H980: בַּחֻרִים
Bachurîym · pronounced bakh-oo-reem' · “Bahurim”
Definition
Bachurim, a place in Palestine
KJV translates it as: Bahurim.
Word origin: or בַּחוּרִים; masculine plural of H970 (בָּחוּר); young men;
Extended definition
a town in Benjamin between Jerusalem and Jericho beyond the Mount of Olives on the way to Jericho
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H980 is translated
- bahurim ×5
Bible verses with H980 (Bachurîym)
Bachurîym appears in 5 verses.
- 2 Samuel 3:16
And her husband went with her along weeping behind her to Bahurim. Then said Abner unto him, Go, return. And he returned.
- 2 Samuel 16:5
And 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.
- 2 Samuel 17:18
Nevertheless 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.
- 2 Samuel 19:16
And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, which was of Bahurim, hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David.
- 1 Kings 2:8
And, 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.