Lexicon :: Strong's H970 - bāḥûr

בָּחוּר

Transliteration

bāḥûr

Pronunciation

baw-khoor'

Part of Speech

masculine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

Participle passive of בָּחַר (H977)

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 231a

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

בָּחוּר bâchûwr, baw-khoor'; or בָּחֻר bâchur; participle passive of H977; properly, selected, i.e. a youth (often collective):—(choice) young (man), chosen, × hole.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 45x

The KJV translates Strong's H970 in the following manner: young man (42x), the chosen (1x), young (1x), not translated (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 45x

The KJV translates Strong's H970 in the following manner: young man (42x), the chosen (1x), young (1x), not translated (1x).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

youth, young man

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

בָּחוּר bâchûwr, baw-khoor'; or בָּחֻר bâchur; participle passive of H977; properly, selected, i.e. a youth (often collective):—(choice) young (man), chosen, × hole.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H970: Abbreviations

† בָּחוּר noun masculine young man Isaiah 62:5 + 7 times; plural בַּחוּרִים (intensive with daghesh forte implicit) Proverbs 20:29 + 13 times; construct בַּחוּרֵי Ezekiel 23:6 + 4 times; suffix בַּחוּרַי etc. Lamentations 1:18 + 16 times; — young man (choice, in the prime of manhood) 1 Samuel 9:2; Ecclesiastes 11:9; Isaiah 62:5; collective young men Jeremiah 15:8; בָּחוּר וּבְתוּלָה young men and virgins Deuteronomy 32:25; 2 Chronicles 36:17; Jeremiah 51:22; Ezekiel 9:6; usually plural Judges 14:10; Ruth 3:10; 1 Samuel 8:16; 2 Kings 8:12; 2 Chronicles 36:17; Proverbs 20:29; Isaiah 9:17; Isaiah 31:8; Isaiah 40:30; Jeremiah 6:11; Jeremiah 9:20; Jeremiah 11:22; Jeremiah 18:21; Jeremiah 48:15; Jeremiah 49:26; Jeremiah 50:3; Jeremiah 51:3; Lamentations 1:15; Lamentations 5:13, 14; Ezekiel 33:6, 12, 23; Ezekiel 30:17; Joel 3:1; Amos 2:11; Amos 4:10; || בתולות Psalm 78:63; Psalm 148:12; Isaiah 23:4; Jeremiah 31:13; Lamentations 1:18; Lamentations 2:21; Amos 8:13; Zechariah 9:17.

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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Deuteronomy

32:25

Judges

14:10

Ruth

3:10

1 Samuel

8:16; 9:2

2 Kings

8:12

2 Chronicles

36:17; 36:17

Psalms

78:63; 148:12

Proverbs

20:29; 20:29

Ecclesiastes

11:9

Isaiah

9:17; 23:4; 31:8; 40:30; 62:5; 62:5

Jeremiah

6:11; 9:20; 11:22; 15:8; 18:21; 31:13; 48:15; 49:26; 50:3; 51:3; 51:22

Lamentations

1:15; 1:18; 1:18; 2:21; 5:13; 5:14

Ezekiel

9:6; 23:6; 30:17; 33:6; 33:12; 33:23

Joel

3:1

Amos

2:11; 4:10; 8:13

Zechariah

9:17

Gesenius' Hebrew-Chaldee Lexicon [?]

Concordance Results Shown Using the KJV

Strong's Number H970 matches the Hebrew בָּחוּר (bāḥûr),
which occurs 46 times in 45 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Deu 32:25

Deu 32:25 - The sword^H2719 without,^H2351 and terror^H367 within,^H2315 shall destroy^H7921 both the young man^H970 and the virgin,^H1330 the suckling^H3243 also with the man^H376 of gray hairs.^H7872

Jdg 14:10

Jdg 14:10 - So his father^H1 went down^H3381 unto the woman:^H802 and Samson^H8123 made^H6213 there a feast;^H4960 for so used the young men^H970 to do.^H6213

Rth 3:10

Rth 3:10 - And he said,^H559 Blessed^H1288 be thou of the LORD,^H3068 my daughter:^H1323 for thou hast shewed^H3190 more kindness^H2617 in the latter end^H314 than at the beginning,^H7223 inasmuch as thou followedst^H3212^H310 not^H1115 young men,^H970 whether poor^H1800 or rich.^H6223

