Bâqash — H1245

Definition

verb

to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after

1. to seek, require, desire, exact, request
1. (Piel)
1. to seek to find
2. to seek to secure
3. to seek the face
4. to desire, demand
5. to require, exact
6. to ask, request
2. (Pual) to be sought

Usually translated as

seek, require, request, ask, desire, get, beg, beseech, enquire, make inquisition, procure

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• athetéō (G114)
• anazētéō (G327)
• anetázō (G426)
• axióō (G515)
• bouleúō (G1011)
• ekzētéō (G1567)
• eperōtáō (G1905)
• epiblépō (G1914)
• epizētéō (G1934)
• episképtomai (G1980)
• ereunáō (G2045)
• heurískō (G2147)
• zētéō (G2212)
• therapeúō (G2323)
• paraitéomai (G3868)
• proskolláō (G4347)

Occurrences

Bâqash occurs 223 times in 213 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (5), Exodus (5), Leviticus (1), Numbers (2), Deuteronomy (2), Joshua (2), Judges (4), Ruth (1), 1 Samuel (25), 2 Samuel (10), 1 Kings (10), 2 Kings (3), 1 Chronicles (5), 2 Chronicles (7), Ezra (4), Nehemiah (6), Esther (9), Job (1), Psalms (26), Proverbs (14), Ecclesiastes (7), Song of Songs (4), Isaiah (7), Jeremiah (20), Lamentations (2), Ezekiel (10), Daniel (3), Hosea (5), Amos (1), Nahum (2), Zephaniah (2), Zechariah (5), Malachi (3)

