Strong's Concordance H977

Original Word: בָּחַר
Transliteration: bâchar
Phonetic Spelling: baw-khar'
a primitive root; properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select; acceptable, appoint, choose (choice), excellent, join, be rather, require.

Usages throughout the bible

2 Chronicles 25:5 - Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to the houses of their fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and above, and found them three hundred thousand choice H977 men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield.

2 Chronicles 29:11 - My sons, be not now negligent: for the LORD hath chosen H977 you to stand before him, to serve him, and that ye should minister unto him, and burn incense.

2 Chronicles 33:7 - And he set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen H977 before all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:

Nehemiah 1:9 - But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen H977 to set my name there.

Nehemiah 9:7 - Thou art the LORD the God, who didst choose H977 Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;

Job 7:15 - So that my soul chooseth H977 strangling, and death rather than my life.

Job 9:14 - How much less shall I answer him, and choose out H977 my words to reason with him?

Job 15:5 - For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest H977 the tongue of the crafty.

Job 29:25 - I chose H977 out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.

Job 34:4 - Let us choose H977 to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good.

Job 34:33 - Should it be according to thy mind? he will recompense it, whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; H977 and not I: therefore speak what thou knowest.

Job 36:21 - Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen H977 rather than affliction.

Psalms 25:12 - What man is he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose. H977

Psalms 33:12 - Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen H977 for his own inheritance.

Psalms 47:4 - He shall choose H977 our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.

Psalms 65:4 - Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, H977 and causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple.

Psalms 78:67 - Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose H977 not the tribe of Ephraim:

Psalms 78:68 - But chose H977 the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.

Psalms 78:70 - He chose H977 David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:

Psalms 84:10 - For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather H977 be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

Psalms 89:19 - Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen H977 out of the people.

Psalms 105:26 - He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen. H977

Psalms 119:30 - I have chosen H977 the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me.

Psalms 119:173 - Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen H977 thy precepts.

Psalms 132:13 - For the LORD hath chosen H977 Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.

Psalms 135:4 - For the LORD hath chosen H977 Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure.

Proverbs 1:29 - For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose H977 the fear of the LORD:

Proverbs 3:31 - Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose H977 none of his ways.

Proverbs 8:10 - Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice H977 gold.

Proverbs 8:19 - My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice H977 silver.

Proverbs 10:20 - The tongue of the just is as choice H977 silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.

Proverbs 16:16 - How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen H977 than silver!

Proverbs 21:3 - To do justice and judgment is more acceptable H977 to the LORD than sacrifice.

Proverbs 22:1 - A good name is rather to be chosen H977 than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.

Song of Solomon 5:15 - His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent H977 as the cedars.

Isaiah 1:29 - For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen. H977

Isaiah 7:15 - Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose H977 the good.

Isaiah 7:16 - For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose H977 the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings.

Isaiah 14:1 - For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose H977 Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.

Isaiah 40:20 - He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth H977 a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved.

Isaiah 41:8 - But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, H977 the seed of Abraham my friend.

Isaiah 41:9 - Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen H977 thee, and not cast thee away.

Isaiah 41:24 - Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth H977 you.

Isaiah 43:10 - Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: H977 that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.

Isaiah 44:1 - Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen: H977

Isaiah 44:2 - Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen. H977

Isaiah 48:10 - Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen H977 thee in the furnace of affliction.

Isaiah 49:7 - Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the LORD that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose H977 thee.

Isaiah 56:4 - For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose H977 the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant;

Isaiah 58:5 - Is it such a fast that I have chosen? H977 a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?