Strong’s H979 · Hebrew

בְּחֻרוֹת
bᵉchurôwth
bekh-oo-rothe'

Definition

youth (collectively and abstractly)

Etymology

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

Word family

How the KJV renders it

  • young men
  • youth

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.