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;
1 Chronicles 15:2 - said Then David None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites chosen for them hath the LORD None ought to carry the ark for them hath the LORD and to minister unto him for ever
1 Chronicles 19:10 - saw Now when Joab was set against him before that the battle was set against him before and behind he chose out he chose out of Israel and put them in array against the Syrians
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
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
1 Kings 3:8 - And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen of thy people a great that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude
1 Kings 8:16 - Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt I chose no city out of all the tribes Israel to build an house that my ~ I chose David my people Israel
1 Kings 8:44 - go out If thy people to battle against their enemy toward thou shalt send them and shall pray unto the LORD toward the city which thou hast chosen and toward the house that I have built for thy ~
1 Kings 8:48 - And so return unto thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies which led them away captive and pray unto thee toward in the land which thou gavest unto their fathers the city which thou hast chosen and the house which I have built for thy ~
1 Kings 11:13 - Howbeit all the kingdom I will not rend away tribe one but will give to thy son for David my servant's sake and for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen
1 Kings 11:32 - out of all the tribes But he shall have one for my servant David's sake and for Jerusalem's sake the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel
1 Kings 11:34 - Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand him prince but I will make all the days of his life for David my servant's sake whom I chose because he kept my commandments and my statutes
1 Kings 11:36 - And unto his son will I give tribe one may have a light that David my servant alway before me in Jerusalem the city which I have chosen me to put my ~
1 Kings 12:21 - was come And when Rehoboam to Jerusalem he assembled against the house of Judah with the tribe of Benjamin an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men which were warriors to fight against the house of Israel again the kingdom And when Rehoboam the son of Solomon
1 Kings 14:21 - And Rehoboam old of Solomon and he reigned in Judah old was forty and one years And Rehoboam and he reigned seventeen years and he reigned in Jerusalem the city did choose which the LORD to put his ~ out of all the tribes of Israel his ~ there And his mother's was Naamah an Ammonitess
1 Kings 18:23 - Let them therefore give us two bullock and let them choose bullock one for themselves and cut it in pieces and lay it on wood no fire and lay under and I will dress bullock one Let them therefore give it on wood no fire and lay
1 Kings 18:25 - said And Elijah unto the prophets of Baal Choose bullock you one for yourselves and dress it first for ye are many and call on the ~ of your gods no fire but put