מִבְחָר
mibchâr · mib-khawr'
select, i.e. best
Lexicon
Derivation: from H977 (בָּחַר);
select, i.e. best
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: choice(-st), chosen.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › the house, what is within › to separate and protect › the head, the highest
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of the house, what is within that works to separate and protect of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מִבְחָר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
12 occurrences · 12 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the choice2 · 17%
- in the choice1 · 8%
- his chosen1 · 8%
- and all your choice1 · 8%
- and it shall come to pass, that thy choicest1 · 8%
- thereof, and the choice1 · 8%
- thy choice1 · 8%
- and his chosen1 · 8%
- with them, with all them that were the chosen1 · 8%
- it with the choice1 · 8%
- neither his chosen1 · 8%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.