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בָּחַר H977

bâchar — acceptable, appoint, choose (choice), excellent, join, be rather, require.. Appears in 161 verses. Full definition →
2 Chronicles 29:11 My sons, be not now negligent: for the LORD hath chosen 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 before all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name forever: 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 to set my name there. Nehemiah 9:7 Thou art the LORD the God, who didst choose 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 strangling, and death rather than my life. Job 9:14 How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him? Job 15:5 For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty. Job 29:25 I chose 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 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; and not I: therefore speak what thou knowest. Job 36:21 Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen 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. Psalms 33:12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance. Psalms 47:4 He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah. Psalms 65:4 Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, 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 not the tribe of Ephraim: Psalms 78:68 But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved. Psalms 78:70 He chose 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 be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. Psalms 105:26 He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen. Psalms 119:30 I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me . Psalms 119:173 Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts. Psalms 132:13 For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation. Psalms 135:4 For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure. Proverbs 1:29 For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:

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