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בָּקַשׁ

ba.qash

to seek

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Strong’s H1245Verb225 times in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

seek40

those who seek25

he sought14

are seeking10

is seeking9

they have sought8

i sought8

he seeks7

In the text

1 Samuel 9:3בַּקֵּשׁ
One day the donkeys of Saul’s father Kish wandered off, and Kish said to his son Saul, “Take one of the servants and go look for the donkeys.”
2 Samuel 4:8בִּקֵּשׁ
They brought the head of Ish-bosheth to David at Hebron and said to the king, “Here is the head of Ish-bosheth son of Saul, your enemy who sought your life. Today the LORD has granted vengeance to my lord the king against Saul and his offspring.”
1 Kings 2:40לְבַקֵּשׁ
So Shimei saddled his donkey and set out to Achish at Gath in search of his slaves, and he brought them back from Gath.
Psalm 24:6מְבַקְשֵׁי
Such is the generation of those who seek Him, who seek Your face, O God of Jacob. Selah
Proverbs 28:5וּמְבַקְשֵׁי
Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the LORD comprehend fully.
Jeremiah 2:24מְבַקְשֶׁיהָ
a wild donkey at home in the wilderness, sniffing the wind in the heat of her desire. Who can restrain her passion? All who seek her need not weary themselves; in mating season they will find her.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[בָּקַשׁ] 224 vb. seek

Pi.

1. seek to find

2. seek to secure

3. seek the face

4. desire, demand

5.

a. require, exact

b. exact equivalent or penalty for

6. (late) ask, request

Pu. be sought

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.