H977 Definition
- Strong's number
- H977
- Lemma
- בָּחַר
- Transliteration
- bâchar
- Pronunciation
- baw-khar'
- Strong's definition
- properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select acceptable, appoint, choose (choice), excellent, join, be rather, require. a primitive root;
2 Samuel 19:38 - answered And the king shall go Chimham of me that will I do to him that which shall seem good unto thee and whatsoever thou shalt require of me that will I do
Ezekiel 20:5 - And say And say the Lord GOD In the day when I chose Israel and lifted up mine hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt and lifted up mine hand And say I am the LORD your God
Judges 20:16 - Among all this people there were seven hundred men chosen lefthanded every one could sling stones at an hair breadth and not miss
1 Samuel 20:30 - was kindled anger Then Saul's against Jonathan and he said the son of the perverse rebellious woman do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse and unto the confusion and unto the confusion nakedness of thy mother's
Judges 20:34 - And there came against Gibeah ten thousand men chosen out of all Israel and the battle was sore but they knew was near not that evil
Proverbs 21:3 - To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice
Deuteronomy 21:5 - shall come near And the priests the sons of Levi hath chosen for them the LORD thy God to minister unto him and to bless in the name for them the LORD and by their word shall every controversy and every stroke
2 Kings 21:7 - And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made In this house said of which the LORD to David and to Solomon his son In this house and in Jerusalem which I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel And he set my name for ever
1 Chronicles 21:10 - and tell David Thus saith Thus saith the LORD thee three I offer things choose thee one of them that I may do
Proverbs 22:1 - is rather to be chosen A good name riches than great rather than silver and gold favour and loving
Deuteronomy 23:16 - He shall dwell with thee even among you in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates where it liketh him best thou shalt not oppress
2 Kings 23:27 - of which I said And the LORD Judah I will remove also out of my sight I will remove Israel and will cast off this city which I have chosen Jerusalem and the house of which I said My name
1 Samuel 24:2 - took Then Saul three thousand men chosen out of all Israel to seek David men upon the rocks of the wild goats
2 Samuel 24:12 - Go Thus saith unto David and say the LORD thee three I offer things choose thee one of them that I may do it unto thee
Joshua 24:15 - whom served the LORD choose you this day unto you served or the gods served which your fathers that were on the other side of the flood or the gods of the Amorites ye dwell in whose land but as for me and my house served the LORD
Joshua 24:22 - him And they said And Joshua unto the people We are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen you the LORD to serve him And they said We are witnesses
2 Chronicles 25:5 - gathered Moreover Amaziah Judah and made according to the houses of their fathers and captains over thousands and captains hundred Judah and Benjamin and he numbered old them from twenty years and above and found them three hundred over thousands choice men able to go forth to war that could handle spear and shield
Psalms 25:12 - What man is he that feareth the LORD him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose
Deuteronomy 26:2 - That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth which thou shalt bring of thy land that the LORD thy God giveth thee and shalt put it in a basket and shalt go unto the place shall choose that the LORD thy God to place his name
1 Samuel 26:2 - arose Then Saul and went down in the wilderness of Ziph having three thousand men chosen of Israel with him to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph
1 Chronicles 28:4 - chose Howbeit the LORD God of Israel and of the house of my father to be king of Israel for ever Judah chose to be the ruler and of the house Judah and of the house of my father and among the sons of my father he liked me to make me king of Israel
1 Chronicles 28:5 - And of all my sons me many And of all my sons hath given for the LORD he hath chosen Solomon And of all my sons to sit upon the throne of the kingdom for the LORD over Israel
1 Chronicles 28:6 - And he said unto me Solomon him to be my son he shall build my house and my courts for I have chosen him to be my son and I will be his father
1 Chronicles 28:10 - Take heed now for the LORD hath chosen thee to build an house for the sanctuary be strong and do
1 Chronicles 29:1 - said Furthermore David the king unto all the congregation Solomon my son whom alone hath chosen God is yet young and tender and the work is great is not for man for the palace but for the LORD God
2 Chronicles 29:11 - My sons be not now negligent hath chosen for the LORD you to stand before him and that ye should minister him and that ye should minister unto him and burn incense
Job 29:25 - I chose out their way and sat chief and dwelt as a king in the army the mourners as one that comforteth
Deuteronomy 30:19 - I call this day heaven and earth life and death against you that I have set before blessing and cursing therefore choose life may live that both thou and thy seed
Deuteronomy 31:11 - is come When all Israel to appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose thou shalt read this law When all Israel in their hearing
