Bâqar — H1239

Definition

verb

properly, to plough, or (generally) break forth, i.e. (figuratively) to inspect, admire, care for, consider

1. to seek, enquire, consider
1. (Piel)
1. to seek, look for
2. to consider, reflect

Usually translated as

inquire, inquiry, search, seek out

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• ekzētéō (G1567)
• episképtomai (G1980)

Occurrences

Bâqar occurs 7 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Leviticus (2), 2 Kings (1), Psalms (1), Proverbs (1), Ezekiel (2)

• Leviticus 13:36 — Then the priest shall look on him: and, behold, if the scall be spread in the skin, the priest shall not seek (יְבַקֵּ֧ר) for yellow hair; he is unclean.
• Leviticus 27:33 — He shall not search (יְבַקֵּ֛ר) whether it be good or bad, neither shall he change it: and if he change it at all, then both it and the change thereof shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.
• 2 Kings 16:15 — And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meat offering, and the king’s burnt sacrifice, and his meat offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: and the brasen altar shall be for (לְבַקֵּֽר) me to enquire by.
• Psalms 27:4 — One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and (וּלְבַקֵּ֥ר) to enquire in his temple.
• Proverbs 20:25 — It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to (לְבַקֵּֽר) make enquiry.
• Ezekiel 34:11 — For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out (וּבִקַּרְתִּֽים).
• Ezekiel 34:12 — As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out (אֲבַקֵּ֣ר) my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.