King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H970
Transliteration: bachur
Phonetic Spelling: (baw-khoor')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a young man
Meaning: selected, a youth
Word Summary
bachur: a young man
Original Word: בָּחוּרTransliteration: bachur
Phonetic Spelling: (baw-khoor')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a young man
Meaning: selected, a youth
Strong's Concordance
choice young man, chosen Or bachur {baw-khoor'}; participle passive of bachar; properly, selected, i.e. A youth (often collective) -- (choice) young (man), chosen, X hole.
see HEBREW bachar
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H970. bachur
בָּחוּר noun masculine young man Isaiah 62:5 7t.; plural בַּחוּרִים (intensive with daghesh forte implicit) Proverbs 20:29 13t.; construct בַּחוּרֵי Ezekiel 23:6 4t.; suffix בַּחוּרַי etc. Lamentations 1:18 16t.; — young man (choice, in the prime of manhood) 1 Samuel 9:2; Ecclesiastes 11:9; Isaiah 62:5; collective young men Jeremiah 15:8; וּבְתוּלָה בָּחוּר young men and virgins Deuteronomy 32:25; 2 Chronicles 36:17; Jeremiah 51:22; Ezekiel 9:6; usually plural Judges 14:10; Ruth 3:10; 1 Samuel 8:16; 2 Kings 8:12; 2 Chronicles 36:17; Proverbs 20:29; Isaiah 9:17; 31:8; 40:30; Jeremiah 6:11; 9:20; 11:22; 18:21; 48:15; 49:26; 50:3; 51:3; Lamentations 1:15; 5:13-14, Ezekiel 33:6, 12, 23; 30:17; Joel 3:1; Amos 2:11; 4:10; "" בתולות Psalm 78:63; 148:12; Isaiah 23:4; Jeremiah 31:13; Lamentations 1:18; 2:21; Amos 8:13; Zechariah 9:17.