- Original: בּחר - Transliteration: Bachar - Phonetic: baw-khar' - Definition: 1. to choose, elect, decide for a. (Qal) to choose b. (Niphal) to be chosen c. (Pual) to be chosen, selected - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 231 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; properly to try that is (by implication) select: - acceptable appoint choose (choice) excellent join be rather require. Total KJV Occurrences: 169 • acceptable, 1 Proverbs 21:3 • appoint, 1 2 Samuel 15:15 • choice, 5 2 Samuel 10:9; 1 Chronicles 19:10; 2 Chronicles 25:5; Proverbs 8:19; Proverbs 10:20 • choose, 50 Numbers 16:7; Numbers 17:5; Deuteronomy 7:7; Deuteronomy 12:5; Deuteronomy 12:11; Deuteronomy 12:14; Deuteronomy 12:18; Deuteronomy 12:26; Deuteronomy 14:23; Deuteronomy 14:24; Deuteronomy 14:25; Deuteronomy 15:20; Deuteronomy 16:2; Deuteronomy 16:6; Deuteronomy 16:7; Deuteronomy 16:15; Deuteronomy 16:16; Deuteronomy 17:8; Deuteronomy 17:10; Deuteronomy 17:15; Deuteronomy 18:6; Deuteronomy 23:16; Deuteronomy 26:2; Deuteronomy 30:19; Deuteronomy 31:11; Joshua 9:27; Joshua 24:15; 1 Samuel 2:28; 2 Samuel 16:18; 2 Samuel 24:12; 1 Kings 14:21; 1 Kings 18:23; 1 Kings 18:25; 1 Chronicles 21:10; Nehemiah 9:7; Job 34:4; Job 34:33; Psalm 25:12; Psalm 47:4; Proverbs 1:29; Proverbs 3:31; Isaiah 7:15; Isaiah 7:16; Isaiah 14:1; Isaiah 49:7; Isaiah 56:4; Isaiah 65:12; Isaiah 66:4; Zechariah 1:17; Zechariah 2:12 • choosest, 2 Job 15:5; Psalm 65:4 • chooseth, 3 Job 7:15; Isaiah 40:20; Isaiah 41:24 • chose, 22 Genesis 6:2; Genesis 13:11; Exodus 18:25; Deuteronomy 4:37; Deuteronomy 10:15; Judges 5:8; 1 Samuel 13:2; 1 Samuel 17:40; 2 Samuel 6:21; 2 Samuel 10:9; 1 Kings 8:16(2); 1 Kings 11:34; 1 Chronicles 19:10; 1 Chronicles 28:4; 2 Chronicles 6:5(2); Psalm 78:67; Psalm 78:68; Psalm 78:70; Isaiah 66:4; Ezekiel 20:5 • chosen, 76 Exodus 14:7; Numbers 16:5; Deuteronomy 7:6; Deuteronomy 12:21; Deuteronomy 14:2; Deuteronomy 16:11; Deuteronomy 18:5; Deuteronomy 21:5; Joshua 24:22; Judges 10:14; Judges 20:16; Judges 20:34; 1 Samuel 8:18; 1 Samuel 10:24; 1 Samuel 12:13; 1 Samuel 16:8; 1 Samuel 16:9; 1 Samuel 16:10; 1 Samuel 20:30; 1 Samuel 24:2; 1 Samuel 26:2; 2 Samuel 6:1; 1 Kings 3:8; 1 Kings 8:44; 1 Kings 8:48; 1 Kings 11:13; 1 Kings 11:32; 1 Kings 11:36; 1 Kings 12:21; 2 Kings 21:7; 2 Kings 23:27; 1 Chronicles 15:2; 1 Chronicles 28:4; 1 Chronicles 28:5; 1 Chronicles 28:6; 1 Chronicles 28:10; 1 Chronicles 29:1; 2 Chronicles 6:6(2); 2 Chronicles 6:34; 2 Chronicles 6:38; 2 Chronicles 7:12; 2 Chronicles 7:16; 2 Chronicles 11:1; 2 Chronicles 12:13; 2 Chronicles 13:3(2); 2 Chronicles 13:17; 2 Chronicles 29:11; 2 Chronicles 33:7; Nehemiah 1:9; Job 36:21; Psalm 33:12; Psalm 105:26; Psalm 119:30; Psalm 119:173; Psalm 132:13; Psalm 135:4; Proverbs 16:16; Proverbs 22:1; Isaiah 1:29; Isaiah 41:8; Isaiah 41:9; Isaiah 43:10; Isaiah 44:1; Isaiah 44:2; Isaiah 48:10; Isaiah 58:5; Isaiah 58:6; Isaiah 66:3; Jeremiah 8:3; Jeremiah 33:24; Jeremiah 49:19; Jeremiah 50:44; Haggai 2:23; Zechariah 3:2 • excellent, 1 Song of Songs 5:15 • gold, 1 Proverbs 8:10 • out, 5 Exodus 17:9; Joshua 8:3; 2 Samuel 17:1; Job 9:14; Job 29:25 • rather, 1 Psalm 84:10 • require, 1 2 Samuel 19:38 """