מִבְחָר (mibḥār) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning choicest. It appears
13 times
in 8 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H4005).
Also rendered
best
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 231d)
Range of meaning (TWOT 231d)choicest, best; select; choice, chosen
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
מִבְחָרnoun, masculine: choicest, best
Strong's H4005מִבְחָר: select, i.e. best KJV:choice(-st), chosen.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.
Root family 231: בָּחַרbāḥar — choose; divine choice, man’s choice, choose some one or something for, select from, chosen, test, try; to be chosen; selected; acceptable, appoint, excellent, join, be rather, require