H979 בְּחֻרוֹת (bᵉchurôwth) bekh-oo-rothe'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

youth

Strong's Definition

youth (collectively and abstractly)

Derivation: or בְּחוּרוֹת; feminine plural of H970 (בָּחוּר); also (masculine plural) בְּחֻרִים;

KJV Usage: young men, youth.

TWOT Reference: 231b

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) youth

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G3503

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

בְּחוּרִים (be.chu.rot) — youth. youth

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

בְּחוּרֹות (H0979)

noun f pl · בחר

Stage

youth = stage when humans are young, fully grown, and still unmarried; ► associated with joy and strength

ECC 11:9 · ECC 12:1

Reinier de Blois

בְּחוּרִים (H0979) — בְּחֻרִים

noun f · בחר

Young

youth, youthful age = the period between childhood and maturity; applies to males only

NUM 11:28

¹ NUM 11:28 NIV NJPS NJB REB GNT CEV | RSV NRSV "one of his chosen men"

Enio R. Mueller

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[בְּחוּרִים] n.f.abstr.pl. youth base

Bible Occurrences (3)

11:28

11:9 12:1

Numbers 11:28

Joshua son of Nun, the attendant to Moses since youth, spoke up and said, Moses, my lord, stop them!

Ecclesiastes 11:9

Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these [things] God will bring you to judgment.

Ecclesiastes 12:1

Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of adversity come and the years approach of which you will say, I find no pleasure in them,”