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Lexicon :: Strong's H1875 - dāraš

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דָּרַשׁ
Transliteration
dāraš
Pronunciation
daw-rash'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 455

Strong’s Definitions

דָּרַשׁ dârash, daw-rash'; a primitive root; properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship:—ask, × at all, care for, × diligently, inquire, make inquisition, (necro-) mancer, question, require, search, seek (for, out), × surely.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 164x

The KJV translates Strong's H1875 in the following manner: seek (84x), enquire (43x), require (12x), search (7x), miscellaneous (18x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 164x
The KJV translates Strong's H1875 in the following manner: seek (84x), enquire (43x), require (12x), search (7x), miscellaneous (18x).
  1. to resort to, seek, seek with care, enquire, require

    1. (Qal)

      1. to resort to, frequent (a place), (tread a place)

      2. to consult, enquire of, seek

        1. of God

        2. of heathen gods, necromancers

      3. to seek deity in prayer and worship

        1. God

        2. heathen deities

      4. to seek (with a demand), demand, require

      5. to investigate, enquire

      6. to ask for, require, demand

      7. to practice, study, follow, seek with application

      8. to seek with care, care for

    2. (Niphal)

      1. to allow oneself to be enquired of, consulted (only of God)

      2. to be sought, be sought out

      3. to be required (of blood)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
דָּרַשׁ dârash, daw-rash'; a primitive root; properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship:—ask, × at all, care for, × diligently, inquire, make inquisition, (necro-) mancer, question, require, search, seek (for, out), × surely.
STRONGS H1875: Abbreviations
דָּרַשׁ 162 verb resort to, seek (compare Arabic دَرَسَ rub over, efface (a site), tread (wheat), figurative read repeatedly, study; WfRD beat (a path), discuss, Pa. practise in; Late Hebrew search out (a meaning), expound) —
Qal Perfect 1 Chronicles 10:14; Imperfect יִדְרשׁ Psalm 10:4 +, אֶדְרְשָׁה 1 Samuel 28:7, נִדְרְשָׁה 1 Kings 22:7 +, יִדְרְשׁוּן Isaiah 55:2; Imperative דְּרָשֿׁ 1 Kings 22:5 +; Infinitive absolute דָּרשׁ Leviticus 10:16; Deuteronomy 23:22; construct דְּרשׁ Deuteronomy 22:2 + לִדְרָשֿׁ Ezekiel 14:7, לְדַרְיוֺשׁ (scribal error for לִדְרוֺשׁ Ew§ 239 a Ol§ 245 g) Ezra 10:16; Participle דֹּרֵשׁ Deuteronomy 11:12 + 10 times, דּוֺרֵשׁ 1 Chronicles 28:9 + 3 times; passive דְּרוּשִׁים Psalm 111:2, דְּרוּשָׁה Isaiah 62:12; synonym בקשׁ; —
1. (tread a place,) resort to, frequent, with religious object, with accusative of location Amos 5:5; 2 Chronicles 1:5, לְ local Deuteronomy 12:5.
2. seek, consult, inquire of:
a. accusative י׳, אֱלֹהִים Genesis 25:22 (J) Exodus 18:15 (E) 1 Samuel 9:9; 1 Kings 22:8; 2 Kings 3:11; 2 Kings 8:8; 2 Kings 22:13, 18; 1 Chronicles 15:13; 1 Chronicles 21:30; 2 Chronicles 18:7; 34:21; Psalm 24:6; Psalm 78:34; Jeremiah 21:2; Jeremiah 37:7; Ezekiel 20:1, 3; the ark of God 1 Chronicles 13:3; word of Yahweh 1 Kings 22:5 (= 2 Chronicles 18:4) compare 1 Kings 14:5; with בְּ Yahweh 1 Chronicles 10:14; 2 Chronicles 34:26; Ezekiel 14:7; his word 2 Kings 1:16; with אֶל, אֶלאֵֿל Job 5:8; their God Isaiah 8:19, Messianic king Isaiah 11:10; מֵעַלסֵֿפֶר י׳ out of the book of י׳ Isaiah 34:16 (in gloss, according to CheJQ Jan. 1892, 332); with מֵאוֺתוֺ of a נָבִיא לי׳ 1 Kings 22:7 (= 2 Chronicles 18:6) compare (above) 2 Chronicles 18:8; 2 Kings 3:11 and 1 Kings 14:5 (מֵעִמְּךָ).
