Hebrew noun (masculine) · H972
בָּחִיר
bachirbaw-kheer'
chosen
13 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: bâchîyr
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H972is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 39Old Testament books
- 11spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H972
select
The King James renders it: choose, chosen one, elect.
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
bachir is rendered "chosen". It stands 13 times in the Hebrew text, across four books.
- Six of the uses stand in Isaiah, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.2 Samuel 21:6let seven of his male descendants be delivered to us so that we may hang them before the LORD at Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of the LORD.” “I will give them to you,” said the king.
- The Greek text spells it eleven different ways.
The first use
let seven of his male descendants be delivered to us so that we may hang them before the LORD at Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of the LORD.” “I will give them to you,” said the king.
2 Samuel 21:6בְּחִ֣יר
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Six of the word's thirteen uses are in Isaiah.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- chosen one my3
- chosen ones his3
- chosen ones my2
- chosen one his1
- chosen one of1
- chosen ones your1
- to chosen one my1
- to chosen ones my1
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.
All 13, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
11 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
- בְּחִירָֽיו׃3
- בְּחִ֣יר1
- בְחִיר֗וֹ1
- בְחִירַ֔י1
- בְּחִירִ֖י1
- בְּחִירִ֑י1
- בְחִירִֽי׃1
- בְחִירָֽי׃1
- בְּחִירֶ֗יךָ1
- לִבְחִירִ֑י1
- לִבְחִירַ֔י1
The grammar of each form
- adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular3HAampc/Sp3ms
- adjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular3HAamsc/Sp1bs
- adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular2HAampc/Sp1bs
- adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1HAampc/Sp2ms
- adjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HAamsc
- adjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HAamsc/Sp3ms
- preposition + adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1HR/Aampc/Sp1bs
- preposition + adjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1HR/Aamsc/Sp1bs
2 Samuel
one use
let seven of his male descendants be delivered to us so that we may hang them before the LORD at Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of the LORD.” “I will give them to you,” said the king.
- בְּחִ֣ירbechiradjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: chosen one of
1 Chronicles
one use
O offspring of His servant Israel, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones.
- בְּחִירָֽיו׃bechiravadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: chosen ones his
Psalms
five uses
You said, “I have made a covenant with My chosen one, I have sworn to David My servant:
- לִבְחִירִ֑יlivchiripreposition + adjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: to chosen one my
O offspring of His servant Abraham, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones.
- בְּחִירָֽיו׃bechiravadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: chosen ones his
He brought forth His people with rejoicing, His chosen with shouts of joy.
- בְּחִירָֽיו׃bechiravadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: chosen ones his
that I may see the prosperity of Your chosen ones, and rejoice in the gladness of Your nation, and give glory with Your inheritance.
- בְּחִירֶ֗יךָbechireikhaadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: chosen ones your
So He said He would destroy them— had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach to divert His wrath from destroying them.
- בְחִיר֗וֹvechiroadjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: chosen one his
Isaiah
six uses
“Here is My Servant, whom I uphold, My Chosen One, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will bring justice to the nations.
- בְּחִירִ֖יbechiriadjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: chosen one my
The beasts of the field will honor Me, the jackals and the ostriches, because I provide water in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, to give drink to My chosen people.
- בְחִירִֽי׃vechiriadjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: chosen one my
For the sake of Jacob My servant and Israel My chosen one, I call you by name; I have given you a title of honor, though you have not known Me.
- בְּחִירִ֑יbechiriadjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: chosen one my
And I will bring forth descendants from Jacob, and heirs from Judah; My elect will possess My mountains, and My servants will dwell there.
- בְחִירַ֔יvechiraiadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: chosen ones my
You will leave behind your name as a curse for My chosen ones, and the Lord GOD will slay you; but to His servants He will give another name.
- לִבְחִירַ֔יlivchiraipreposition + adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: to chosen ones my
No longer will they build houses for others to inhabit, nor plant for others to eat. For as is the lifetime of a tree, so will be the days of My people, and My chosen ones will fully enjoy the work of their hands.
- בְחִירָֽי׃vechiraiadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: chosen ones my
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.