Strong's Concordance
Original word: בָּחַר
Transliteration: bachar
Definition (short): chosen
Definition (full): to try, select
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin: a prim. root
Definition: to choose
NASB Translation: choice (6), choicest (2), choose (40), chooses (22), choosing (1), chose (21), chosen (67), desired (2), men (1), preferred (1), require (1), select (1), selected (1), selected from the choice (1), selects (1), tested (1).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
A primitive root; properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select -- acceptable, appoint, choose (choice), excellent, join, be rather, require.
References
KJV:
That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
NASB:
that the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves, whomever they chose.
KJV:
Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.
NASB:
So Lot chose for himself all the valley of the Jordan, and Lot journeyed eastward. Thus they separated from each other.
KJV:
And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them.
NASB:
and he took six hundred select chariots, and all the other chariots of Egypt with officers over all of them.
KJV:
And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand.
NASB:
So Moses said to Joshua, "Choose men for us and go out, fight against Amalek. Tomorrow I will station myself on the top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand."
KJV:
And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
NASB:
Moses chose able men out of all Israel and made them heads over the people, leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties and of tens.