2 Chronicles 33:7 - And he set a carved image the idol which he had made In this house of God had said of God to David and to Solomon his son In this house and in Jerusalem which I have chosen before all the tribes of Israel And he set my name for ever
Psalms 33:12 - Blessed is the nation is the LORD whose God and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance
Jeremiah 33:24 - Considerest my people have spoken saying The two families hath chosen which the LORD he hath even cast them off my people thus they have despised that they should be no more a nation before
Job 34:4 - to us judgment Let us choose let us know among ourselves what is good
Job 34:33 - Should it be according to thy mind he will recompense it whether thou refuse it whether thou refuse or whether thou choose what thou knowest and not I therefore speak
Job 36:21 - Take heed regard not iniquity for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction
Isaiah 40:20 - He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation a tree that will not rot chooseth workman unto him a cunning he seeketh to prepare a graven image that shall not be moved
Isaiah 41:8 - But thou Israel art my servant Jacob whom I have chosen the seed of Abraham my friend
Isaiah 41:9 - Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth thee from the chief men and called thereof and said unto thee Thou art my servant I have chosen thee and not cast thee away
Isaiah 41:24 - Behold ye are of nothing and your work of nought an abomination is he that chooseth
Isaiah 43:10 - Ye are my witnesses saith the LORD and my servant whom I have chosen that ye may know and believe me and understand that I am he before formed me there was no God neither shall there be after
Isaiah 44:1 - Yet now hear O Jacob my servant and Israel whom I have chosen
Isaiah 44:2 - Thus saith the LORD that made thee and formed thee from the womb which will help thee Fear my servant not O Jacob and thou Jesurun whom I have chosen
Psalms 47:4 - He shall choose our inheritance for us the excellency of Jacob whom he loved Selah
Isaiah 48:10 - Behold I have refined thee but not with silver I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction
Isaiah 49:7 - Thus saith because of the LORD the Redeemer of Israel and his Holy One despiseth to him whom man abhorreth to him whom the nation to a servant of rulers Kings shall see and arise princes also shall worship because of the LORD that is faithful and his Holy One of Israel and he shall choose
Jeremiah 49:19 - like a lion Behold he shall come up from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong but I will suddenly make him run away from her and who is a chosen man that I may appoint over her for who is like me and who will appoint me the time and who is that shepherd that will stand before
Jeremiah 50:44 - like a lion Behold he shall come up from the swelling of Jordan unto the habitation of the strong them suddenly but I will make from her and who is a chosen man that I may appoint over her for who is like me and who will appoint me the time and who is that shepherd that will stand before
Isaiah 56:4 - For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths and choose the things that please me and take hold of my covenant
Isaiah 58:5 - this Is it such a fast that I have chosen a day to afflict for a man his soul is it to bow down as a bulrush his head sackcloth and ashes and to spread this under him wilt thou call Is it such a fast a day and an acceptable to the LORD
Isaiah 58:6 - Is not this the fast that I have chosen to loose the bands of wickedness to undo burdens every yoke go and to let the oppressed free every yoke and that ye break
Psalms 65:4 - Blessed is the man whom thou choosest and causest to approach unto thee that he may dwell in thy courts we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house even of thy holy temple
Isaiah 65:12 - Therefore will I number you to the sword to the slaughter and ye shall all bow down because when I called ye did not answer when I spake ye did not hear but did evil before mine eyes that wherein I delighted and did choose
Isaiah 66:3 - He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man he that sacrificeth a lamb as if he cut off a dog's he that offereth an oblation blood as if he offered swine's he that burneth incense as if he blessed an idol Yea they have chosen their own ways in their abominations and their soul delighteth
Isaiah 66:4 - I also will choose their delusions their fears and will bring upon them because when I called none did answer when I spake they did not hear but they did evil before mine eyes that in which I delighted I also will choose
Psalms 78:67 - Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph not the tribe of Ephraim and chose
Psalms 78:68 - But chose the tribe of Judah the mount Zion which he loved
Psalms 78:70 - He chose David also his servant and took him from the sheepfolds
Psalms 84:10 - is better For a day in thy courts than a thousand I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than to dwell in the tents of wickedness
Psalms 105:26 - He sent Moses his servant and Aaron whom he had chosen
Psalms 119:30 - the way of truth I have chosen thy judgments have I laid
Psalms 119:173 - Let thine hand help thy precepts me for I have chosen
Psalms 132:13 - hath chosen For the LORD Zion he hath desired it for his habitation
Psalms 135:4 - Jacob hath chosen For the LORD unto himself and Israel for his peculiar treasure