Bᵉchurôwth — H979

Definition

feminine plural noun

youth (collectively and abstractly)

1. youth

Usually translated as

youth, young men

Origin

or bᵉchûwrôwth; feminine plural of H970; also (masculine plural) bᵉchurîym

• Bâchûwr (H970)

Greek equivalents

• neótēs (G3503)

Occurrences

Bᵉchurôwth occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Numbers (1), Ecclesiastes (2)

• Numbers 11:28 — And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his young men (מִבְּחֻרָ֖יו), answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them.
• Ecclesiastes 11:9 — Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth (בְחוּרוֹתֶ֔ךָ), and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
• Ecclesiastes 12:1 — Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth (בְּחוּרֹתֶ֑יךָ), while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;