Bâʻâh — H1158

Definition

verb

to gush over, i.e. to swell; (figuratively) to desire earnestly; by implication to ask

1. to seek out, swell, cause to swell, boil up, enquire
1. (Qal)
1. to seek, enquire
2. to cause to boil up
2. (Niphal)
1. to be searched out
2. to be swelling, bulging, swelling out

Usually translated as

inquire, cause, seek up, swell out

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• zētéō (G2212)
• katakaíō (G2618)
• katalambánō (G2638)

Occurrences

Bâʻâh occurs 4 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Isaiah (3), Obadiah (1)

• Isaiah 21:12 — The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye (תִּבְעָי֥וּן) will enquire, enquire ye: return, come.
• Isaiah 30:13 — Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out (נִבְעֶ֖ה) in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant.
• Isaiah 64:2 — As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil (תִּבְעֶה), to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence!
• Obadiah 1:6 — How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things sought up (נִבְע֖וּ)!