1Sa 8:16

1Sa 8:16 - And he will take^H3947 your menservants,^H5650 and your maidservants,^H8198 and your goodliest^H2896 young men,^H970 and your asses,^H2543 and put^H6213 them to his work.^H4399

1Sa 9:2

1Sa 9:2 - And he had a son,^H1121 whose name^H8034 was Saul,^H7586 a choice young man,^H970 and a goodly:^H2896 and there was not among the children^H1121 of Israel^H3478 a goodlier^H2896 person^H376 than he: from his shoulders^H7926 and upward^H4605 he was higher^H1364 than any of the people.^H5971

2Ki 8:12

2Ki 8:12 - And Hazael^H2371 said,^H559 Why weepeth^H1058 my lord?^H113 And he answered,^H559 Because I know^H3045 the evil^H7451 that thou wilt do^H6213 unto the children^H1121 of Israel:^H3478 their strong holds^H4013 wilt thou set^H7971 on fire,^H784 and their young men^H970 wilt thou slay^H2026 with the sword,^H2719 and wilt dash^H7376 their children,^H5768 and rip up^H1234 their women with child.^H2030

2Ch 36:17

2Ch 36:17 - Therefore he brought^H5927 upon them the king^H4428 of the Chaldees,^H3778 who slew^H2026 their young men^H970 with the sword^H2719 in the house^H1004 of their sanctuary,^H4720 and had no compassion^H2550 upon young man^H970 or maiden,^H1330 old man,^H2205 or him that stooped for age:^H3486 he gave^H5414 them all into his hand.^H3027

Psa 78:31

Psa 78:31 - The wrath^H639 of God^H430 came^H5927 upon them, and slew^H2026 the fattest^H4924 of them, and smote down^H3766 the chosen^H970 men of Israel.^H3478

Psa 78:63

Psa 78:63 - The fire^H784 consumed^H398 their young men;^H970 and their maidens^H1330 were not given to marriage.^H1984

Psa 89:19

Psa 89:19 - Then thou spakest^H1696 in vision^H2377 to thy holy one,^H2623 and saidst,^H559 I have laid^H7737 help^H5828 upon one that is mighty;^H1368 I have exalted^H7311 one chosen^H977 out of the people.^H5971

Psa 148:12

Psa 148:12 - Both young men,^H970 and maidens;^H1330 old men,^H2205 and children:^H5288

Pro 20:29

Pro 20:29 - The glory^H8597 of young men^H970 is their strength:^H3581 and the beauty^H1926 of old men^H2205 is the gray head.^H7872

Ecc 11:9

Ecc 11:9 - Rejoice,^H8055 O young man,^H970 in thy youth;^H3208 and let thy heart^H3820 cheer^H2895 thee in the days^H3117 of thy youth,^H979 and walk^H1980 in the ways^H1870 of thine heart,^H3820 and in the sight^H4758 of thine eyes:^H5869 but know^H3045 thou, that for all these things God^H430 will bring^H935 thee into judgment.^H4941

Isa 9:17

Isa 9:17 - Therefore the Lord^H136 shall have no joy^H8055 in their young men,^H970 neither shall have mercy^H7355 on their fatherless^H3490 and widows:^H490 for every one is an hypocrite^H2611 and an evildoer,^H7489 and every mouth^H6310 speaketh^H1696 folly.^H5039 For all this his anger^H639 is not turned away,^H7725 but his hand^H3027 is stretched out still.^H5186

Isa 23:4

Isa 23:4 - Be thou ashamed,^H954 O Zidon:^H6721 for the sea^H3220 hath spoken,^H559 even the strength^H4581 of the sea,^H3220 saying,^H559 I travail^H2342 not, nor bring forth children,^H3205 neither do I nourish up^H1431 young men,^H970 nor bring up^H7311 virgins.^H1330

Isa 31:8

Isa 31:8 - Then shall the Assyrian^H804 fall^H5307 with the sword,^H2719 not of a mighty man;^H376 and the sword,^H2719 not of a mean man,^H120 shall devour^H398 him: but he shall flee^H5127 from^H6440 the sword,^H2719 and his young men^H970 shall be discomfited.^H4522

Isa 40:30

Isa 40:30 - Even the youths^H5288 shall faint^H3286 and be weary,^H3021 and the young men^H970 shall utterly^H3782 fall:^H3782

Isa 62:5

Isa 62:5 - For as a young man^H970 marrieth^H1166 a virgin,^H1330 so shall thy sons^H1121 marry^H1166 thee: and as the bridegroom^H2860 rejoiceth^H4885 over the bride,^H3618 so shall thy God^H430 rejoice^H7797 over thee.

