Bachurim בַּחֻרִים
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| בַּחֻרִים | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | bachurim |
| Strong's number | H980 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | place name |
| Gloss | Bahurim |
| Occurrences | 5 in 5 verses |
| Most frequent in | 2 Samuel (4) |
Bachurim (Hebrew בַּחֻרִים, Strong's H980) is a place name in the Old Testament, glossed “Bahurim”. It occurs 5 times.
Definition
§ Bahurim = "young men's village"
a town in Benjamin between Jerusalem and Jericho beyond the Mount of Olives on the way to Jericho
a town in Benjamin between Jerusalem and Jericho beyond the Mount of Olives on the way to Jericho
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | bahurim (5) |
|---|---|
| BSB | bahurim (5) |
Verses
Every verse with Bachurim, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
2 Samuel
- 2 Samuel 3:16And her husband went with her along weeping behind her to Bahurim. Then said Abner unto him, Go, return. And he returned.Her husband followed her, weeping all the way to Bahurim. Then Abner said to him, “Go back.” So he returned home.
- 2 Samuel 16:5And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, thence came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera: he came forth, and cursed still as he came.As King David approached Bahurim, a man from the family of the house of Saul was just coming out. His name was Shimei son of Gera, and as he approached, he kept yelling out curses.
- 2 Samuel 17:18Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told Absalom: but they went both of them away quickly, and came to a man’s house in Bahurim, which had a well in his court; whither they went down.But a young man did see them and told Absalom. So the two left quickly and came to the house of a man in Bahurim. He had a well in his courtyard, and they climbed down into it.
- 2 Samuel 19:16And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, which was of Bahurim, hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David.Then Shimei son of Gera, a Benjamite from Bahurim, hurried down with the men of Judah to meet King David,
1 Kings
- 1 Kings 2:8And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I sware to him by the Lord, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.Keep an eye on Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim who is with you. He called down bitter curses against me on the day I went to Mahanaim, but when he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the LORD: ‘I will never put you to the sword.’
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).