Chosen in the Bible: 123 times in the King James Version

Operator / Syntax	Description	Example Query & Result
`+` (or space)	Logical AND: Finds verses containing all terms. Note that searching words separated only by a space behaves as an exact phrase. Use `+` to find terms anywhere in the same verse.	`jesus + wept` Finds verses containing both "jesus" and "wept" in any order.
`-`	Logical NOT / Exclude: Excludes verses containing the term after the minus sign.	`jesus - wept` Finds verses containing "jesus" but NOT "wept".
`\|`	Logical OR: Finds verses containing either term.	`grace \| mercy` Finds verses containing "grace", "mercy", or both.
`%`	Multi-character Wildcard: Matches zero or more non-space characters.	`behav%` Matches "behave", "behaved", "behaveth", "behavior", etc.
`_`	Single-character Wildcard: Matches exactly one single alphabetical character.	`h_t` Matches "hat", "hot", "hit", etc.
`" "`	Exact Phrase: Wraps a search term in double quotes to find an exact match for the entire phrase.	`"in the beginning"` Finds verses containing exactly "in the beginning" with no variations.
`[Book]`	Search Scope: Restricts your search to a specific book, range of books, or chapter range.	`lord [Matt]` (Only Matthew) `faith [Heb - Jam]` (Hebrews to James) `spirit [Matt 4 - 8]` (Matthew Ch. 4 to 8) `love [John 1:1 - 3:16]` (Specific range)

Concordance › C

chosen KJV

“Chosen” is in the King James Bible 123 times, in 119 verses. Jump to the verses ↓

בּחר bâchar 78 times
ἐκλέγομαι eklegomai 16 times
בּחיר bâchı̂yr 8 times
ἐκλεκτός eklektos 7 times
מבחר mibchâr 4 times
בּרר bârar 2 times
αἱρέομαι aihreomai 1 time
αἱρετίζω aihretizō 1 time
ἐκλογή eklogē 1 time
προχειρίζομαι procheirizomai 1 time
προχειροτονέω procheirotoneō 1 time
στρατολογέω stratologeō 1 time

2 more, less often

χειροτονέω cheirotoneō 1 time
בּחוּר בּחר bâchûr bâchûr 1 time

translating H977

76 verses translating H977 Show all

Job

36:21 Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.

Psalms

33:12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.
89:19 Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.
105:26 He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen.
119:30 I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me.
119:173 Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts.
132:13 For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.
135:4 For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure.

Proverbs

16:16 How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!
22:1 A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.

Isaiah

1:29 For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.
41:8 But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
41:9 Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away.
43:10 Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.
44:1 Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen:
44:2 Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen.
48:10 Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
58:5 Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?
58:6 Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?
66:3 He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations.

Jeremiah

8:3 And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of them that remain of this evil family, which remain in all the places whither I have driven them, saith the LORD of hosts.
33:24 Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the LORD hath chosen, he hath even cast them off? thus they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them.
49:19 Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?
50:44 Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan unto the habitation of the strong: but I will make them suddenly run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?

Haggai

2:23 In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, will I take thee, O Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith the LORD, and will make thee as a signet: for I have chosen thee, saith the LORD of hosts.

Zechariah

3:2 And the LORD said unto Satan, The LORD rebuke thee, O Satan; even the LORD that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?