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Lexicon :: Strong's H1245 - bāqaš

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בָּקַשׁ
Transliteration
bāqaš
Pronunciation
baw-kash'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 276

Strong’s Definitions

בָּקַשׁ bâqash, baw-kash'; a primitive root; to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after:—ask, beg, beseech, desire, enquire, get, make inquisition, procure, (make) request, require, seek (for).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 225x

The KJV translates Strong's H1245 in the following manner: seek (189x), require (14x), request (4x), seek out (4x), enquired (3x), besought (2x), ask (2x), sought for (2x), begging (1x), desire (1x), get (1x), inquisition (1x), procureth (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 225x
The KJV translates Strong's H1245 in the following manner: seek (189x), require (14x), request (4x), seek out (4x), enquired (3x), besought (2x), ask (2x), sought for (2x), begging (1x), desire (1x), get (1x), inquisition (1x), procureth (1x).
  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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בָּקַשׁ bâqash, baw-kash'; a primitive root; to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after:—ask, beg, beseech, desire, enquire, get, make inquisition, procure, (make) request, require, seek (for).
STRONGS H1245: Abbreviations
† [בָּקַשׁ]224 verb seek (Phoenician בקש) —
Pi. Perfect בִּקֵּשׁ Deuteronomy 13:11 + 15 times; בִּקְשָׁה Ecclesiastes 7:28; Esther 2:15; suffix בִּקְשָׁתַם Hosea 2:9; בִּקַּשְׁתִּיו Songs 3:1, 2; compare Songs 5:6; בִּקְשׁוּ Ezra 2:62 + 12 times; suffix בִּקְשֻׁנִי Isaiah 65:1 + 2 times; Imperfect יְבַקֵשׁ Joshua 22:23 + 37 times; יְבַקֶּש־ Proverbs 15:14 + 2 times; אֲבַקְשָׁה Psalm 122:9 + 3 times; suffix יְבַקְשֵׁהוּ 1 Samuel 23:14 + 7 times; יְבַקְשׁוּ 1 Samuel 16:16 + 23 times; Imperative בַקֵּשׁ 1 Samuel 9:3 + 3 times; בַּקְּשׁוּ 1 Samuel 28:7 + 8 times; Infinitive לְבַקֵּשׁ 1 Samuel 10:2 + 29 times; Participle מְבַקֵּשׁ Genesis 37:16 + 23 times; plural מְבַקְשִׁים Exodus 10:11 + 38 times; —
1. seek to find:
c. with לְ Job 10:6.
2. seek to secure:
b. aim at, practise: בקשׁ רעה seek hurt of Numbers 35:23 (P) 1 Samuel 24:10; 1 Samuel 25:26 (אֶל) 1 Kings 20:7; Psalm 71:13; Psalm 71:24; Esther 9:2; כזב ב׳ Psalm 4:3 compare Proverbs 17:11, שׁבר Proverbs 17:19, רצון Proverbs 11:27, טובה Nehemiah 2:10, אמונה Jeremiah 5:1, צדק, ענוה Zephaniah 2:3 (twice in verse) שׁלום Psalm 34:15, חכמה Proverbs 14:6; Ecclesiastes 7:25, בינה Daniel 8:15, דעת Proverbs 15:14; Proverbs 18:15, תורה Malachi 2:7, אהבה Proverbs 17:9, תאוה Proverbs 18:1 (ל of direct object), חשׁבנות Ecclesiastes 7:29.
c. Infinitive Exodus 4:24 (J) Jeremiah 26:21.
3. seek the face
b. of God (from resorting to sacred places) Hosea 5:15; 1 Chronicles 16:11 (= Psalm 105:4) 2 Chronicles 7:14; 2 Samuel 21:1; Psalm 24:6; Psalm 27:8 (twice in verse); without פּֽנֵי.
d. followed by Infinitive with לְ, of resort to wizards, but object not expressed Leviticus 19:34 (H).
4. desire, demand:
a. accusative 1 Chronicles 21:3.
b. accusative of thing מִן person Ezekiel 7:26; Daniel 1:20.
5.
a. require, exact, accusative of thing מִיַּד person Isaiah 1:12; מִן person Nehemiah 5:12, accusative of thing Nehemiah 5:18.
b. exact equivalent or penalty for, accusative of thing, מִיַּד person Genesis 31:39; Genesis 43:9 (JE) 1 Samuel 20:16; 2 Samuel 4:11; Ezekiel 3:18, 20; Ezekiel 33:8, compare דרשׁ; no object expressed Joshua 22:23 (P).
6. (late) ask, request, accusative of thing Esther 2:15; עַל of thing Nehemiah 2:4; עַל of thing מִן person Esther 7:7; Ezra 8:23; עַל of thing מִלִּפְנֵי person Esther 4:8; accusative of thing מִן person Daniel 1:8 (object clause with אשׁר), Psalm 104:21; מִן person 2 Chronicles 20:4.
Pu. Imperfect יְבֻקַּשׁ Jeremiah 50:20, וַיְב׳ Esther 2:23; תֲּבֻקְשִׁי Ezekiel 26:21 be sought.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

