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How to Pronounce Bahurim

bah-HOOR-ihm

Bahurim is pronounced bah-HOOR-ihm (bəˈhjuːrɪm): three syllables, stress on the second. Also heard: Bah-hoor-EEM, buh-HEW-rim.

What does Bahurim mean?

Bahurim means “choice; warlike; valiant”.

Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.

Where was Bahurim?

Bahurim is the town from which Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, came out and cursed and threw stones at King David during Absalom's revolt (2 Samuel 16:5). It was also where two of David's men hid in a well from Absalom's pursuers (2 Samuel 17:18).

Also pronounced

Bah-hoor-EEM
buh-HEW-rim

Found in Scripture

2 Samuel 3:162 Samuel 16:52 Samuel 17:182 Samuel 19:161 Kings 2:8

Other names from 2 Samuel

Baale · BAY-uh-lee or BAH-uh-leeBaal-hazor · Bah-AHL-hah-TSOREBaal-perazim · Bah-AHL-per-rah-ZEEMBaanah · Bah-ah-NAHBani · BAY-nyeBarhumite · bahr-HEW-miteBarzillai · Bar-ZIL-eyeBathsheba · bath-SHEE-buhBeerothite · BEE-uh-ruth-thiteBithron · BITH-rahn

In other languages

Baurim in Portuguese

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