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מִבְחָר H4005

H4005 is the Hebrew word מִבְחָר, transliterated mibchâr and said mib-khawr'. The King James Version most often renders it choice.

Word: מִבְחָרTransliteration: mibchârSaid: mib-khawr'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 12 verses

What it means

select, i.e. best.

Where it comes from

from H977 (בָּחַר).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 12 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

choice 6×chosen 3×pass that thy choicest 1×thereof and the choice 1×neither his chosen 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: choice(-st), chosen.

Verses using מִבְחָר

All 12 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 23:6 · KJV

Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.

Exodus 15:4 · KJV

Pharaoh’s chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: his chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea.

Deuteronomy 12:11 · KJV

Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the LORD:

Isaiah 22:7 · KJV

And it shall come to pass, that thy choicest valleys shall be full of chariots, and the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate.

Isaiah 37:24 · KJV

By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the height of his border, and the forest of his Carmel.

Jeremiah 22:7 · KJV

And I will prepare destroyers against thee, every one with his weapons: and they shall cut down thy choice cedars, and cast them into the fire.

Jeremiah 48:15 · KJV

Moab is spoiled, and gone up out of her cities, and his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.

Ezekiel 23:7 · KJV

Thus she committed her whoredoms with them, with all them that were the chosen men of Assyria, and with all on whom she doted: with all their idols she defiled herself.

Ezekiel 24:4 · KJV

Gather the pieces thereof into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.

Ezekiel 24:5 · KJV

Take the choice of the flock, and burn also the bones under it, and make it boil well, and let them seethe the bones of it therein.

Ezekiel 31:16 · KJV

I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be comforted in the nether parts of the earth.

Daniel 11:15 · KJV

So the king of the north shall come, and cast up a mount, and take the most fenced cities: and the arms of the south shall not withstand, neither his chosen people, neither shall there be any strength to withstand.

Common questions

What does Strong's H4005 mean?

H4005 is the Hebrew word מִבְחָר (mibchâr), meaning select, i.e. best.

How is H4005 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it choice (6 times), chosen (3 times), pass that thy choicest (1 time), thereof and the choice (1 time), neither his chosen (1 time).

How many times does H4005 appear in the Bible?

מִבְחָר (mibchâr) is tagged in 12 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H4005 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: from H977 (בָּחַר).

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