בָּחִיר
bâchîyr · baw-kheer'
select
Lexicon
Derivation: from H977 (בָּחַר);
select
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: choose, chosen one, elect.
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
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- 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 › the hand that works › the head, the highest
The house, what is within that works to separate and protect of the hand that works of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בָּחִיר 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
13 occurrences · 13 OT · 0 NT · 11 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- his chosen2 · 15%
- mine elect2 · 15%
- and mine elect2 · 15%
- did choose1 · 8%
- his chosen ones1 · 8%
- with my chosen1 · 8%
- and his chosen1 · 8%
- of thy chosen1 · 8%
- my chosen1 · 8%
- unto my chosen1 · 8%
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.