בְּחֻרוֹתbᵉchurôwth
youth (Numbers 11:28; Ecclesiastes 11:9; Ecclesiastes 12:1)
Pronunciation: bekh-oo-rothe' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H979
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 3 times in the Bible.
- Numbers 11:28 Joshua son of Nun, who had been Moses’ assistant since his youth, protested, “Moses, my master, make them stop!”
- Ecclesiastes 11:9 Young people, it’s wonderful to be young! Enjoy every minute of it. Do everything you want to do; take it all in. But remember that you must give an account to God for everything you do.
- Ecclesiastes 12:1 Don’t let the excitement of youth cause you to forget your Creator. Honor him in your youth before you grow old and say, “Life is not pleasant anymore.”
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).