# בָּחוּר (bachur) Israeli respelling: bachur. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew. Strong’s H970. 45 Old Testament occurrences. properly, selected, i.e. a youth (often collective) King James renderings: (choice) young (man), chosen, [idiom] hole. Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/bachur-h970 ## Occurrences - [Deuteronomy 32:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/32/25) — The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs. - [Judges 14:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/14/10) — So his father went down unto the woman: and Samson made there a feast; for so used the young men to do. - [Ruth 3:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ruth/3/10) — And he said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my daughter: for thou hast shewed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch… - [1 Samuel 8:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/8/16) — And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work. - [1 Samuel 9:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/9/2) — And he had a son, whose name was Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly: and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person t… - [2 Kings 8:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/8/12) — And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong… - [2 Chronicles 36:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/36/17) — Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had n… - [Psalms 78:31](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/78/31) — The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel. - [Psalms 78:63](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/78/63) — The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage. - [Psalms 89:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/89/19) — Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the peo… - [Psalms 148:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/148/12) — Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children: - [Proverbs 20:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/20/29) — The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the grey head. - [Ecclesiastes 11:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/11/9) — Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the… - [Isaiah 9:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/9/17) — Therefore the LORD shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an hypoc… - [Isaiah 23:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/23/4) — Be thou ashamed, O Zidon: for the sea hath spoken, even the strength of the sea, saying, I travail not, nor bring forth children, neither d… - [Isaiah 31:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/31/8) — Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man; and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: but he shall flee fro… - [Isaiah 40:30](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/40/30) — Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: - [Isaiah 62:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/62/5) — For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoic… - [Jeremiah 6:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/6/11) — Therefore I am full of the fury of the LORD; I am weary with holding in: I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and upon the assembly… - [Jeremiah 9:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/9/21) — For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the st… - [Jeremiah 11:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/11/22) — Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will punish them: the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their daughters sh… - [Jeremiah 15:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/15/8) — Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler at noon… - [Jeremiah 18:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/18/21) — Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of t… - [Jeremiah 31:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/31/13) — Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them… - [Jeremiah 48:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/48/15) — Moab is spoiled, and gone up out of her cities, and his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, saith the King, whose name is the… - [Jeremiah 49:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/49/26) — Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD of hosts. - [Jeremiah 50:30](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/50/30) — Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD. - [Jeremiah 50:44](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/50/44) — Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan unto the habitation of the strong: but I will make them suddenly run away… - [Jeremiah 51:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/51/3) — Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against him that lifteth himself up in his brigandine: and spare ye not her young… - [Jeremiah 51:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/51/22) — With thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in piec… - [Lamentations 1:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/lamentations/1/15) — The LORD hath trodden under foot all my mighty men in the midst of me: he hath called an assembly against me to crush my young men: the LOR… - [Lamentations 1:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/lamentations/1/18) — The LORD is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment: hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorrow: my virgins and my y… - [Lamentations 2:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/lamentations/2/21) — The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain them in the da… - [Lamentations 5:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/lamentations/5/13) — They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood. - [Lamentations 5:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/lamentations/5/14) — The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick. - [Ezekiel 9:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/9/6) — Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sa… - [Ezekiel 23:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/23/6) — Which were clothed with blue, captains and rulers, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding upon horses. - [Ezekiel 23:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/23/12) — She doted upon the Assyrians her neighbours, captains and rulers clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding upon horses, all of them desirabl… - [Ezekiel 23:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/23/23) — The Babylonians, and all the Chaldeans, Pekod, and Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them: all of them desirable young men, captain… - [Ezekiel 30:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/30/17) — The young men of Aven and of Pibeseth shall fall by the sword: and these cities shall go into captivity. - [Joel 2:28](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joel/2/28) — And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your o… - [Amos 2:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/amos/2/11) — And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the LOR… - [Amos 4:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/amos/4/10) — I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your young men have I slain with the sword, and have taken away your horses… - [Amos 8:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/amos/8/13) — In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst. - [Zechariah 9:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/zechariah/9/17) — For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.