בָּחוּר
bâchûwr · H970 · Hebrew · 44 occurrences
Meanings
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a young man
A young, fully grown, unmarried male, associated with joy and strength
ExamplesDeuteronomy 32:25 ‘Outside the sword will make them childless, And inside, terror— Both young man and virgin, The nursing child with the man of gray hair.
Judges 14:10 Then his father went down to the woman; and Samson held a feast there, for the young men customarily did this.
Ruth 3:10 Then he said, “May you be blessed of the LORD, my daughter. You have shown your last kindness to be better than the first, by not going after young men, whether poor or rich.
How it’s used In 8 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
22 occurrences in 8 groups
- הוּhis 4
- כֶםyour 4
- חֶמֶדdesirability 3
- יmy 3
- הּher 3
- הֶםtheir 3
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- טוֹבgood 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- שָׁאוּלSaul 1
What it doesIt is the subject
13 occurrences in 10 groups
- נָפַלto fall 4
- Other words · 9 groups that occur once or twice (9) 9
What is done to itIt is the object
9 occurrences in 7 groups
- הָרַגto kill 3
- גָּדַלto be great, to grow up, to magnify 1
- כָּרַעto kneel, to bow down 1
- לָקַחto take, to receive 1
- אָכַלto eat, to devour 1
- נָפַץto break 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
3 occurrences in 1 groups
- הֶםtheir 3
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
5 occurrences in 4 groups
- עַלon, upon, over, against 4
- אַחַרafter, behind 2
- אֵלto, toward 2
- מִןfrom 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
4 occurrences in 4 groups
- מִבְחָרchoice 1
- אֵםmother 1
- סוֹדcouncil 1
- תִּפְאָרָהglory, beauty 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Contrasting words 1 word
- זָקֵן zâqên · H2205 · old, elder
- The direct lexical opposite of בָּחוּר, denoting an aged or elderly man in contrast to a young man.
In the other Testament 1 word
- νεανίσκος neanískos · G3495 · young man
- Greek term for a young man (typically under forty years old) that regularly translates the Hebrew term for a choice young man or youth, representing direct lexical correspondence in age-related vocabulary across the two languages.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- People001001003
- The word denotes a young man in the prime of life, paired with 'virgin' as the vigorous members of a household in Deuteronomy 32:25 and used of Samson's companions and Ruth's potential suitors, fitting this general domain for persons categorized by stage of life.
Word family 6 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H970. bachur בָּחוּר noun masculine young man Isa 62:5 Isa 62:7t.; plural בַּחוּרִים…
בָּחוּר noun masculine young man Isa 62:5 Isa 62:7t.; plural בַּחוּרִים (intensive with daghesh forte implicit) Pro 20:29 Pro 20:13t.; construct בַּחוּרֵי Eze 23:6 Eze 23:4t.; suffix בַּחוּרַי etc. Lam 1:18 Lam 1:16t.; — young man (choice, in the prime of manhood) 1Sa 9:2; Ecc 11:9; Isa 62:5; collective young men Jer 15:8; וּבְתוּלָה בָּחוּר young men and virgins Deu 32:25; 2Ch 36:17; Jer 51:22; Eze 9:6; usually plural Jdg 14:10; Rth 3:10; 1Sa 8:16; 2Ki 8:12; 2Ch 36:17; Pro 20:29; Isa 9:17; Isa 31:8; Isa 40:30; Jer 6:11; Jer 9:20; Jer 11:22; Jer 18:21; Jer 48:15; Jer 49:26; Jer 50:3; Jer 51:3; Lam 1:15; Lam 5:13-14, Eze 33:6, Eze 33:12, Eze 33:23; Eze 30:17; Joe 3:1; Amo 2:11; Amo 4:10; || בתולות Psa 78:63; Psa 148:12; Isa 23:4; Jer 31:13; Lam 1:18; Lam 2:21; Amo 8:13; Zec 9:17.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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