{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H972",
  "lemma": "בָּחִיר",
  "transliteration": "bâchîyr",
  "definition": "select",
  "kjv": "choose, chosen one, elect.",
  "occurrences": 13,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H977",
      "lemma": "בָּחַר",
      "transliteration": "bâchar",
      "meaning": "to try",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H977"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "[בָּחִיר] n.m. chosen"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 21:6",
      "text": "let seven men of his sons be delivered to us, and we will hang them up to the LORD in Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/21?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 42:1",
      "text": "“Behold, my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights: I have put my Spirit on him. He will bring…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/42?v=1"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 43:20",
      "text": "The animals of the field, the jackals and the ostriches, shall honor me, because I give water in the wilderness and…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/43?v=20"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 45:4",
      "text": "For Jacob my servant’s sake, and Israel my chosen, I have called you by your name. I have given you a title, though you…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/45?v=4"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 65:9",
      "text": "I will bring offspring out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains. My chosen will inherit it, and my…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/65?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 65:15",
      "text": "You will leave your name for a curse to my chosen, and the Lord GOD will kill you. He will call his servants by another…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/65?v=15"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 65:22",
      "text": "They will not build and another inhabit. They will not plant and another eat; for the days of my people will be like…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/65?v=22"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Psalms 89:4",
      "text": "“I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David, my servant,",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/89?v=4"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Psalms 105:6",
      "text": "you offspring of Abraham, his servant, you children of Jacob, his chosen ones.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/105?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Psalms 105:43",
      "text": "He brought his people out with joy, his chosen with singing.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/105?v=43"
    }
  ],
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}