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve Jehovah.

4. Joshua 24:22 בְּחַרְתֶּ֥ם be.char.Tem · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by all of you

   And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen you Jehovah, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses.

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