'Chooseth' in the Bible

So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.

He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved.

Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you.