Lexical Definition

‎בָּחוּר‎ bâchûwr (baw-khoor') youth ^H:N-M
or בָּחֻר bâchur (baw-khoor'); participle passive of ‎בָּחַר‎

(choice) young (man), chosen, [idiom] hole.

• properly, selected, i.e. a youth (often collective)

1) youth, young man

See Greek: δυνατός · νεανίας · νεανίσκος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎בָּחוּר‎ noun masculine young man Isa 62:5 + 7 t.; plural ‎בַּחוּרִים‎ (intensive with daghesh forte implicit) Prov 20:29 + 13 t.; construct ‎בַּחוּרֵי‎ Ezek 23:6 + 4 t.; suffix ‎בַּחוּרַי‎ etc. Lam 1:18 + 16 t.; — young man (choice, in the prime of manhood) 1Sam 9:2; Eccl 11:9; Isa 62:5 collective young men Jer 15:8 ‎בָּחוּר וּבְתוּלָה‎ young men and virgins Deut 32:25; 2Chr 36:17; Jer 51:22; Ezek 9:6 usually plural Judg 14:10; Ruth 3:10; 1Sam 8:16; 2Kgs 8:12; 2Chr 36:17; Prov 20:29; Isa 9:17*; Isa 31:8; Isa 40:30; Jer 9:20*; Jer 11:22; Jer 18:21; Jer 48:15; Jer 49:26; Jer 50:3; Jer 51:3; Jer 5:13; Jer 5:14; Jer 30:17; Joel 3:1*; Amos 2:11; Amos 4:10 || ‎בתולות‎ Ps 78:63; Ps 148:12; Isa 23:4; Jer 31:13; Lam 1:18; Lam 2:21; Amos 8:13; Zech 9:17.

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