b. heathen gods and necromancers, הַדֹּרֵשׁ the inquirer Ezekiel 14:10; with בְּ, בַּעֲלַת אוֺב 1 Samuel 28:7, בָּאוֺב 1 Chronicles 10:13, בְּבַעַל זְבוּב 2 Kings 1:2, 3, 6, 16; with אֶל, אֶלהָֿאֹבוֺת Isaiah 8:19, אֶלהַֿמֵּתִים Deuteronomy 18:11, אֶלהָֿאֱלִילִים Isaiah 19:3.
3. seek deity in prayer and worship:
b. seek heathen deities, with accusative Jeremiah 8:2; 2 Chronicles 25:15, 20; with לְ, Deuteronomy 12:30; 2 Chronicles 17:3.
4.
a. seek, with idea of demanding, require (בקשׁ is seek, simply), with accusative lost sheep Deuteronomy 22:2; Ezekiel 34:6, 8, 11; goat Leviticus 10:16 (twice in verse) (P); with אחר, after green fodder Job 39:8.
b. inquire, investigate (a matter), absolute Judges 6:29; Deuteronomy 13:15; Deuteronomy 17:4, 9; Deuteronomy 19:18; with accusative כָּללְֿבָבוֺת דּוֺרֵשׁ י׳ all hearts Yahweh searches 1 Chronicles 28:9; לִדְרשׁ הַמּוֺפֵת to inquire into the wonder 2 Chronicles 32:31; with לְ, to inquire about 2 Samuel 11:3; Job 10:6; followed by עַל person + infinitive 2 Chronicles 24:6 apply to the Levites to bring, etc., compare 2 Chronicles 31:9 (עַל both person and thing).
5. ask for, require, demand, with accusative of thing Ezekiel 20:40; + מִן person Deuteronomy 23:22; Micah 6:8; exact, often with collateral idea of avenging, מֵעִם Deuteronomy 18:19, so with מִיַּד Ezekiel 34:10, דָּרַשׁ דָּם מִיַּד Genesis 9:5 (P) Ezekiel 33:6; accusative only, דֹּרֵשׁ דמים Psalm 9:13, רִשְׁעוֺ ד׳ Psalm 10:15; absolute Psalm 10:4; Psalm 10:13; 2 Chronicles 24:22.
6. seek with application, study, follow, practise, absolute by wisdom Ecclesiastes 1:13; with accusative מִשְׁפָּט ד׳ study or practise justice Isaiah 1:17; Isaiah 16:5; מַעֲשֵׂי י׳ Psalm 111:2; טוֺב וְאַלרַֿע Amos 5:14; commands of God Psalm 119:45; Psalm 119:94; Psalm 119:155; 1 Chronicles 28:8; the law Ear 1 Chronicles 7:10; שׁלום ד׳ seek or study the peace, welfare of any one Deuteronomy 23:7; Jeremiah 29:7; Ezra 9:12, לשׁלום Jeremiah 38:4, טוב ד׳ Esther 10:3, רעה ד׳ Proverbs 11:27; Psalm 38:13 (compare בקשׁ 2, where this use is more common).
7. seek with care, care for, ארץ אשׁר יהוה אלהיך דֹּרֵשׁ אתהּ land which Yahweh thy God careth for Deuteronomy 11:12; אַליִֿדְרְשֵׁהוּ אֱלוֺהַּ let not Eloah care for it Job 3:4; אוֺתָךְ לֹא יִד׳ Jeremiah 30:14; דָּֽרְשָׁה צֶמֶר Proverbs 31:13; with לְ Jeremiah 30:17; אֵין דּוֺרֵשׁ לְנַפְשִׁי no one careth for me Psalm 142:5; but in both these לְ perhaps belongs to אֵין, compare || אֵין לִי מַכִּיר Psalm 142:5, also Lamentations 4:4 etc.; דְּרוּשָׁה cared for (of Jerusalem) Isaiah 62:12.
Niph. Perfect נִדְרָ֑שׁ Genesis 42:22, נִדְרַשְׁתִּי Isaiah 65:1, נִדְרָ֑שׁוּ 1 Chronicles 26:31; Imperfect אִדָּרֵשׁ Ezekiel 14:3; Ezekiel 20:3, 31, 31; Ezekiel 36:37; Infinitive absolute הַאִדָּרשׁ Ezekiel 14:3 (for ההדרשׁ); —
1. let oneself be inquired of, consulted, only of God Ezekiel 14:3 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 20:3, 31, 31; Ezekiel 36:37; Isaiah 65:1.
2. be sought out 1 Chronicles 26:31.
3. be required, of blood (compare Qal 5) Genesis 42:22 (E).
Note.וְדָרְשׁוּ מֵחָרְבוֺתֵיהֶם and beg out of their desolate places Psalm 109:10 (Ki and others wedŏršu, see Baer); many MSS. read דָּֽרְשׁוּ, so most interpretations; Greek Version of the LXX Hup Bi Che read גֹּרְשׁוּ be driven from.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

9:5; 25:22; 42:22; 42:22

Exodus

18:15

Leviticus

10:16; 10:16

Deuteronomy

4:29; 11:12; 11:12; 12:5; 12:30; 13:15; 17:4; 17:9; 18:11; 18:19; 19:18; 22:2; 22:2; 23:7; 23:22; 23:22

