Strong H980בַּחֻרִים
Bahurim
- Transliteration
- bachûrîym bachûrîym
- Pronunciation
- {bakh-oo-reem'} bakh-oo-reem'
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Location with no gender
Definition
Masculine plural of H970; young men;
{Bachurim} a place in Palestine: - Bahurim.
{Bachurim} a place in Palestine: - Bahurim.
Meaning of the name
Bahurim = "young men's village"
Detailed definition
Bahurim (or Baharum) was a village near Jerusalem, known as the home of Shimei, who cursed David. (2 Samuel 3:16; 16:5; 17:18; 19:16; 1 Kings 2:8; 2 Samuel 23:31; 1 Chronicles 11:33)
In the biblical story
Bahurim
Village near Jerusalem, home of Shimei, who cursed David.
Bahurim (or Baharum) was a village near Jerusalem, known as the home of Shimei, who cursed David. (2 Samuel 3:16; 16:5; 17:18; 19:16; 1 Kings 2:8; 2 Samuel 23:31; 1 Chronicles 11:33)
In the Bible
Strong H980 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- bahurim5
First verses
- 2 Samuel 3:16And her husband went with her along weeping behind her to Bahurim. Then said Abner unto him, Go, return. And he returned.
- 2 Samuel 16:5And 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 17:18Nevertheless 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 19:16And 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 2:8And, 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.