בְּחֻרוֹת
bᵉchurôwth · bekh-oo-rothe'
youth (collectively and abstractly)
Lexicon
Derivation: or בְּחוּרוֹת; feminine plural of H970 (בָּחוּר); also (masculine plural) בְּחֻרִים;
youth (collectively and abstractly)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: young men, youth.
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
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › to separate and protect › the head, the highest › to fasten and establish › the mark, the covenant sign
The house, what is within that works to separate and protect of the head, the highest that works to fasten and establish of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בְּחֻרוֹת 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
3 occurrences · 3 OT · 0 NT · 3 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of thy youth2 · 67%
- one of his young men1 · 33%
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.