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.
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2 Samuel 6:1 בָּח֥וּר ba.Chur · An -ing word: simple action, it is done to the subject
And David again gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.
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2 Samuel 6:21 בָּֽחַר־ ba.char- · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it
And David said unto Michal, It was before Jehovah, who chose me above thy father, and above all his house, to appoint me prince over the people of Jehovah, over Israel: therefore will I play before Jehovah.
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2 Samuel 10:9 וַיִּבְחַ֗ר vai.yiv.Char · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it
Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians:
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2 Samuel 10:9 בְּחוּרֵ֣י be.chu.Rei · An -ing word: simple action, it is done to the subject
Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians:
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2 Samuel 15:15 יִבְחַ֛ר yiv.Char · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it
And the king's servants said unto the king, Behold, thy servants are ready to do whatsoever my lord the king shall choose.
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2 Samuel 16:18 בָּחַ֧ר ba.Char · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it
And Hushai said unto Absalom, Nay; but whom Jehovah, and this people, and all the men of Israel have chosen, his will I be, and with him will I abide.
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2 Samuel 17:1 אֶבְחֲרָ֣ה 'ev.cha.Rah · A wish or plan to act: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me
Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:
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2 Samuel 19:38 תִּבְחַ֥ר tiv.Char · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you
And the king answered, Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do to him that which shall seem good unto thee: and whatsoever thou shalt require of me, that will I do for thee.
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2 Samuel 24:12 בְּחַר־ be.char- · A command to you: simple action
Go and speak unto David, Thus saith Jehovah, I offer thee three things: choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.
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1 Kings 3:8 בָּחָ֑רְתָּ ba.Cha.re.ta · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by you
And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.
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1 Kings 8:16 בָחַ֣רְתִּי va.Char.ti · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me
Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house, that my name might be there; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.
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1 Kings 8:16 וָאֶבְחַ֣ר va.'ev.Char · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by me
Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house, that my name might be there; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.
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1 Kings 8:44 בָּחַ֣רְתָּ ba.Char.ta · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by you
If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, by whatsoever way thou shalt send them, and they pray unto Jehovah toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name;
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1 Kings 8:48 בָּחַ֔רְתָּ ba.Char.ta · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by you
if they return unto thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies, who carried them captive, and pray unto thee toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name:
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1 Kings 11:13 בָּחָֽרְתִּי׃ ba.Cha.re.ti · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me
Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but I will give one tribe to thy son, for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen.
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1 Kings 11:32 בָּחַ֣רְתִּי ba.Char.ti · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me
(but he shall have one tribe, for my servant David's sake and for Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel);
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1 Kings 11:34 בָּחַ֣רְתִּי ba.Char.ti · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me
Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand; but I will make him prince all the days of his life, for David my servant's sake whom I chose, who kept my commandments and my statutes;
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1 Kings 11:36 בָּחַ֣רְתִּי ba.Char.ti · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me
And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a lamp alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.
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1 Kings 12:21 בָּח֖וּר ba.Chur · An -ing word: simple action, it is done to the subject
And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah, and the tribe of Benjamin, a hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, that were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.
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1 Kings 14:21 בָּחַ֨ר ba.Char · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it
And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which Jehovah had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there: and his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess.
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