bachir · chosen

What it means

bachir (בָּחִיר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “chosen”.

Elect: the one someone has chosen. It is said of Saul, of Moses, of David, of the servant of YHWH and of the people of Israel as God's chosen.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Someone God set apart for himself, like David or Israel.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• chosen ones ×7
• chosen one ×5
• chosen ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• 2 Samuel×1
• 1 Chronicles×1
• Psalms×5
• Isaiah×6

• 2 Samuel 21:6

  let seven men of his sons be given to us, and we will hang them for YHWH at Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of YHWH.” The king said, “I will give them.”

• 1 Chronicles 16:13

  offspring of Israel his servant, sons of Jacob, his chosen ones.

• Psalms 89:3

  I have made a covenant with my chosen one; I have sworn to David my servant:

• Psalms 105:6

  offspring of Abraham his servant, sons of Jacob, his chosen ones.

• Psalms 105:43

  And he brought out his people with rejoicing, with shouts of joy his chosen ones.

• Psalms 106:5

  that I may see the good of your chosen ones, that I may rejoice in the joy of your nation, that I may glory with your inheritance.

• Psalms 106:23

  And he said he would destroy them, had not Moses, his chosen one, stood in the breach before him, to turn back his fury from destroying.

• Isaiah 42:1

  Look, my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen one, in whom my soul delights; I have put my spirit upon him; justice to the nations he will bring out.

• Isaiah 43:20

  The animals of the field will honor me, jackals and ostriches, because I have given in the wilderness water, rivers in the wasteland, to give drink to my people, my chosen one.

• Isaiah 45:4

  For the sake of my servant Jacob, and Israel my chosen one, I have called you by your name; I have surnamed you, though you have not known me.

• Isaiah 65:9

  And I will bring forth from Jacob offspring, and from Judah an heir of my mountains; and my chosen ones will possess it, and my servants will dwell there.

• Isaiah 65:15

  And you will leave your name as an oath to my chosen ones: ‘So may Adonai YHWH put you to death!’ but his servants he will call by another name.

• Isaiah 65:22

  They will not build and another live there; they will not plant and another eat; for like the days of the tree will be the days of my people, and the work of their hands my chosen ones will enjoy to the full.