Jer 6:11

Jer 6:11 - Therefore I am full^H4392 of the fury^H2534 of the LORD;^H3068 I am weary^H3811 with holding in:^H3557 I will pour it out^H8210 upon the children^H5768 abroad,^H2351 and upon the assembly^H5475 of young men^H970 together:^H3162 for even the husband^H376 with the wife^H802 shall be taken,^H3920 the aged^H2205 with him that is full^H4390 of days.^H3117

Jer 9:21

Jer 9:21 - For death^H4194 is come up^H5927 into our windows,^H2474 and is entered^H935 into our palaces,^H759 to cut off^H3772 the children^H5768 from without,^H2351 and the young men^H970 from the streets.^H7339

Jer 11:22

Jer 11:22 - Therefore thus saith^H559 the LORD^H3068 of hosts,^H6635 Behold, I will punish^H6485 them: the young men^H970 shall die^H4191 by the sword;^H2719 their sons^H1121 and their daughters^H1323 shall die^H4191 by famine:^H7458

Jer 15:8

Jer 15:8 - Their widows^H490 are increased^H6105 to me above the sand^H2344 of the seas:^H3220 I have brought^H935 upon them against the mother^H517 of the young men^H970 a spoiler^H7703 at noonday:^H6672 I have caused him to fall^H5307 upon it suddenly,^H6597 and terrors^H928 upon the city.^H5892

Jer 18:21

Jer 18:21 - Therefore deliver up^H5414 their children^H1121 to the famine,^H7458 and pour out^H5064 their blood by the force^H3027 of the sword;^H2719 and let their wives^H802 be bereaved^H7909 of their children, and be widows;^H490 and let their men^H582 be put^H2026 to death;^H4194 let their young men^H970 be slain^H5221 by the sword^H2719 in battle.^H4421

Jer 31:13

Jer 31:13 - Then shall the virgin^H1330 rejoice^H8055 in the dance,^H4234 both young men^H970 and old^H2205 together:^H3162 for I will turn^H2015 their mourning^H60 into joy,^H8342 and will comfort^H5162 them, and make them rejoice^H8055 from their sorrow.^H3015

Jer 48:15

Jer 48:15 - Moab^H4124 is spoiled,^H7703 and gone up^H5927 out of her cities,^H5892 and his chosen^H4005 young men^H970 are gone down^H3381 to the slaughter,^H2874 saith^H5002 the King,^H4428 whose name^H8034 is the LORD^H3068 of hosts.^H6635

Jer 49:26

Jer 49:26 - Therefore her young men^H970 shall fall^H5307 in her streets,^H7339 and all the men^H582 of war^H4421 shall be cut off^H1826 in that day,^H3117 saith^H5002 the LORD^H3068 of hosts.^H6635

Jer 50:30

Jer 50:30 - Therefore shall her young men^H970 fall^H5307 in the streets,^H7339 and all her men^H582 of war^H4421 shall be cut off^H1826 in that day,^H3117 saith^H5002 the LORD.^H3068

Jer 50:44

Jer 50:44 - Behold, he shall come up^H5927 like a lion^H738 from the swelling^H1347 of Jordan^H3383 unto the habitation^H5116 of the strong:^H386 but I will make^H7323 ➔ them suddenly^H7280 run away^H7323^H7323 from her: and who is a chosen^H977 man, that I may appoint^H6485 over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time?^H3259 and who is that shepherd^H7462 that will stand^H5975 before^H6440 me?

Jer 51:3

Jer 51:3 - Against him that bendeth^H1869 ➔ let the archer^H1869 bend^H1869 his bow,^H7198 and against him that lifteth himself up^H5927 in his brigandine:^H5630 and spare^H2550 ye not her young men;^H970 destroy ye utterly^H2763 all her host.^H6635

Jer 51:22

Jer 51:22 - With thee also will I break in pieces^H5310 man^H376 and woman;^H802 and with thee will I break in pieces^H5310 old^H2205 and young;^H5288 and with thee will I break in pieces^H5310 the young man^H970 and the maid;^H1330

