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It is often used to describe the best or most excellent of a group, whether it be people, animals, or objects. The term conveys a sense of preference and distinction, highlighting the value and desirability of the chosen item.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Israelite culture, the concept of choosing the best was significant in various aspects of life, including religious offerings, leadership, and warfare. The Israelites were instructed to offer the best of their flocks and produce to God, reflecting the importance of giving God the first and finest. This practice underscored the value placed on quality and dedication in worship and service.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/hebrew/977.htm">bachar</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>choicest, best<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>choice (1), choice men (1), choicest (9).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> [<font class="hebrew2">מִבְחָר</font>] <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>noun [masculine]</b></font> (<font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>feminine</b></font> <a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/24-5.htm">Ezekiel 24:5</a>) <font size="+1"><b>choicest, best</b></font>, construct <font class="hebrew2">מִבְחַר</font> <a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/12-11.htm">Deuteronomy 12:11</a> 10t.; suffix <font class="hebrew2">מִבְחָרָיו</font> <a href="/interlinear/daniel/11-15.htm">Daniel 11:15</a>; vows <a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/12-11.htm">Deuteronomy 12:11</a>; valleys <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/22-7.htm">Isaiah 22:7</a>; fir trees <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/37-24.htm">Isaiah 37:24</a>; cedars <a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/22-7.htm">Jeremiah 22:7</a>; bones <a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/24-4.htm">Ezekiel 24:4</a>; sepulchres <a href="/interlinear/genesis/23-6.htm">Genesis 23:6</a> (P); of the flock <a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/24-5.htm">Ezekiel 24:5</a>; of the Assyrians <a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/23-7.htm">Ezekiel 23:7</a>; captains <a href="/interlinear/exodus/15-4.htm">Exodus 15:4</a> (E poetry); young men <a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/48-15.htm">Jeremiah 48:15</a>; <font class="hebrew2">מבחר וטוב לבנון</font> <a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/31-16.htm">Ezekiel 31:16</a> (strike out <font class="hebrew2">וטוב</font> <font class="hebrew2">ᵐ5</font> Co); <font class="hebrew2">עַם</font> <font class="hebrew2">מִבְחָרָיו</font> <a href="/interlinear/daniel/11-15.htm">Daniel 11:15</a> = <em>his choice troops</em>. <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>choicest, chosen <p>From <a href="/hebrew/977.htm">bachar</a>; select, i.e. Best -- choice(-st), chosen. <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/977.htm">bachar</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>בְּמִבְחַ֣ר במבחר וּמִבְחַ֥ר ומבחר מִבְח֣וֹר מִבְחַ֣ר מִבְחַ֤ר מִבְחַ֥ר מִבְחַר־ מִבְחָרָ֔יו מבחור מבחר מבחר־ מבחריו bə·miḇ·ḥar bəmiḇḥar bemivChar miḇ·ḥā·rāw miḇ·ḥar miḇ·ḥar- miḇ·ḥō·wr miḇḥar miḇḥar- miḇḥārāw miḇḥōwr mivChar mivchaRav mivChor ū·miḇ·ḥar ūmiḇḥar umivChar<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/genesis/23-6.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Genesis 23:6</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/23.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">אַתָּה֙ בְּתוֹכֵ֔נוּ <b> בְּמִבְחַ֣ר </b> קְבָרֵ֔ינוּ קְבֹ֖ר</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/genesis/23.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> your dead <span class="itali">in the choicest</span> of our graves;<br><a href="/kjvs/genesis/23.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> among us: <span class="itali">in the choice</span> of our sepulchres<br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/23-6.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> you among <span class="itali">the choicest</span> of our graves bury<p><b><a href="/text/exodus/15-4.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Exodus 15:4</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/15.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">יָרָ֣ה בַיָּ֑ם <b> וּמִבְחַ֥ר </b> שָֽׁלִשָׁ֖יו טֻבְּע֥וּ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/exodus/15.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> into the sea; <span class="itali">And the choicest</span> of his officers<br><a href="/kjvs/exodus/15.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> into the sea: <span class="itali">his chosen</span> captains<br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/15-4.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> has cast the sea <span class="itali">and the choicest</span> of his officers are drowned<p><b><a href="/text/deuteronomy/12-11.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Deuteronomy 12:11</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/12.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">יֶדְכֶ֔ם וְכֹל֙ <b> מִבְחַ֣ר </b> נִדְרֵיכֶ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר</span><br><a href="/kjvs/deuteronomy/12.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of your hand, <span class="itali">and all your choice</span> vows<br><a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/12-11.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of your hand and all <span class="itali">your choice</span> votive which<p><b><a href="/text/2_kings/19-23.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 Kings 19:23</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_kings/19.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">קוֹמַ֤ת אֲרָזָיו֙ <b> מִבְח֣וֹר </b> בְּרֹשָׁ֔יו וְאָב֙וֹאָה֙</span><br><a href="/interlinear/2_kings/19-23.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> tall cedars <span class="itali">choice</span> cypresses entered<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/22-7.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 22:7</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/22.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> וַיְהִ֥י <b> מִבְחַר־ </b> עֲמָקַ֖יִךְ מָ֣לְאוּ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/22.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">Then your choicest</span> valleys were full<br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/22.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">And it shall come to pass, [that] thy choicest</span> valleys<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/22-7.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Then <span class="itali">your choicest</span> valleys were full<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/37-24.