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Hebrew word study

בָּקַשׁbâqash — to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or…

Pronounced “baw-kash'”

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

Translated in the King James as: ask, beg, beseech, desire, enquire, get, make inquisition, procure, (make) request, require, seek (for).

Appears 225 times in Scripture

Origin: a primitive root;

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Where it appears

Genesis — 5×

Genesis 31:39 Genesis 37:15 Genesis 37:16 Genesis 43:9 Genesis 43:30

Exodus — 5×

Exodus 2:15 Exodus 4:19 Exodus 4:24 Exodus 10:11 Exodus 33:7

Leviticus — 1×

Leviticus 19:31

Numbers — 2×

Numbers 16:10 Numbers 35:23

Deuteronomy — 2×

Deuteronomy 4:29 Deuteronomy 13:10

Joshua — 2×

Joshua 2:22 Joshua 22:23

Judges — 4×

Judges 4:22 Judges 6:29 Judges 14:4 Judges 18:1

Ruth — 1×

1 Samuel — 26×

1 Sam 9:3 1 Sam 10:2 1 Sam 10:14 1 Sam 10:21 1 Sam 13:14 1 Sam 14:4 1 Sam 16:16 1 Sam 19:2 1 Sam 19:10 1 Sam 20:1 1 Sam 20:16 1 Sam 22:23 1 Sam 23:10 1 Sam 23:14 1 Sam 23:15 1 Sam 23:25 1 Sam 24:2 1 Sam 24:9 1 Sam 25:26 1 Sam 25:29 1 Sam 26:2 1 Sam 26:20 1 Sam 27:1 1 Sam 27:4 1 Sam 28:7+ 1 more in 1 Samuel

2 Samuel — 11×

2 Sam 3:17 2 Sam 4:8 2 Sam 4:11 2 Sam 5:17 2 Sam 12:16 2 Sam 16:11 2 Sam 17:3 2 Sam 17:20 2 Sam 20:19 2 Sam 21:1 2 Sam 21:2

1 Kings — 10×

1 Ki 1:2 1 Ki 1:3 1 Ki 2:40 1 Ki 10:24 1 Ki 11:22 1 Ki 11:40 1 Ki 18:10 1 Ki 19:10 1 Ki 19:14 1 Ki 20:7

2 Kings — 3×

2 Ki 2:16 2 Ki 2:17 2 Ki 6:19

1 Chronicles — 5×

1 Chr 4:39 1 Chr 14:8 1 Chr 16:10 1 Chr 16:11 1 Chr 21:3

2 Chronicles — 8×

2 Chr 7:14 2 Chr 9:23 2 Chr 11:16 2 Chr 15:4 2 Chr 15:15 2 Chr 20:4 2 Chr 22:9+ 1 more in 2 Chronicles

Ezra — 4×

Ezra 2:62 Ezra 8:21 Ezra 8:22 Ezra 8:23

Nehemiah — 6×

Nehemiah 2:4 Nehemiah 2:10 Nehemiah 5:12 Nehemiah 5:18 Nehemiah 7:64 Nehemiah 12:27

Esther — 9×

Esther 2:2 Esther 2:15 Esther 2:21 Esther 2:23 Esther 3:6 Esther 4:8 Esther 6:2 Esther 7:7 Esther 9:2

Job — 1×

Psalms — 27×

Psalms 4:2 Psalms 24:6 Psalms 27:4 Psalms 27:8 Psalms 34:14 Psalms 35:4 Psalms 37:25 Psalms 37:32 Psalms 37:36 Psalms 38:12 Psalms 40:14 Psalms 40:16 Psalms 54:3 Psalms 63:9 Psalms 69:6 Psalms 70:2 Psalms 70:4 Psalms 71:13 Psalms 71:24 Psalms 83:16 Psalms 86:14 Psalms 104:21 Psalms 105:3 Psalms 105:4 Psalms 119:176+ 2 more in Psalms

Proverbs — 14×

Proverbs 2:4 Proverbs 11:27 Proverbs 14:6 Proverbs 15:14 Proverbs 17:9 Proverbs 17:11 Proverbs 17:19 Proverbs 18:1 Proverbs 18:15 Proverbs 21:6 Proverbs 23:35 Proverbs 28:5 Proverbs 29:10 Proverbs 29:26

Ecclesiastes — 7×

Eccles 3:6 Eccles 3:15 Eccles 7:25 Eccles 7:28 Eccles 7:29 Eccles 8:17 Eccles 12:10

Song of Solomon — 6×

Song 3:1 Song 3:2 Song 5:6 Song 6:1+ 2 more in Song of Solomon

Isaiah — 7×

Isaiah 1:12 Isaiah 40:20 Isaiah 41:12 Isaiah 41:17 Isaiah 45:19 Isaiah 51:1 Isaiah 65:1

Jeremiah — 23×

Jeremiah 2:24 Jeremiah 2:33 Jeremiah 4:30 Jeremiah 5:1 Jeremiah 11:21 Jeremiah 19:7 Jeremiah 19:9 Jeremiah 21:7 Jeremiah 22:25 Jeremiah 26:21 Jeremiah 29:13 Jeremiah 34:20 Jeremiah 34:21 Jeremiah 38:16 Jeremiah 44:30 Jeremiah 45:5 Jeremiah 46:26 Jeremiah 49:37 Jeremiah 50:4 Jeremiah 50:20+ 3 more in Jeremiah

Lamentations — 2×

Lam 1:11 Lam 1:19

Ezekiel — 10×

Ezekiel 3:18 Ezekiel 3:20 Ezekiel 7:25 Ezekiel 7:26 Ezekiel 22:30 Ezekiel 26:21 Ezekiel 33:8 Ezekiel 34:4 Ezekiel 34:6 Ezekiel 34:16

Daniel — 4×

Daniel 1:8 Daniel 1:20 Daniel 8:15 Daniel 9:3

Hosea — 5×

Hosea 2:7 Hosea 3:5 Hosea 5:6 Hosea 5:15 Hosea 7:10

Amos — 1×

Nahum — 2×

Nahum 3:7 Nahum 3:11

Zephaniah — 4×

Zeph 1:6 Zeph 2:3+ 2 more in Zephaniah

Zechariah — 5×

Zech 6:7 Zech 8:21 Zech 8:22 Zech 11:16 Zech 12:9

Malachi — 3×

Malachi 2:7 Malachi 2:15 Malachi 3:1

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