Lam 1:15

Lam 1:15 - The Lord^H136 hath trodden under foot^H5541 all my mighty^H47 men in the midst^H7130 of me: he hath called^H7121 an assembly^H4150 against me to crush^H7665 my young men:^H970 the Lord^H136 hath trodden^H1869 the virgin,^H1330 the daughter^H1323 of Judah,^H3063 as in a winepress.^H1660

Lam 1:18

Lam 1:18 - The LORD^H3068 is righteous;^H6662 for I have rebelled^H4784 against his commandment:^H6310 hear,^H8085 I pray you, all people,^H5971 and behold^H7200 my sorrow:^H4341 my virgins^H1330 and my young men^H970 are gone^H1980 into captivity.^H7628

Lam 2:21

Lam 2:21 - The young^H5288 and the old^H2205 lie^H7901 on the ground^H776 in the streets:^H2351 my virgins^H1330 and my young men^H970 are fallen^H5307 by the sword;^H2719 thou hast slain^H2026 them in the day^H3117 of thine anger;^H639 thou hast killed,^H2873 and not pitied.^H2550

Lam 5:13

Lam 5:13 - They took^H5375 the young men^H970 to grind,^H2911 and the children^H5288 fell^H3782 under the wood.^H6086

Lam 5:14

Lam 5:14 - The elders^H2205 have ceased^H7673 from the gate,^H8179 the young men^H970 from their musick.^H5058

Eze 9:6

Eze 9:6 - Slay^H2026 utterly^H4889 old^H2205 and young,^H970 both maids,^H1330 and little children,^H2945 and women:^H802 but come not near^H5066 any man^H376 upon whom is the mark;^H8420 and begin^H2490 at my sanctuary.^H4720 Then they began^H2490 at the ancient^H2205 men^H582 which were before^H6440 the house.^H1004

Eze 23:6

Eze 23:6 - Which were clothed^H3847 with blue,^H8504 captains^H6346 and rulers,^H5461 all of them desirable^H2531 young men,^H970 horsemen^H6571 riding^H7392 upon horses.^H5483

Eze 23:12

Eze 23:12 - She doted^H5689 upon the Assyrians^H1121^H804 her neighbours,^H7138 captains^H6346 and rulers^H5461 clothed^H3847 most gorgeously,^H4358 horsemen^H6571 riding^H7392 upon horses,^H5483 all of them desirable^H2531 young men.^H970

Eze 23:23

Eze 23:23 - The Babylonians,^H1121^H894 and all the Chaldeans,^H3778 Pekod,^H6489 and Shoa,^H7772 and Koa,^H6970 and all the Assyrians^H1121^H804 with them: all of them desirable^H2531 young men,^H970 captains^H6346 and rulers,^H5461 great lords^H7991 and renowned,^H7121 all of them riding^H7392 upon horses.^H5483

Eze 30:17

Eze 30:17 - The young men^H970 of Aven^H206 and of Pibeseth^H6364 shall fall^H5307 by the sword:^H2719 and these cities shall go^H3212 into captivity.^H7628

Joe 2:28

Joe 2:28 - And it shall come to pass afterward,^H310 that I will pour out^H8210 my spirit^H7307 upon all flesh;^H1320 and your sons^H1121 and your daughters^H1323 shall prophesy,^H5012 your old men^H2205 shall dream^H2492 dreams,^H2472 your young men^H970 shall see^H7200 visions:^H2384

Amo 2:11

Amo 2:11 - And I raised up^H6965 of your sons^H1121 for prophets,^H5030 and of your young men^H970 for Nazarites.^H5139 Is it not even thus, O ye children^H1121 of Israel?^H3478 saith^H5002 the LORD.^H3068

Amo 4:10

Amo 4:10 - I have sent^H7971 among you the pestilence^H1698 after the manner^H1870 of Egypt:^H4714 your young men^H970 have I slain^H2026 with the sword,^H2719 and have taken away^H7628 your horses;^H5483 and I have made the stink^H889 of your camps^H4264 to come up^H5927 unto your nostrils:^H639 yet have ye not returned^H7725 unto me, saith^H5002 the LORD.^H3068

Amo 8:13

Amo 8:13 - In that day^H3117 shall the fair^H3303 virgins^H1330 and young men^H970 faint^H5968 for thirst.^H6772

Zec 9:17

Zec 9:17 - For how great is his goodness,^H2898 and how great is his beauty!^H3308 corn^H1715 shall make the young men^H970 cheerful,^H5107 and new wine^H8492 the maids.^H1330