Word Study · Strong's H970 · Hebrew
בָּחוּר
bachur
baw-khoor'
Strong's 1890 spelling: bâchûwr
“properly, selected, i.e. a youth (often collective)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
properly, selected, i.e. a youth (often collective)
Rendered in the KJV as
(choice) young (man), chosen, [idiom] hole.
- 44occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 16 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 32inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 44 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 32
- בַּחוּרִ֖ים4
- בָּח֣וּר3
- בַּח֥וּרֵי3
- בָּחוּר֙2
- בָּח֖וּר2
- בַחוּרֶ֖יהָ2
- בַּח֣וּרֵיכֶ֔ם2
- וּבַחוּרַ֖י2
- בָּח֥וּר1
- בַּח֨וּרֵי1
- בַּחוּרָ֑י1
- בַּחוּרֵיהֶ֤ם1
and 20 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 20
- young men7
- young men its6
- young man4
- a young man3
- the young men3
- young men your3
- and young men2
- and young men my2
- young men of2
- young men their2
- [the] young men of1
- [were] young men of1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 16
- noun · masculine plural8
- noun · masculine singular8
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)4
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine plural3
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular3
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular3
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural3
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular2
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmpa · 8
- HNcmsa · 8
- HNcmpc · 4
- HNcmpc/Sp2mp · 3
- HNcmpc/Sp3fs · 3
- HNcmpc/Sp3ms · 3
- HTd/Ncmpa · 3
- HC/Ncmpa · 2
- HC/Ncmpc/Sp1bs · 2
- HNcmpc/Sp3mp · 2
- HC/Ncmpc · 1
- HC/Ncmpc/Sp3mp · 1
All 44, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Jeremiah11 of 44 · 25%
- Isaiah5 of 44 · 11%
- Lamentations5 of 44 · 11%
- Ezekiel5 of 44 · 11%
- Psalms3 of 44 · 7%
Jeremiah carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
1 Samuel2 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 8:16בַּחוּרֵיכֶ֧םbachureikhemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluralAnd he will take your menservants and maidservants and your best cattle and donkeys and put them to his own use.here: young men your
- 1 Samuel 9:2בָּח֣וּרbachurnoun · masculine singularAnd he had a son named Saul, choice and handsome, without equal among the Israelites—a head taller than any of the people.here: a young man
2 Chronicles2 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 36:17בַּחוּרֵיהֶ֤םbachureihemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralSo He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who put their young men to the sword in the sanctuary, sparing neither young men nor young women, neither elderly nor infirm. God gave them all into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar,here: young men their
- 2 Chronicles 36:17בָּח֥וּרbachurnoun · masculine singularSo He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who put their young men to the sword in the sanctuary, sparing neither young men nor young women, neither elderly nor infirm. God gave them all into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar,here: young man
Psalms3 occurrences
- Psalms 78:31וּבַחוּרֵ֖יuvachureiconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)God’s anger flared against them, and He put to death their strongest and subdued the young men of Israel.here: and [the] young men of
- Psalms 78:63בַּחוּרָ֥יוbachuravnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularFire consumed His young men, and their maidens were left without wedding songs.here: young men its
- Psalms 148:12בַּחוּרִ֥יםbachurimnoun · masculine pluralyoung men and maidens, old and young together.here: O young men
Proverbs1 occurrence
Isaiah5 occurrences
- Isaiah 9:17בַּחוּרָ֜יוbachuravnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularTherefore the Lord takes no pleasure in their young men; He has no compassion on their fatherless and widows. For every one of them is godless and wicked, and every mouth speaks folly. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.here: young men its
- Isaiah 23:4בַּחוּרִ֖יםbachurimnoun · masculine pluralBe ashamed, O Sidon, the stronghold of the sea, for the sea has spoken: “I have not been in labor or given birth. I have not raised young men or brought up young women.”here: young men
- Isaiah 31:8וּבַחוּרָ֖יוuvachuravconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular“Then Assyria will fall, but not by the sword of man; a sword will devour them, but not one made by mortals. They will flee before the sword, and their young men will be put to forced labor.here: and young men its
- Isaiah 40:30וּבַחוּרִ֖יםuvachurimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluralEven youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall.here: and young men
- Isaiah 62:5בָּחוּר֙bachurnoun · masculine singularFor as a young man marries a young woman, so your sons will marry you; and as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you.here: a young man
Jeremiah11 occurrences
- Jeremiah 6:11בַּחוּרִ֖יםbachurimnoun · masculine pluralBut I am full of the LORD’s wrath; I am tired of holding it back. “Pour it out on the children in the street, and on the young men gathered together. For both husband and wife will be captured, the old and the very old alike.here: young men
- Jeremiah 9:21בַּחוּרִ֖יםbachurimnoun · masculine pluralFor death has climbed in through our windows; it has entered our fortresses to cut off the children from the streets, the young men from the town squares.here: young men
