Strong’s Hebrew
H977 — bachar
The entry below is Strong’s own definition (1890, public domain), and every verse where the word occurs.
בָּחַר
bachar — pronounced baw-khar
a primitive root; properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select:--acceptable, appoint, choose (choice), excellent, join, be rather, require.
0 occurrences in the KJV.