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

Exodus

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

Leviticus

19:34

Numbers

16:10; 35:23

Deuteronomy

4:29; 13:11; 13:11

Joshua

2:22; 22:23; 22:23

Judges

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

Ruth

3:1

1 Samuel

9:3; 9:3; 10:2; 10:2; 10:14; 10:21; 13:14; 14:4; 16:16; 16:16; 19:2; 19:10; 20:1; 20:16; 22:23; 23:10; 23:14; 23:14; 23:15; 23:25; 24:3; 24:10; 25:26; 25:29; 26:2; 26:20; 27:1; 27:4; 28:7; 28:7

2 Samuel

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

1 Kings

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

2 Kings

2:16; 2:17; 6:19

1 Chronicles

4:39; 14:8; 16:10; 16:11; 21:3

2 Chronicles

7:14; 9:23; 11:16; 15:4; 15:15; 20:4; 20:4; 22:9

Ezra

2:62; 2:62; 8:23

Nehemiah

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

Esther

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

Job

10:6

Psalms

4:3; 24:6; 27:4; 27:8; 34:15; 35:4; 37:22; 37:25; 37:36; 38:13; 40:15; 40:17; 54:5; 63:10; 69:7; 70:3; 70:5; 71:13; 71:24; 83:17; 86:14; 104:21; 105:3; 105:4; 119:176; 122:9; 122:9

Proverbs

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

Ecclesiastes

3:6; 7:25; 7:28; 7:29; 8:17; 12:10

Song of Songs

3:1; 3:1; 3:2; 3:2; 5:6; 5:6; 6:1

Isaiah

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

Jeremiah

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

Lamentations

1:11; 1:19

Ezekiel

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

Daniel

1:8; 1:20; 8:15; 9:3

Hosea

2:9; 2:9; 3:5; 3:5; 5:6; 5:15; 7:10

Amos

8:12

Nahum

3:7; 3:11

Zephaniah

1:6; 2:3; 2:3

Zechariah

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

Malachi

2:7; 2:15; 3:1

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1245 matches the Hebrew בָּקַשׁ (bāqaš),
which occurs 225 times in 215 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 5 (2Sa 5:17–Est 6:2)

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:17 -

Now when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek H1245 out H1245 David; and when David heard about it, he went down to the stronghold.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:16 - David therefore pleaded H1245 with God for the child; and David fasted and went and lay all night on the ground.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:11 - Then David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “Behold, my son who came out of my own body seeks H1245 my life; how much more now this Benjaminite? Leave him alone and let him curse, for the LORD has told him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:3 - and I will bring all the people back to you. [fn]The return of everyone depends on the man whom you are seeking H1245; then all the people will be at peace.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:20 - Then Absalom’s servants came to the woman at the house and said, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” And the woman said to them, “They have crossed the brook of water.” And when they searched H1245 and did not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:19 - “I am one of those who are ready for peace and faithful in Israel. You are trying H1245 to destroy a city, even a mother in Israel. Why would you swallow up the inheritance of the LORD?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:1 -

Now there was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year; and David sought H1245 the presence of the LORD. And the LORD said, “It is because of Saul and his bloody house, because he put the Gibeonites to death.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:2 - So the king called the Gibeonites and spoke to them (now the Gibeonites were not of the sons of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites, and the sons of Israel had [fn]made a covenant with them, but Saul had sought H1245 to [fn]kill them in his zeal for the sons of Israel and Judah).
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:2 - So his servants said to him, “Have them search H1245 for a young virgin for my lord the king, and have her [fn]attend the king and become his nurse; and have her lie on your chest, so that my lord the king may keep warm.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:3 - So they searched H1245 for a beautiful girl throughout the territory of Israel, and found Abishag the Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:40 - Then Shimei got up and saddled his donkey, and went to Gath to Achish, to search H1245 for his servants. And Shimei went and brought his servants from Gath.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:24 - And all the earth was seeking H1245 the [fn]attention of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:22 - However, Pharaoh said to him, “But what have you lacked with me that you are here, requesting H1245 to go to your own country?” And he answered, “Nothing; nevertheless you must let me go.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:40 - Solomon sought H1245 therefore to put Jeroboam to death; but Jeroboam set out and fled to Egypt to Shishak king of Egypt, and he was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:10 - “As surely as the LORD your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom to which my master has not sent word to search H1245 for you; and whenever they say, ‘He is not here,’ he makes the kingdom or nation swear that they could not find you.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:10 - And he said, “I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of armies; for the sons of Israel have abandoned Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. And I alone am left; and they have sought H1245 to take my life.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:14 - Then he said, “I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of armies; for the sons of Israel have abandoned Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. And I alone am left; and they have sought H1245 to take my life.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:7 -