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 37:24</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/37.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">קוֹמַ֤ת אֲרָזָיו֙ <b> מִבְחַ֣ר </b> בְּרֹשָׁ֔יו וְאָבוֹא֙</span><br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/37.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> cedars <span class="itali">thereof, [and] the choice</span> fir trees<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/37-24.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> tall cedars <span class="itali">thereof the choice</span> cypresses will go<p><b><a href="/text/jeremiah/22-7.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Jeremiah 22:7</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/22.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וְכֵלָ֑יו וְכָֽרְתוּ֙ <b> מִבְחַ֣ר </b> אֲרָזֶ֔יךָ וְהִפִּ֖ילוּ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/jeremiah/22.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> And they will cut down <span class="itali">your choicest</span> cedars<br><a href="/kjvs/jeremiah/22.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and they shall cut down <span class="itali">thy choice</span> cedars,<br><a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/22-7.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> his weapons will cut <span class="itali">your choicest</span> cedars and throw<p><b><a href="/text/jeremiah/48-15.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Jeremiah 48:15</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/48.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וְעָרֶ֣יהָ עָלָ֔ה <b> וּמִבְחַ֥ר </b> בַּֽחוּרָ֖יו יָרְד֣וּ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/jeremiah/48.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> up to his cities; <span class="itali">His choicest</span> young men<br><a href="/kjvs/jeremiah/48.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> [out of] her cities, <span class="itali">and his chosen</span> young men<br><a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/48-15.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> to his cities have gone <span class="itali">his choicest</span> young gone<p><b><a href="/text/ezekiel/23-7.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezekiel 23:7</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/23.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">תַּזְנוּתֶ֙יהָ֙ עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם <b> מִבְחַ֥ר </b> בְּנֵֽי־ אַשּׁ֖וּר</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezekiel/23.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> on them, all <span class="itali">of whom [were] the choicest</span> men<br><a href="/kjvs/ezekiel/23.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> her whoredoms <span class="itali">with them, with all them [that were] the chosen</span> men<br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/23-7.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> her harlotries them <span class="itali">the choicest</span> men of Assyria<p><b><a href="/text/ezekiel/24-4.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezekiel 24:4</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/24.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">יָרֵ֣ךְ וְכָתֵ֑ף <b> מִבְחַ֥ר </b> עֲצָמִ֖ים מַלֵּֽא׃</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezekiel/24.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Fill <span class="itali">[it] with choice</span> bones.<br><a href="/kjvs/ezekiel/24.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> fill <span class="itali">[it] with the choice</span> bones.<br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/24-4.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the thigh and the shoulder <span class="itali">choice</span> bones Fill<p><b><a href="/text/ezekiel/24-5.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezekiel 24:5</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/24.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> <b> מִבְחַ֤ר </b> הַצֹּאן֙ לָק֔וֹחַ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezekiel/24.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Take <span class="itali">the choicest</span> of the flock,<br><a href="/kjvs/ezekiel/24.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> Take <span class="itali">the choice</span> of the flock, and burn<br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/24-5.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> <span class="itali">the choicest</span> of the flock Take<p><b><a href="/text/ezekiel/31-16.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezekiel 31:16</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/31.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">עֲצֵי־ עֵ֔דֶן <b> מִבְחַ֥ר </b> וְטוֹב־ לְבָנ֖וֹן</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezekiel/31.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of Eden, <span class="itali">the choicest</span> and best<br><a href="/kjvs/ezekiel/31.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of Eden, <span class="itali">the choice</span> and best<br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/31-16.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> trees of Eden <span class="itali">the choicest</span> and best of Lebanon<p><b><a href="/text/daniel/11-15.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Daniel 11:15</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/daniel/11.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">יַעֲמֹ֔דוּ וְעַם֙ <b> מִבְחָרָ֔יו </b> וְאֵ֥ין כֹּ֖חַ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/daniel/11.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> will not stand <span class="itali">[their ground], not even their choicest</span> troops,<br><a href="/kjvs/daniel/11.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> shall not withstand, <span class="itali">neither his chosen</span> people,<br><a href="/interlinear/daniel/11-15.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> stand troops <span class="itali">their choicest</span> there strength<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4005.htm">13 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4005.htm">Strong's Hebrew 4005<br>13 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/bemivchar_4005.htm">bə·miḇ·ḥar — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/mivchar_4005.htm">miḇ·ḥar — 8 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/mivcharav_4005.htm">miḇ·ḥā·rāw — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/mivchor_4005.htm">miḇ·ḥō·wr — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/umivchar_4005.htm">ū·miḇ·ḥar — 2 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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