Genesis 23:6
Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.
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Choice
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Acts 15:7
And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.
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3 occurrences in 3 verses.
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מִבְחָר
mibchâr · mib-khawr'
7 times translated as this KJV form12 total Strong's occurrences
select, i.e. best
Strong's KJV usage: choice(-st), chosen.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 23:6Strong's last: Ezekiel 31:16
Open full H4005 profile →בָּחַר
bâchar · baw-khar'
6 times translated as this KJV form171 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select
Strong's KJV usage: acceptable, appoint, choose (choice), excellent, join, be rather, require.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 2 Samuel 10:9Strong's last: Proverbs 10:20
Open full H977 profile →בָּרַר
bârar · baw-rar'
2 times translated as this KJV form18 total Strong's occurrences
to clarify (i.e. brighten), examine, select
Strong's KJV usage: make bright, choice, chosen, cleanse (be clean), clearly, polished, (shew self) pure(-ify), purge (out).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 1 Chronicles 7:40Strong's last: Nehemiah 5:18
Open full H1305 profile →מִבְחוֹר
mibchôwr · mib-khore'
2 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
select, i.e. well fortified
Strong's KJV usage: choice.
Strong's first: 2 Kings 3:19Strong's last: 2 Kings 19:23
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eklégomai · ek-leg'-om-ahee
1 times translated as this KJV form24 total Strong's occurrences
to select
Strong's KJV usage: :--make choice, choose (out), chosen.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Acts 15:7Strong's last: Acts 15:7
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bar · bar
1 times translated as this KJV form7 total Strong's occurrences
beloved; also pure, empty
Strong's KJV usage: choice, clean, clear, pure.
Strong's first: Song of Solomon 6:9Strong's last: Song of Solomon 6:9
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H4004
And ye shall smite every fenced city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all wells of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones.
H4004
By thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders, and into the forest of his Carmel.
English meaning and historical usage.
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choice
CHOICE, noun
1. The act of choosing; the voluntary act of selecting or separating from two or more things that which is preferred; or the determination of the mind in preferring one thing to another; election.
Ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my moth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe. Acts 15:7.
2. The power of choosing; option.
Where there is force, there can be no choice
Of these alternatives we have our own choice
3. Care in selecting; judgment or skill in distinguishing what is to be preferred, and in giving a preference.
I imagine Cesars apothems were collected with judgment and choice
4. The thing chosen; that which is approved and selected in preference to others; selection.
Nor let thy conquests only be her choice
5. The best part of any thing; that which is preferable, and properly the object of choice
In the choice of our sepulchers bury thy dead. Genesis 23:6.
6. The act of electing to office by vote; election.
To make choice of, to choose; to select; to separate and take in preference.
CHOICE, adjective
1. Worthy of being preferred; select; precious; very valuable.
My choicest hours of life are lost.
My revenue is better than choice silver. Proverbs 8:10.
2. Holding dear; preserving or using with care, as valuable; frugal; as, to be choice of time or of advantages.
3. Selecting with care, and due attention to preference; as, to be choice of ones company.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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