TBESH · H0977
בָּחַר · ba.char · to choose
1) to choose, elect, decide for 1a) (Qal) to choose 1b) (Niphal) to be chosen 1c) (Pual) to be chosen, selected
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ba.char H977
בָּחַר (ba.char) means “to choose” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
בָּחַר Hebrew · H977 171 tagged occurrences in 163 verses
Pronunciation guide: baw-khar' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
a primitive root; properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select
KJV glosses: acceptable, appoint, choose (choice), excellent, join, be rather, require.
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How translators render H977
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| will choose | 19 |
| chosen | 13 |
| i have chosen | 12 |
| you have chosen | 9 |
| has chosen | 8 |
| chose | 7 |
| choose | 6 |
| i chose | 5 |
| he will choose | 4 |
| and choose | 3 |
| and chose | 3 |
| chooses | 3 |
| have chosen | 3 |
| he chooses | 3 |
| he chose | 3 |
| is more desirable | 3 |
| select | 3 |
| had chosen | 2 |
| has chosen them | 2 |
| he had chosen | 2 |
| he has chosen | 2 |
| he selected | 2 |
| is the chosen one | 2 |
| or choose | 2 |
| the best | 2 |
| whom i have chosen | 2 |
| and have chosen | 1 |
| and he has chosen you | 1 |
| and i have chosen | 1 |
| and you choose | 1 |
| anyone who chooses | 1 |
| as majestic | 1 |
| but he chose | 1 |
| but i have chosen | 1 |
| but now i have chosen | 1 |
| chosen for him | 1 |
| chosen men | 1 |
| decides | 1 |
| for i have now chosen | 1 |
| has chosen you | 1 |
| have i chosen | 1 |
| he would choose | 1 |
| i choose | 1 |
| i have chosen him | 1 |
| i have tested | 1 |
| i selected | 1 |
| i would rather | 1 |
| is among | 1 |
| is choice | 1 |
| is the one you choose | 1 |
| let me choose | 1 |
| let the prophets of baal choose | 1 |
| let us choose | 1 |
| must choose | 1 |
| of the best | 1 |
| one chosen | 1 |
| rather than pure | 1 |
| selected | 1 |
| shall choose | 1 |
| surpasses choice | 1 |
| that i have chosen | 1 |
| the chosen men | 1 |
| then choose | 1 |
| therefore choose | 1 |
| they chose | 1 |
| when they chose | 1 |
| who choose | 1 |
| who has chosen | 1 |
| who has chosen you | 1 |
| would prefer | 1 |
| you desire | 1 |
| you have preferred | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| shall choose | 17 |
| chosen | 15 |
| hath chosen | 13 |
| choose | 5 |
| which i have chosen | 5 |
| which thou hast chosen | 5 |
| and choose | 4 |
| chose | 4 |
| which he shall choose | 4 |
| whom i have chosen | 4 |
| and chose | 3 |
| chooseth | 3 |
| i chose | 3 |
| i have chosen | 3 |
| that i have chosen | 3 |
| a chosen | 2 |
| choice | 2 |
| for i have chosen | 2 |
| he chose | 2 |
| he hath chosen | 2 |
| he shall choose | 2 |
| of all the choice | 2 |
| rather to be chosen | 2 |
| against yourselves that ye have chosen | 1 |
| and did choose | 1 |
| and did i choose | 1 |
| and did not choose | 1 |
| and have chosen | 1 |
| and he shall choose | 1 |
| and let them choose | 1 |
| and shall choose | 1 |
| and shall yet choose | 1 |
| and thou choosest | 1 |
| and will yet choose | 1 |
| but chose | 1 |
| but i have chosen | 1 |
| choose out | 1 |
| choose us out | 1 |
| chose out | 1 |
| chosen men | 1 |
| did choose | 1 |
| doth choose | 1 |
| excellent | 1 |
| for he hath chosen | 1 |
| for now have i chosen | 1 |
| for this hast thou chosen | 1 |
| had chosen | 1 |
| hath not chosen | 1 |
| he chose out | 1 |
| i also will choose | 1 |
| i had rather | 1 |
| joined | 1 |
| let me now choose out | 1 |
| let us choose | 1 |
| me for i have chosen | 1 |
| might be there and have chosen | 1 |
| might be there neither chose | 1 |
| might be therein but i chose | 1 |
| more acceptable | 1 |
| of all which they chose | 1 |
| or whether thou choose | 1 |
| rather than choice | 1 |
| sake which i have chosen | 1 |
| sake whom i chose | 1 |
| shall appoint | 1 |
| shall be chosen | 1 |
| than choice | 1 |
| that hath chosen | 1 |
| that thou hast chosen | 1 |
| that ye have chosen | 1 |
| them and he chose | 1 |
| therefore choose | 1 |
| therefore he chose | 1 |
| they chose | 1 |
| thou choosest | 1 |
| unto thee and whatsoever thou shalt require | 1 |
| upon you nor choose | 1 |
| when i chose | 1 |
| which chose | 1 |
| which he should choose | 1 |
| which ye have chosen | 1 |
| which ye shall have chosen | 1 |
| who didst choose | 1 |
| whom he had chosen | 1 |
| whom he hath chosen | 1 |
| whom i shall choose | 1 |
| whom ye have chosen | 1 |
| yea they have chosen | 1 |
Verses containing H977
Page 3 of 4. 163 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
- 2 Chronicles 25:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Amaziah gathered the people of Judah and assigned them according to their families to commanders of thousands and of hundreds. And he numbered those twenty years of age or older throughout Judah and Benjamin and found 300,000 chosen men able to serve in the army, bearing the spear and shield.
Read word by word - 2 Chronicles 29:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Now, my sons, do not be negligent, for the LORD has chosen you to stand before Him, to serve Him, to minister before Him, and to burn incense.”
