בָּחוּרbâchûwr

Same root

• בָּחַרbâchar · H977properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select
• בְּחֻרוֹתbᵉchurôwth · H979youth (collectively and abstractly)
• בַּחֻרִיםBachurîym · H980Bachurim, a place in Palestine

Where it appears

Appears 44 times in the Bible.

• Deuteronomy 32:25 Outside, the sword will bring death, and inside, terror will strike both young men and young women, both infants and the aged.
• Judges 14:10 As his father was making final arrangements for the marriage, Samson threw a party at Timnah, as was the custom for elite young men.
• Ruth 3:10 “The Lord bless you, my daughter!” Boaz exclaimed. “You are showing even more family loyalty now than you did before, for you have not gone after a younger man, whether rich or poor.
• 1 Samuel 8:16 He will take your male and female slaves and demand the finest of your cattle and donkeys for his own use.
• 1 Samuel 9:2 His son Saul was the most handsome man in Israel—head and shoulders taller than anyone else in the land.
• 2 Kings 8:12 “What’s the matter, my lord?” Hazael asked him. Elisha replied, “I know the terrible things you will do to the people of Israel. You will burn their fortified cities, kill their young men with the sword, dash their little children to the ground, and rip open their pregnant women!”