Then the king of Israel summoned all the elders of the land and said, “Please be aware and see that this man is looking H1245 for H1245 trouble; for he sent me his demand for my wives, my children, my silver, and my gold, and I did not refuse him.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:16 - Then they said to him, “Behold now, there are with your servants fifty strong men; please let them go and search H1245 for your master, in case the Spirit of the LORD has taken him up and cast him on some mountain or into some valley.” But he said, “You shall not send anyone.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:17 - Yet when they urged him until he was ashamed to refuse, he said, “Send them.” So they sent fifty men; and they searched H1245 for three days, but did not find him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:19 - Then Elisha said to them, “This is not the way, nor is this the city; follow me and I will bring you to the man whom you seek H1245.” And he brought them to Samaria.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:39 - They went to the entrance of Gedor, as far as the east side of the valley, to seek H1245 pasture for their flocks.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:8 -

When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up in search H1245 of David; and David heard about it and went out against them.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:10 -

Boast in His holy name;

Let the heart of those who seek H1245 the LORD be joyful.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:11 -

Seek the LORD and His strength;

Seek H1245 His face continually.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:3 - But Joab said, “May the LORD add to His people a hundred times as many as they are! My lord the king, are they not all my lord’s servants? Why does my lord seek H1245 this thing? Why should he be a cause of guilt to Israel?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:14 - and My people [fn]who are called by My name humble themselves, and pray and seek H1245 My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:23 - And all the kings of the earth were seeking H1245 the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom which God had put in his heart.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:16 - Those from all the tribes of Israel who set their hearts on seeking H1245 the LORD God of Israel [fn]followed them to Jerusalem, to sacrifice to the LORD God of their fathers.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:4 - “But in their distress they turned to the LORD God of Israel, and they sought H1245 Him, and He let them find Him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:15 - All Judah rejoiced concerning the oath, for they had sworn with all their heart and had sought H1245 Him [fn]earnestly, and He let them find Him. So the LORD gave them rest on every side.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:4 - So Judah gathered together to seek H1245 help from the LORD; they even came from all the cities of Judah to seek H1245 the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:9 - He also searched H1245 for Ahaziah, and they caught him while he was hiding in Samaria; they brought him to Jehu, put him to death, and buried him. For they said, “He is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart.” So there was no one of the house of Ahaziah to retain the power of the kingdom.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:62 - These searched H1245 among their genealogical registration but they could not be located; so they were considered defiled and excluded from the priesthood.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:21 -

Then I proclaimed a fast there at the river of Ahava, to humble ourselves before our God, to seek H1245 from Him a [fn]safe journey for us, our little ones, and all our possessions.

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:22 - For I was ashamed to request from the king troops and horsemen to [fn]protect us from the enemy on the way, because we had said to the king, “The hand of our God is [fn]favorably disposed to all who seek H1245 Him, but His power and His anger are against all those who abandon Him.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:23 - So we fasted and sought H1245 our God concerning this matter, and He [fn]listened to our pleading.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:4 - Then the king said to me, “[fn]What would you request H1245?” So I prayed to the God of heaven.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:10 - And when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite [fn]official heard about it, it was very displeasing to them that someone had come to seek H1245 the welfare of the sons of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:12 - Then they said, “We will give it back and will require H1245 nothing from them; we will do exactly as you say.” So I called the priests and made them take an oath to act in accordance with this [fn]promise.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:18 - Now that which was prepared for each day was one ox and six choice sheep; also birds were prepared for me, and every ten days all sorts of wine were provided in abundance. Yet for all this I did not request H1245 the governor’s food allowance, because the forced labor was heavy on this people.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:64 - These searched H1245 among their ancestral registration, but it could not be located; therefore they were considered unclean and disqualified from the priesthood.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:27 -

Now at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought H1245 out H1245 the Levites from all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem so that they could celebrate the dedication with joy, with songs of thanksgiving and with songs to the accompaniment of cymbals, harps, and lyres.

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:2 - Then the king’s attendants, who served him, said, “Let beautiful young virgins be sought H1245 for the king.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:15 -

Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai who had taken her as his daughter, came to go in to the king, she did not request H1245 anything except what Hegai, the king’s eunuch who was in charge of the women, [fn]advised. And Esther was finding favor in the eyes of all who saw her.

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:21 - In those days, while Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king’s officials from those who guarded the door, became angry and sought H1245 to [fn]attack King Ahasuerus.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:23 - Then when the plot was investigated H1245 and found to be so, they were both hanged on a wooden gallows; and it was written in the Book of the Chronicles in the king’s presence.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:6 - But he [fn]considered it beneath his dignity to [fn]kill Mordecai alone, for they had told him who the people of Mordecai were; so Haman sought H1245 to annihilate all the Jews, the people of Mordecai, who were found throughout the kingdom of Ahasuerus.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:8 - He also gave him a copy of the text of the edict which had been issued in Susa for their annihilation, so that he might show Esther and inform her, and to order her to go in to the king to implore his favor and plead H1245 with him for her people.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:2 - And it was found written what Mordecai had reported about Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs who were doorkeepers, that they had sought H1245 to [fn]attack King Ahasuerus.

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