Hebrew Strong's Lexicon

H977

Language: 🇧🇶 Papiamentu 🇬🇧 English

Lemma: בָּחַר

Transliteration: baw-khar'

Definition: a primitive root; properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select

KJV Definition: acceptable, appoint, choose (choice), excellent, join, be rather, require

Verse usage

  • Salmonan 105:26 NASB
    He sent Moses His servant, [And] Aaron, whom He had chosen.
  • Salmonan 119:30 NASB
    I have chosen the faithful way; I have placed Your ordinances [before me].
  • Salmonan 119:173 NASB
    Let Your hand be ready to help me, For I have chosen Your precepts.
  • Salmonan 132:13 NASB
    For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His habitation.
  • Salmonan 135:4 NASB
    For the LORD has chosen Jacob for Himself, Israel for His own possession.
  • Proverbionan 1:29 NASB
    Because they hated knowledge And did not choose the fear of the LORD.
  • Proverbionan 3:31 NASB
    Do not envy a man of violence And do not choose any of his ways.
  • Proverbionan 8:10 NASB
    "Take my instruction and not silver, And knowledge rather than choicest gold.
  • Proverbionan 8:19 NASB
    "My fruit is better than gold, even pure gold, And my yield [better] than choicest silver.
  • Proverbionan 10:20 NASB
    The tongue of the righteous is [as] choice silver, The heart of the wicked is [worth] little.
  • Proverbionan 16:16 NASB
    How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! And to get understanding is to be chosen above silver.
  • Proverbionan 21:3 NASB
    To do righteousness and justice Is desired by the LORD more than sacrifice.
  • Proverbionan 22:1 NASB
    A [good] name is to be more desired than great wealth, Favor is better than silver and gold.
  • E Kanto di tur Kanto 5:15 NASB
    "His legs are pillars of alabaster Set on pedestals of pure gold; His appearance is like Lebanon Choice as the cedars.
  • Isaias 1:29 NASB
    Surely you will be ashamed of the oaks which you have desired, And you will be embarrassed at the gardens which you have chosen.
  • Isaias 7:15 NASB
    "He will eat curds and honey at the time He knows [enough] to refuse evil and choose good.
  • Isaias 7:16 NASB
    "For before the boy will know [enough] to refuse evil and choose good, the land whose two kings you dread will be forsaken.
  • Isaias 14:1 NASB
    When the LORD will have compassion on Jacob and again choose Israel, and settle them in their own land, then strangers will join them and attach themselves to the house of Jacob.
  • Isaias 40:20 NASB
    He who is too impoverished for [such] an offering Selects a tree that does not rot; He seeks out for himself a skillful craftsman To prepare an idol that will not totter.
  • Isaias 41:8 NASB
    "But you, Israel, My servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, Descendant of Abraham My friend,