Hebrew noun (masculine) · H4005
מִבְחָר
mibcharmib-khawr'
best
12 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: mibchâr
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H4005is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 7 of 39Old Testament books
- 7spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H4005
select, i.e. best
The King James renders it: choice(-st), chosen.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
mibchar is rendered "best". It stands 12 times in the Hebrew text, across seven books.
- Four of the uses stand in Ezekiel, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 23:6“Listen to us, sir. You are God’s chosen one among us. Bury your dead in the finest of our tombs. None of us will withhold his tomb for burying your dead.”
- The Greek text spells it seven different ways.
The first use
“Listen to us, sir. You are God’s chosen one among us. Bury your dead in the finest of our tombs. None of us will withhold his tomb for burying your dead.”
Genesis 23:6בְּמִבְחַ֣ר
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- choicest of7
- and choicest of2
- choicest1
- choicest ones his1
- in choicest of1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| מִבְצָר | mibtsar | fortification | Uses37 |
| מִבְטָח | mibtach | confidence | Uses15 |
| מִבְטָא | mibta | rash word | Uses2 |
| מִבְחוֹר | mibchor | choice | Uses2 |
| מִבְנֶה | mibneh | structure | Uses1 |
| מִבְרָח | mibrach | fugitive | Uses1 |
| מִבְדָּלָה | mibdalah | separate place | Uses1 |
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
All 12, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
7 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- מִבְחַ֣ר3
- מִבְחַ֥ר3
- וּמִבְחַ֥ר2
- בְּמִבְחַ֣ר1
- מִבְחַ֤ר1
- מִבְחַר־1
- מִבְחָרָ֔יו1
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)7HNcmsc
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2HC/Ncmsc
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HNcmpc/Sp3ms
- noun · masculine singular1HNcmsa
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HR/Ncmsc
Genesis
one use
“Listen to us, sir. You are God’s chosen one among us. Bury your dead in the finest of our tombs. None of us will withhold his tomb for burying your dead.”
- בְּמִבְחַ֣רbemivcharpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in choicest of
Exodus
one use
Pharaoh’s chariots and army He has cast into the sea; the finest of his officers are drowned in the Red Sea.
- וּמִבְחַ֥רumivcharconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and choicest of
Deuteronomy
one use
then the LORD your God will choose a dwelling for His Name. And there you are to bring everything I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, and all the choice offerings you vow to the LORD.
- מִבְחַ֣רmivcharnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: choicest of
Isaiah
two uses
Your choicest valleys are full of chariots, and horsemen are posted at the gates.
- מִבְחַר־mivchar-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: choicest of
Through your servants you have taunted the Lord, and you have said: “With my many chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the remote peaks of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the finest of its cypresses. I have reached its farthest heights, the densest of its forests.
- מִבְחַ֣רmivcharnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: choicest of
Jeremiah
two uses
I will appoint destroyers against you, each man with his weapons, and they will cut down the choicest of your cedars and throw them into the fire.
- מִבְחַ֣רmivcharnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: choicest of
Moab 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.
- וּמִבְחַ֥רumivcharconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and choicest of
Ezekiel
four uses
She offered sexual favors to all the elite of Assyria. She defiled herself with all the idols of those for whom she lusted.
- מִבְחַ֥רmivcharnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: choicest of
Put in the pieces of meat, every good piece—thigh and shoulder—fill it with choice bones.
- מִבְחַ֥רmivcharnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: choicest of
Take the choicest of the flock and pile the fuel beneath it. Bring it to a boil and cook the bones in it.’
- מִבְחַ֤רmivcharnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: choicest of
I made the nations quake at the sound of its downfall, when I cast it down to Sheol with those who descend to the Pit. Then all the trees of Eden, the choicest and best of Lebanon, all the well-watered trees, were consoled in the earth below.
- מִבְחַ֥רmivcharnoun · masculine singulartagged: choicest
Daniel
one use
Then the king of the North will come, build up a siege ramp, and capture a fortified city. The forces of the South will not stand; even their best troops will not be able to resist.
- מִבְחָרָ֔יוmivcharavnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: choicest ones his
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.