בְּחוּרִים
bĕḥûrîm
youth
Strong's H979NounHebrewTWOT 231b

בְּחוּרִים (bĕḥûrîm) is a Hebrew noun meaning youth. It appears 3 times in 2 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H979).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 231b)

Range of meaning (TWOT 231b)youth; young men
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

בְּחוּרִים noun, feminine, abstract, plural: youth

Strong's H979 בְּחֻרוֹת: youth (collectively and abstractly)
KJV:young men, youth.

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: בָּחַר bāḥar — 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

See it in Scripture

Numbers 11:28Ecclesiastes 11:9

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