בָּחַר

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Hebrew H0977 Verb 172 occurrences in 164 verses
בָּחַר to choose

1. to choose, elect, decide for

a. (Qal) to choose

b. (Niphal) to be chosen

c. (Pual) to be chosen, selected

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Concordance 164 verses

  1. Isaiah 58:5 אֶבְחָרֵ֔הוּ

    Is this the fast I have chosen: a day for a man to deny himself, to bow his head like a reed, and to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Will you call this a fast and a day acceptable to the LORD?

  2. Isaiah 58:6 אֶבְחָרֵהוּ֒

    Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to break the chains of wickedness, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and tear off every yoke?

  3. Isaiah 65:12 בְּחַרְתֶּֽם׃פ

    I will destine you for the sword, and you will all kneel down to be slaughtered, because I called and you did not answer, I spoke and you did not listen; you did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight.”

  4. Isaiah 66:3 בָּֽחֲרוּ֙

    Whoever slaughters an ox is like one who slays a man; whoever sacrifices a lamb is like one who breaks a dog’s neck; whoever presents a grain offering is like one who offers pig’s blood; whoever offers frankincense is like one who blesses an idol. Indeed, they have chosen their own ways and delighted in their abominations.

  5. Isaiah 66:4 אֶבְחַ֣רבָּחָֽרוּ׃ס

    So I will choose their punishment and I will bring terror upon them, because I called and no one answered, I spoke and no one listened. But they did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight.”

  6. Jeremiah 8:3 וְנִבְחַ֥ר

    And wherever I have banished them, the remnant of this evil family will choose death over life,” declares the LORD of Hosts.

  7. Jeremiah 33:24 בָּחַ֧ר

    “Have you not noticed what these people are saying: ‘The LORD has rejected the two families He had chosen’? So they despise My people and no longer regard them as a nation.

  8. Jeremiah 49:19 בָח֖וּר

    Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered pasture. For in an instant I will chase Edom from her land. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? For who is like Me, and who can challenge Me? What shepherd can stand against Me?”

  9. Jeremiah 50:44 בָח֖וּר

    Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered pasture. For in an instant I will chase Babylon from her land. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? For who is like Me, and who can challenge Me? What shepherd can stand against Me?”

  10. Ezekiel 20:5 בָּחֳרִ֣י

    and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: On the day I chose Israel, I swore an oath to the descendants of the house of Jacob and made Myself known to them in the land of Egypt. With an uplifted hand I said to them, ‘I am the LORD your God.’

  11. Haggai 2:23 בָחַ֔רְתִּי

    On that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will take you, My servant, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, declares the LORD, and I will make you like My signet ring, for I have chosen you, declares the LORD of Hosts.”

  12. Zechariah 1:17 וּבָחַ֥ר

    Proclaim further that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘My cities will again overflow with prosperity; the LORD will again comfort Zion and choose Jerusalem.’”

  13. Zechariah 2:12 וּבָחַ֥ר

    And the LORD will take possession of Judah as His portion in the Holy Land, and He will once again choose Jerusalem.

  14. Zechariah 3:2 הַבֹּחֵ֖ר

    And the LORD said to Satan: “The LORD rebukes you, Satan! Indeed, the LORD, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebukes you! Is not this man a firebrand snatched from the fire?”

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