- Jeremiah 11:22הַבַּֽחוּרִים֙habachurimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralSo this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I will punish them. Their young men will die by the sword, their sons and daughters by famine.here: the young men
- Jeremiah 15:8בָּח֖וּרbachurnoun · masculine singularI will make their widows more numerous than the sand of the sea. I will bring a destroyer at noon against the mothers of young men. I will suddenly bring upon them anguish and dismay.here: a young man
- Jeremiah 18:21בַּח֣וּרֵיהֶ֔םbachureihemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralTherefore, hand their children over to famine; pour out the power of the sword upon them. Let their wives become childless and widowed; let their husbands be slain by disease, their young men struck down by the sword in battle.here: young men their
- Jeremiah 31:13וּבַחֻרִ֥יםuvachurimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluralThen the maidens will rejoice with dancing, young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into joy, and give them comfort and joy for their sorrow.here: and young men
- Jeremiah 48:15בַּֽחוּרָ֖יוbachuravnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularMoab has been destroyed and its towns have been invaded; the best of its young men have gone down in the slaughter, declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts.here: young men its
- Jeremiah 49:26בַחוּרֶ֖יהָvachureihanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularFor her young men will fall in the streets, and all her warriors will be silenced in that day,” declares the LORD of Hosts.here: young men its
- Jeremiah 50:30בַחוּרֶ֖יהָvachureihanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularTherefore, her young men will fall in the streets, and all her warriors will be silenced in that day,” declares the LORD.here: young men its
- Jeremiah 51:3בַּ֣חֻרֶ֔יהָbachureihanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularDo not let the archer bend his bow or put on his armor. Do not spare her young men; devote all her army to destruction!here: young men its
- Jeremiah 51:22בָּח֖וּרbachurnoun · masculine singularWith you I shatter man and woman; with you I shatter the old man and the youth; with you I shatter the young man and the maiden.here: young man
Lamentations5 occurrences
- Lamentations 1:15בַּחוּרָ֑יbachurainoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularThe Lord has rejected all the mighty men in my midst; He has summoned an army against me to crush my young warriors. Like grapes in a winepress, the Lord has trampled the Virgin Daughter of Judah.here: young men my
- Lamentations 1:18וּבַחוּרַ֖יuvachuraiconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularThe LORD is righteous, for I have rebelled against His command. Listen, all you people; look upon my suffering. My young men and maidens have gone into captivity.here: and young men my
- Lamentations 2:21וּבַחוּרַ֖יuvachuraiconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularBoth young and old lie together in the dust of the streets. My young men and maidens have fallen by the sword. You have slain them in the day of Your anger; You have slaughtered them without compassion.here: and young men my
- Lamentations 5:13בַּחוּרִים֙bachurimnoun · masculine pluralYoung men toil at millstones; boys stagger under loads of wood.here: young men
- Lamentations 5:14בַּחוּרִ֖יםbachurimnoun · masculine pluralThe elders have left the city gate; the young men have stopped their music.here: young men
Ezekiel5 occurrences
- Ezekiel 9:6בָּח֣וּרbachurnoun · masculine singularSlaughter the old men, the young men and maidens, the women and children; but do not go near anyone who has the mark. Now begin at My sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were before the temple.here: young man
- Ezekiel 23:6בַּח֥וּרֵיbachureinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)clothed in blue, governors and commanders, all desirable young men, horsemen mounted on steeds.here: young men of
- Ezekiel 23:12בַּח֥וּרֵיbachureinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)She too lusted after the Assyrians—governors and commanders, warriors dressed in splendor, horsemen riding on steeds, all desirable young men.here: [were] young men of
- Ezekiel 23:23בַּח֨וּרֵיbachureinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, the men of Pekod, Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them—all desirable young men, governors and commanders, officers and men of renown, mounted on horses.here: young men of
- Ezekiel 30:17בַּח֥וּרֵיbachureinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)The young men of On and Pi-beseth will fall by the sword, and those cities will go into captivity.here: [the] young men of
Amos3 occurrences
- Amos 2:11וּמִבַּחוּרֵיכֶ֖םumibachureikhemconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluralI raised up prophets from your sons and Nazirites from your young men. Is this not true, O children of Israel?” declares the LORD.here: and some of young men your
- Amos 4:10בַּח֣וּרֵיכֶ֔םbachureikhemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine plural“I sent plagues among you like those of Egypt; I killed your young men with the sword, along with your captured horses. I filled your nostrils with the stench of your camp, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.here: young men your
- Amos 8:13וְהַבַּחוּרִ֖יםvehabachurimconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralIn that day the lovely young women— the young men as well— will faint from thirst.here: and the young men