Judges

6:29

1 Samuel

9:9; 28:7; 28:7

2 Samuel

11:3

1 Kings

14:5; 14:5; 22:5; 22:5; 22:7; 22:7; 22:8

2 Kings

1:2; 1:3; 1:6; 1:16; 1:16; 3:11; 3:11; 8:8; 22:13; 22:18

1 Chronicles

7:10; 10:13; 10:14; 10:14; 13:3; 15:13; 16:11; 21:30; 22:19; 26:31; 26:31; 28:8; 28:9; 28:9

2 Chronicles

1:5; 12:14; 14:3; 14:6; 15:2; 15:12; 15:13; 16:12; 17:3; 17:4; 18:4; 18:6; 18:7; 18:8; 19:3; 20:3; 22:9; 24:6; 24:22; 25:15; 25:20; 26:5; 26:5; 30:19; 31:9; 31:21; 32:31; 34:3; 34:21; 34:26

Ezra

4:2; 6:21; 9:12; 10:16

Esther

10:3

Job

3:4; 5:8; 10:6; 39:8

Psalms

9:11; 9:13; 10:4; 10:4; 10:13; 10:15; 14:2; 22:27; 24:6; 28:9; 34:5; 34:11; 38:13; 53:3; 69:33; 77:3; 78:34; 105:4; 109:10; 111:2; 111:2; 119:2; 119:10; 119:45; 119:94; 119:155; 142:5; 142:5

Proverbs

11:27; 31:13

Ecclesiastes

1:13

Isaiah

1:17; 8:19; 8:19; 9:12; 11:10; 16:5; 19:3; 31:1; 34:16; 55:2; 55:6; 58:2; 62:12; 62:12; 65:1; 65:1; 65:10

Jeremiah

8:2; 10:21; 21:2; 29:7; 29:13; 30:14; 30:17; 37:7; 38:4

Lamentations

3:25; 4:4

Ezekiel

14:3; 14:3; 14:3; 14:7; 14:7; 14:10; 20:1; 20:3; 20:3; 20:3; 20:31; 20:31; 20:31; 20:31; 20:40; 33:6; 34:6; 34:8; 34:10; 34:11; 36:37; 36:37

Hosea

10:12

Amos

5:4; 5:5; 5:6; 5:14

Micah

6:8

Zephaniah

1:6

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1875 matches the Hebrew דָּרַשׁ (dāraš),
which occurs 165 times in 152 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 4 (Psa 119:2–Amo 5:14)

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:2 -

How blessed are those who observe His testimonies,

They seek H1875 Him with all their heart.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:10 -

With all my heart I have sought H1875 You;

Do not let me stray from Your commandments.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:45 -

And I will walk in a wide place,

For I seek H1875 Your precepts.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:94 -

I am Yours, save me;

For I have sought H1875 Your precepts.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:155 -

Salvation is far from the wicked,

For they do not seek H1875 Your statutes.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 142:4 -

Look to the right and see;

That there is no one who regards me;

A way of escape has been destroyed from me;

No one cares H1875 for my soul.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:27 -

He who earnestly seeks good seeks favor,

But he who searches H1875 for evil, evil will come to him.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:13 -

Daleth

She searches H1875 for wool and flax

And works with her [fn]hands [fn]in delight.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:13 - And I gave my heart to seek H1875 and explore by wisdom concerning all that has been done under heaven. It is [fn]a grievous endeavor which God has given to the sons of men with which to occupy themselves.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:17 -

Learn to do good;

Seek H1875 justice,

Reprove the ruthless,

Execute justice for the [fn]orphan,

Plead for the widow.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:19 -

Now when they say to you, “Inquire H1875 of the mediums and the spiritists who whisper and mutter,” should not a people inquire H1875 of their God? Should they inquire of the dead on behalf of the living?

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:13 -

Yet the people do not turn back to Him who struck them,

Nor do they seek H1875 Yahweh of hosts.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:10 -

Then it will be in that day,

That the nations will seek H1875 the root of Jesse,

Who will stand as a [fn]standard for the peoples;

And His resting place will be [fn]glorious.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:5 -

And a throne will be established in lovingkindness,

And a judge will sit on it in truth in the tent of David;

Moreover, he will seek H1875 justice

And be prompt in righteousness.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:3 -

“Then the spirit of the Egyptians will be emptied to destruction within them;

And I will confuse their counsel,

So that they will seek H1875 idols and ghosts of the dead

And to [fn]mediums and spiritists.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:1 -

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help

And rely on horses,

And trust in chariots because they are many

And in horsemen because they are very mighty,

But they do not regard at the Holy One of Israel, nor seek H1875 Yahweh!

