בַּחֻרִים

bachurim · Bahurim

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H980 · appears 5 times in the Bible

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What it means

bachurim (בַּחֻרִים) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Bahurim”.

A town of Benjamin, east of Jerusalem, on the road toward the Jordan.

How to say it

ba·chu·rim

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.

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Where it appears

  • 2 Samuel 3:16

    Her husband went with her, weeping as he went behind her as far as Bahurim. Then Abner said to him, “Go, return.” And he returned.

  • 2 Samuel 16:5

    When King David came to Bahurim, there from there a man came out of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei son of Gera; he came out, cursing as he came.

  • 2 Samuel 17:18

    But a young man saw them and told Absalom. So the two of them went quickly and came to the house of a man in Bahurim, who had a well in his courtyard, and they went down there.

  • 2 Samuel 19:16

    Shimei son of Gera, the Benjaminite, who was from Bahurim, hurried and came down with the men of Judah to meet King David.

  • 1 Kings 2:8

    And there is with you Shimei son of Gera, the Benjaminite from Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse on the day I went to Mahanaim; but he came down to meet me at the Jordan, and I swore to him by YHWH, saying, ‘I will not put you to death with the sword.’