בָּחוּר (bāḥûr) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning young man. It appears
46 times
in 16 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H970).
Also rendered
youth
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 231a)
Range of meaning (TWOT 231a)young man; selected, youth; young, chosen
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
בָּחוּרnoun, masculine: young man
Strong's H970בָּחוּר: properly, selected, i.e. a youth (often collective) KJV:(choice) young (man), chosen, × hole.
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