• Genesis 31:39 — That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require (תְּבַקְשֶׁ֑נָּה) it, whether stolen by day, or stolen by night.
• Genesis 37:15 — And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest (תְּבַקֵּֽשׁ) thou?
• Genesis 37:16 — And he said, I seek (מְבַקֵּ֑שׁ) my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks.
• Genesis 43:9 — I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require (תְּבַקְשֶׁ֑נּוּ) him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever:
• Genesis 43:30 — And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: and he sought (וַיְבַקֵּ֖שׁ) where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there.
• Exodus 2:15 — Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought (וַיְבַקֵּ֖שׁ) 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 4:19 — And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought (הַֽמְבַקְשִׁ֖ים) thy life.
• Exodus 4:24 — And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, and sought (וַיְבַקֵּ֖שׁ) to kill him.
• Exodus 10:11 — Not so: go now ye that are men, and serve the LORD; for that ye did desire (מְבַקְשִׁ֑ים). And they were driven out from Pharaoh’s presence.
• Exodus 33:7 — And 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 (מְבַקֵּ֣שׁ) the LORD went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which was without the camp.
• Leviticus 19:31 — Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek (תְּבַקְשׁ֖וּ) after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God.
• Numbers 16:10 — And he hath brought thee near to him, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee: and seek (וּבִקַּשְׁתֶּ֖ם) ye the priesthood also?
• Numbers 35:23 — Or with any stone, wherewith a man may die, seeing him not, and cast it upon him, that he die, and was not his enemy, neither sought (מְבַקֵּ֖שׁ) his harm:
• Deuteronomy 4:29 — But if from thence thou shalt seek (וּבִקַּשְׁתֶּ֥ם) the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.
• Deuteronomy 13:10 — And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because he hath sought (בִקֵּ֗שׁ) to thrust thee away from the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
• Joshua 2:22 — And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought (וַיְבַקְשׁ֧וּ) them throughout all the way, but found them not.
• Joshua 22:23 — That we have built us an altar to turn from following the LORD, or if to offer thereon burnt offering or meat offering, or if to offer peace offerings thereon, let the LORD himself require (יְבַקֵּֽשׁ) it;
• Judges 4:22 — And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thou seekest (מְבַקֵּ֑שׁ). And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the nail was in his temples.
• Judges 6:29 — And they said one to another, Who hath done this thing? And when they enquired and asked (וַיְבַקְשׁ֔וּ), they said, Gideon the son of Joash hath done this thing.
• Judges 14:4 — But his father and his mother knew not that it was of the LORD, that he sought (מְבַקֵּ֖שׁ) an occasion against the Philistines: for at that time the Philistines had dominion over Israel.
• Judges 18:1 — In those days there was no king in Israel: and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought (מְבַקֶּשׁ) them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day all their inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel.
• Ruth 3:1 — Then Naomi her mother in law said unto her, My daughter, shall I not seek (אֲבַקֶּשׁ) rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?
• 1 Samuel 9:3 — And the asses of Kish Saul’s father were lost. And Kish said to Saul his son, Take now one of the servants with thee, and arise, go seek (בַּקֵּ֖שׁ) the asses.
• 1 Samuel 10:2 — When thou art departed from me to day, then thou shalt find two men by Rachel’s sepulchre in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say unto thee, The asses which thou wentest to seek (לְבַקֵּ֔שׁ) are found: and, lo, thy father hath left the care of the asses, and sorroweth for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?
• 1 Samuel 10:14 — And Saul’s uncle said unto him and to his servant, Whither went ye? And he said, To seek (לְבַקֵּשׁ֙) the asses: and when we saw that they were no where, we came to Samuel.
• 1 Samuel 10:21 — When he had caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near by their families, the family of Matri was taken, and Saul the son of Kish was taken: and when they sought (וַיְבַקְשֻׁ֖הוּ) him, he could not be found.
• 1 Samuel 13:14 — But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought (בִּקֵּשׁ֩) him a man after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the LORD commanded thee.
• 1 Samuel 14:4 — And between the passages, by which Jonathan sought (בִּקֵּ֤שׁ) to go over unto the Philistines’ garrison, there was a sharp rock on the one side, and a sharp rock on the other side: and the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.
• 1 Samuel 16:16 — Let our lord now command thy servants, which are before thee, to seek out (יְבַקְשׁ֕וּ) a man, who is a cunning player on an harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well.
• 1 Samuel 19:2 — But Jonathan Saul’s son delighted much in David: and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh (מְבַקֵּ֛שׁ) to kill thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide thyself:
• 1 Samuel 19:10 — And Saul sought (וַיְבַקֵּ֨שׁ) to smite David even to the wall with the javelin; but he slipped away out of Saul’s presence, and he smote the javelin into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night.
• 1 Samuel 20:1 — And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? what is mine iniquity? and what is my sin before thy father, that he seeketh (מְבַקֵּ֖שׁ) my life?
• 1 Samuel 20:16 — So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, Let the LORD even require (וּבִקֵּ֣שׁ) it at the hand of David’s enemies.
• 1 Samuel 22:23 — Abide thou with me, fear not: for he that seeketh (יְבַקֵּ֥שׁ) my life seeketh thy life: but with me thou shalt be in safeguard.
• 1 Samuel 22:23 — Abide thou with me, fear not: for he that seeketh my life seeketh (יְבַקֵּ֣שׁ) thy life: but with me thou shalt be in safeguard.
• 1 Samuel 23:10 — Then said David, O LORD God of Israel, thy servant hath certainly heard that Saul seeketh (מְבַקֵּ֥שׁ) to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.
• 1 Samuel 23:14 — And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought (וַיְבַקְשֵׁ֤הוּ) him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand.
• 1 Samuel 23:15 — And David saw that Saul was come out to seek (לְבַקֵּ֣שׁ) his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.
• 1 Samuel 23:25 — Saul also and his men went to seek (לְבַקֵּשׁ֒) him. And they told David: wherefore he came down into a rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.
• 1 Samuel 24:2 — Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek (לְבַקֵּ֤שׁ) David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats.
• 1 Samuel 24:9 — And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men’s words, saying, Behold, David seeketh (מְבַקֵּ֖שׁ) thy hurt?
• 1 Samuel 25:26 — Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing the LORD hath withholden thee from coming to shed blood, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now let thine enemies, and they that seek (וְהַֽמְבַקְשִׁ֥ים) evil to my lord, be as Nabal.
• 1 Samuel 25:29 — Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek (וּלְבַקֵּ֖שׁ) thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out of the middle of a sling.
• 1 Samuel 26:2 — Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek (לְבַקֵּ֥שׁ) David in the wilderness of Ziph.
• 1 Samuel 26:20 — Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of the LORD: for the king of Israel is come out to seek (לְבַקֵּשׁ֙) a flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains.
• 1 Samuel 27:1 — And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek (לְבַקְשֵׁ֤נִי) me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.
• 1 Samuel 27:4 — And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought (לְבַקְשֽׁוֹ) no more again for him.
• 1 Samuel 28:7 — Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek (בַּקְּשׁוּ) me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and enquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at Endor.
• 2 Samuel 3:17 — And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, Ye sought (מְבַקְשִׁ֧ים) for David in times past to be king over you:
• 2 Samuel 4:8 — And they brought the head of Ish-bosheth unto David to Hebron, and said to the king, Behold the head of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul thine enemy, which sought (בִּקֵּ֖שׁ) thy life; and the LORD hath avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed.