Definition

select, i.e. best

Etymology

from H977 (בָּחַר);

Word family

• בָּחַר bâchar

How the KJV renders it

• choice(-st)
• chosen

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.