בָּחַר
bâchar · baw-khar'
properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: acceptable, appoint, choose (choice), excellent, join, be rather, require.
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
- 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 head, the highest
The house, what is within that works to separate and protect of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בָּחַר 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
171 occurrences · 171 OT · 0 NT · 108 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- shall choose17 · 17%
- hath chosen13 · 13%
- chosen13 · 13%
- which i have chosen5 · 5%
- which thou hast chosen5 · 5%
- and choose4 · 4%
- chose4 · 4%
- whom i have chosen4 · 4%
- which he shall choose4 · 4%
- i chose3 · 3%
- choose3 · 3%
- that i have chosen3 · 3%
- and chose3 · 3%
- i have chosen3 · 3%
- he chose2 · 2%
- of all the choice2 · 2%
- from her: and who is a chosen2 · 2%
- chooseth2 · 2%
- for i have chosen2 · 2%
- therefore he chose1 · 1%
- whom i shall choose1 · 1%
- doth choose1 · 1%
- unto him: even him whom he hath chosen1 · 1%
- choose us out1 · 1%
- of all which they chose1 · 1%
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.