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;

Where 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.

What the first audience heard

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