Read word by word - 2 Chronicles 33:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Manasseh even took the carved image he had made and set it up in the house of God, of which God had said to David and his son Solomon, “In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will establish My Name forever.
Read word by word - Nehemiah 1:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
but if you return to Me and keep and practice My commandments, then even if your exiles have been banished to the farthest horizon, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place I have chosen as a dwelling for My Name.’
Read word by word - Nehemiah 9:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You are the LORD, the God who chose Abram, who brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and gave him the name Abraham.
Read word by word - Job 7:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
so that I would prefer strangling and death over my life in this body.
Read word by word - Job 9:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
How then can I answer Him or choose my arguments against Him?
Read word by word - Job 15:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For your iniquity instructs your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.
Read word by word - Job 29:25
· BSB · 1 occurrence
I chose their course and presided as chief. So I dwelt as a king among his troops, as a comforter of the mourners.
Read word by word - Job 34:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Let us choose for ourselves what is right; let us learn together what is good.
Read word by word - Job 34:33
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Should God repay you on your own terms when you have disavowed Him? You must choose, not I; so tell me what you know.
Read word by word - Job 36:21
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Be careful not to turn to iniquity, for this you have preferred to affliction.
Read word by word - Psalms 25:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Who is the man who fears the LORD? He will instruct him in the path chosen for him.
Read word by word - Psalms 33:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people He has chosen as His inheritance!
Read word by word - Psalms 47:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He chooses our inheritance for us, the pride of Jacob, whom He loves. Selah
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 47.5
- Psalms 65:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Blessed is the one You choose and bring near to dwell in Your courts! We are filled with the goodness of Your house, the holiness of Your temple.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 65.5
- Psalms 78:67
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He rejected the tent of Joseph and refused the tribe of Ephraim.
Read word by word - Psalms 78:68
· BSB · 1 occurrence
But He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved.
Read word by word - Psalms 78:70
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He chose David His servant and took him from the sheepfolds;
Read word by word - Psalms 84:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 84.11
- Psalms 89:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You once spoke in a vision; to Your godly ones You said, “I have bestowed help on a warrior; I have exalted one chosen from the people.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 89.20
- Psalms 105:26
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He sent Moses His servant, and Aaron, whom He had chosen.
Read word by word - Psalms 119:30
· BSB · 1 occurrence
I have chosen the way of truth; I have set Your ordinances before me.
Read word by word - Psalms 119:173
· BSB · 1 occurrence
May Your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen Your precepts.
Read word by word - Psalms 132:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His home:
Read word by word - Psalms 135:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For the LORD has chosen Jacob as His own, Israel as His treasured possession.
Read word by word - Proverbs 1:29
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For they hated knowledge and chose not to fear the LORD.
Read word by word - Proverbs 3:31
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Do not envy a violent man or choose any of his ways;
Read word by word - Proverbs 8:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Receive my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than pure gold.
Read word by word - Proverbs 8:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
My fruit is better than gold, pure gold, and my harvest surpasses choice silver.
Read word by word - Proverbs 10:20
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The tongue of the righteous is choice silver, but the heart of the wicked has little worth.
Read word by word - Proverbs 16:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
How much better to acquire wisdom than gold! To gain understanding is more desirable than silver.
Read word by word - Proverbs 21:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
To do righteousness and justice is more desirable to the LORD than sacrifice.
Read word by word - Proverbs 22:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
A good name is more desirable than great riches; favor is better than silver and gold.
Read word by word - Song of Solomon 5:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
His legs are pillars of marble set on bases of pure gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, as majestic as the cedars.
Read word by word - Isaiah 1:29
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Surely you will be ashamed of the sacred oaks in which you have delighted; you will be embarrassed by the gardens that you have chosen.
Read word by word - Isaiah 7:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
By the time He knows enough to reject evil and choose good, He will be eating curds and honey.
Read word by word - Isaiah 7:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For before the boy knows enough to reject evil and choose good, the land of the two kings you dread will be laid waste.
Read word by word - Isaiah 14:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For the LORD will have compassion on Jacob; once again He will choose Israel and settle them in their own land. The foreigner will join them and unite with the house of Jacob.
Read word by word - Isaiah 40:20
· BSB · 1 occurrence
One lacking such an offering chooses wood that will not rot. He seeks a skilled craftsman to set up an idol that will not topple.
Read word by word - Isaiah 41:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“But you, O Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, descendant of Abraham My friend—
Read word by word - Isaiah 41:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
I brought you from the ends of the earth and called you from its farthest corners. I said, ‘You are My servant.’ I have chosen and not rejected you.
Read word by word - Isaiah 41:24
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Behold, you are nothing and your work is of no value. Anyone who chooses you is detestable.
Read word by word - Isaiah 43:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“You are My witnesses,” declares the LORD, “and My servant whom I have chosen, so that you may consider and believe Me and understand that I am He. Before Me no god was formed, and after Me none will come.
Read word by word - Isaiah 44:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
But now listen, O Jacob My servant, Israel, whom I have chosen.
Read word by word - Isaiah 44:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
This is the word of the LORD, your Maker, who formed you from the womb and who will help you: “Do not be afraid, O Jacob My servant, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
Read word by word - Isaiah 48:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
See, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
Read word by word - Isaiah 49:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Thus says the LORD, the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel, to Him who was despised and abhorred by the nation, to the Servant of rulers: “Kings will see You and rise, and princes will bow down, because of the LORD, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen You.”
Read word by word - Isaiah 56:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For this is what the LORD says: “To the eunuchs who keep My Sabbaths, who choose what pleases Me and hold fast to My covenant—
Read word by word - Isaiah 58:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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?
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