Chosen
בָּחִירStrong’s H0972bachir (ba-chir)
Appears in 13 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Bachir is the Hebrew word usually translated “chosen ones his”, “chosen one my” and “chosen ones my”. It appears in 13 verses of the Old Testament.
“Let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and we will hang them up unto the LORD in Gibeah of Saul, whom the LORD did choose. And the king said, I will give them.”
Meaning
- Chosen, choice one, chosen one, elect (of God)
How it's translated
- chosen ones his 3
- chosen one my 3
- chosen ones my 2
- chosen one of 1
- to chosen one my 1
- chosen ones your 1
- chosen one his 1
- to chosen ones my 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 6
- Psalms 5
- 2 Samuel 1
- 1 Chronicles 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Chronicles 16:13O ye seed of Israel his servant, ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
- Psalms 89:3I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,
- Psalms 105:6O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen.
- Psalms 105:43And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness:
- Psalms 106:5That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance.
- Psalms 106:23Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.
Hebrew dictionary
בָּחִיר bachir · chosen
chosen, choice one, chosen one, elect (of God)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “chosen” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CHOSEN, participle passive
- Selected from a number; picked out; taken in preference; elected; predestinated; designated to office.
- Select; distinguished by preference; eminent.“His chosen captains are drowned in the sea” Exodus 15:4“Ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood” 1 Peter 2:9
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.