בָּחוּר
bâchûwr · baw-khoor'
properly, selected, i.e. a youth (often collective)
Lexicon
Derivation: or בָּחֻר; participle passive of H977 (בָּחַר);
properly, selected, i.e. a youth (often collective)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (choice) young (man), chosen, [idiom] hole.
Letters
- 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
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › to separate and protect › to fasten and establish › the head, the highest
The house, what is within that works to separate and protect that works to fasten and establish of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בָּחוּר 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
44 occurrences · 44 OT · 0 NT · 32 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- young men7 · 18%
- the young men3 · 8%
- their young men2 · 5%
- both young men2 · 5%
- of young men2 · 5%
- and the young men2 · 5%
- and my young men2 · 5%
- your young men2 · 5%
- both the young man1 · 3%
- for so used the young men1 · 3%
- a choice young man1 · 3%
- and their young men1 · 3%
- upon young man1 · 3%
- the chosen1 · 3%
- o young man1 · 3%
- in their young men1 · 3%
- and his young men1 · 3%
- in holes1 · 3%
- for as a young man1 · 3%
- them: the young men1 · 3%
- of the young men1 · 3%
- let their young men1 · 3%
- therefore her young men1 · 3%
- therefore shall her young men1 · 3%
- ye not her young men1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
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.