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בָּחוּר H970
H970 is the Hebrew word בָּחוּר, transliterated bâchûwr and said baw-khoor'. The King James Version most often renders it young men.
What it means
properly, selected, i.e. a youth (often collective).
Where it comes from
or בָּחֻר; participle passive of H977 (בָּחַר).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 44 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: (choice) young (man), chosen, [idiom] hole.
Verses using בָּחוּר
The first 40 of 43 verses, quoted in full.
Deuteronomy 32:25 · KJV
The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs.
Judges 14:10 · KJV
So his father went down unto the woman: and Samson made there a feast; for so used the young men to do.
Ruth 3:10 · KJV
And he said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my daughter: for thou hast shewed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich.
1 Samuel 8:16 · KJV
And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.
1 Samuel 9:2 · KJV
And he had a son, whose name was Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly: and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people.
2 Kings 8:12 · KJV
And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child.
2 Chronicles 36:17 · KJV
Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand.
Psalm 78:31 · KJV
The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.
Psalm 78:63 · KJV
The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage.
Psalm 148:12 · KJV
Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children:
Proverbs 20:29 · KJV
The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the grey head.
Ecclesiastes 11:9 · KJV
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Isaiah 9:17 · KJV
Therefore the LORD shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
Isaiah 23:4 · KJV
Be thou ashamed, O Zidon: for the sea hath spoken, even the strength of the sea, saying, I travail not, nor bring forth children, neither do I nourish up young men, nor bring up virgins.
Isaiah 31:8 · KJV
Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man; and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: but he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be discomfited.
Isaiah 40:30 · KJV
Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
Isaiah 42:22 · KJV
But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore.
Isaiah 62:5 · KJV
For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.
Jeremiah 6:11 · KJV
Therefore I am full of the fury of the LORD; I am weary with holding in: I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and upon the assembly of young men together: for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him that is full of days.
Jeremiah 9:21 · KJV
For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets.
Jeremiah 11:22 · KJV
Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will punish them: the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their daughters shall die by famine:
Jeremiah 15:8 · KJV
Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler at noonday: I have caused him to fall upon it suddenly, and terrors upon the city.
Jeremiah 18:21 · KJV
Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.
Jeremiah 31:13 · KJV
Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.
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.
Jeremiah 49:26 · KJV
Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD of hosts.
Jeremiah 50:30 · KJV
Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 51:3 · KJV
Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against him that lifteth himself up in his brigandine: and spare ye not her young men; destroy ye utterly all her host.
Jeremiah 51:22 · KJV
With thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the maid;
Lamentations 1:15 · KJV
The LORD hath trodden under foot all my mighty men in the midst of me: he hath called an assembly against me to crush my young men: the LORD hath trodden the virgin, the daughter of Judah, as in a winepress.
Lamentations 1:18 · KJV
The LORD is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment: hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorrow: my virgins and my young men are gone into captivity.
Lamentations 2:21 · KJV
The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, and not pitied.
Lamentations 5:13 · KJV
They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.
Lamentations 5:14 · KJV
The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.
Ezekiel 9:6 · KJV
Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house.
Ezekiel 23:6 · KJV
Which were clothed with blue, captains and rulers, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding upon horses.
Ezekiel 23:23 · KJV
The Babylonians, and all the Chaldeans, Pekod, and Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them: all of them desirable young men, captains and rulers, great lords and renowned, all of them riding upon horses.
Ezekiel 30:17 · KJV
The young men of Aven and of Pibeseth shall fall by the sword: and these cities shall go into captivity.
Joel 2:28 · KJV
And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
Amos 2:11 · KJV
And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the LORD.
Common questions
What does Strong's H970 mean?
H970 is the Hebrew word בָּחוּר (bâchûwr), meaning properly, selected, i.e. a youth (often collective).
How is H970 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it young men (29 times), young man (4 times), both young men (2 times), both the young man (1 time), used the young men (1 time), among others.
How many times does H970 appear in the Bible?
בָּחוּר (bâchûwr) is tagged in 43 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H970 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: or בָּחֻר; participle passive of H977 (בָּחַר).
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