Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H1245
בָּקַשׁ
ba.qash · “to seek”
Used 225 times across 33 books
Definition
1) to seek, require, desire, exact, request
1a) (Piel)
1a1) to seek to find
1a2) to seek to secure
1a3) to seek the face
1a4) to desire, demand
1a5) to require, exact
1a6) to ask, request
1b) (Pual) to be sought
1a) (Piel)
1a1) to seek to find
1a2) to seek to secure
1a3) to seek the face
1a4) to desire, demand
1a5) to require, exact
1a6) to ask, request
1b) (Pual) to be sought
Where it appears
Genesis5
Exodus5
Leviticus1
Numbers2
Deuteronomy2
Joshua2
Judges4
Ruth1
1 Samuel26
2 Samuel11
1 Kings10
2 Kings3
1 Chronicles5
2 Chronicles8
Ezra4
Nehemiah6
Esther9
Job1
Psalms27
Proverbs14
Ecclesiastes7
Song of Solomon6
Isaiah7
Jeremiah23
Lamentations2
Ezekiel10
Daniel4
Hosea5
Amos1
Nahum2
Zephaniah4
Zechariah5
Malachi3
In the text
Genesis 31:39That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day, or stolen by night.Genesis 37:15And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?Genesis 37:16And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks.Genesis 43:9I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever:Genesis 43:30And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there.Exodus 2:15Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.Exodus 4:19And the Lord said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought thy life.Exodus 4:24And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the Lord met him, and sought to kill him.Exodus 10:11Not so: go now ye that are men, and serve the Lord; for that ye did desire. And they were driven out from Pharaoh’s presence.Exodus 33:7And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp, afar off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the congregation. And it came to pass, that every one which sought the Lord went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which was without the camp.
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