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:16 -

Seek H1875 from the book of Yahweh, and read:

Not one of these will be missing;

None will lack its mate.

For [fn]His mouth has commanded,

And His Spirit has gathered them.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:6 -

Seek H1875 Yahweh while He may be found;

Call upon Him while He is near.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:2 -

“Yet they seek H1875 Me day by day and find pleasure in knowing My ways,

As a nation that has done righteousness

And has not forsaken the judgment of their God.

They ask Me for righteous judgments;

They find pleasure in the nearness of God.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:12 -

And they will call them, “The holy people,

The redeemed of Yahweh”;

And you will be called, “Sought H1875 out H1875, a city not forsaken.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:1 -

“I permitted Myself to be sought H1875 by those who did not ask for Me;

I permitted Myself to be found by those who did not seek Me.

I said, ‘Here am I, here am I,’

To a nation which did not call on My name.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:10 -

“Sharon will be a pasture land for flocks,

And the valley of Achor a resting place for herds,

For My people who seek H1875 Me.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:2 - “And they will spread them out to the sun, the moon, and to all the host of heaven, which they have loved and which they have served, and which they have walked after and which they have sought H1875, and which they have worshiped. They will not be gathered or buried; they will be as dung on the face of the ground.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:21 -

For the shepherds have become senseless

And have not sought H1875 Yahweh;

Therefore they have not prospered,

And all their flock is scattered.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:2 - “Please inquire H1875 of Yahweh on our behalf, for [fn]Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon is warring against us; perhaps Yahweh will deal with us according to all His [fn]wonderful acts, so that the enemy will go up from us.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:7 - ‘Seek H1875 the peace of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to Yahweh on its behalf; for in its peace you will have peace.’
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:13 - ‘You will seek Me and find Me when you search H1875 for Me with all your heart.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:14 -

‘All your lovers have forgotten you;

They do not seek H1875 you;

For I have [fn]wounded you with the wound of an enemy,

With the punishment of a cruel one,

Because your iniquity is numerous

And your sins are mighty.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:17 -

‘For I will [fn]restore you to [fn]health,

And I will heal you of your wounds,’ declares Yahweh,

‘Because they have called you a banished one, saying:

“It is Zion; no one is seeking H1875 her.”’

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:7 - “Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, ‘Thus you are to say to the king of Judah, who sent you to Me to inquire H1875 of Me: “Behold, the military force of Pharaoh which has come out for your assistance is going to return to its own land of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:4 - Then the officials said to the king, “Now let this man be put to death, inasmuch as he is making the hands of the men of war who remain in this city as well as the hands of all the people limp, by speaking such words to them; for this man is not seeking H1875 peace for this people but rather calamity.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:25 -

Teth

Yahweh is good to those who hope in Him,

To the soul who seeks H1875 Him.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:3 - “Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their hearts and have put right before their faces the stumbling block of their iniquity. Should I be inquired H1875 by them at H1875 all H1875?
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:7 - “For anyone of the house of Israel or of the sojourners who sojourn in Israel who separates himself from Me, sets up his idols in his heart, puts right before his face the stumbling block of his iniquity, and then comes to the prophet to inquire H1875 of Me for himself, I, Yahweh, will be brought to answer him in My own person.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:10 - “They will bear the punishment of their iniquity; as the iniquity of the inquirer H1875 is, so the iniquity of the prophet will be,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:1 -

Now it happened in the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth of the month, that [fn]some of the elders of Israel came to inquire H1875 of Yahweh and sat before me.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:3 - “Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel and say to them, ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, “Do you come to inquire H1875 of Me? As I live,” declares Lord Yahweh, “I will not be inquired H1875 of by you.”’
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:31 - [fn]And when you offer your gifts, when you cause your sons to pass through the fire, you are defiling yourselves with all your idols to this day. And shall I be inquired H1875 of by you, O house of Israel? As I live,” declares Lord Yahweh, “I will not be inquired H1875 of by you.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:40 - “For on My holy mountain, on the high mountain of Israel,” declares Lord Yahweh, “there the whole house of Israel, all of them, will serve Me in the land; there I will accept them, and there I will [fn]seek H1875 your contributions and the choicest of your gifts, with all your holy things.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:6 - ‘But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet and the people are not warned, and a sword comes and takes a person from them, he is taken away [fn]in his iniquity; but his blood I will require H1875 from the watchman’s hand.’
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:6 - “My flock wandered through all the mountains and on every high hill; My flock was scattered over all the surface of the earth, and there was no one to seek H1875 or search for them.”’”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:8 - “As I live,” declares Lord Yahweh, “surely because My flock has become plunder, My flock has even become food for all the beasts of the field for lack of a shepherd, and My shepherds did not seek H1875 for My flock, but rather the shepherds shepherded themselves and did not shepherd My flock;
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:10 - ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, “Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will seek H1875 My flock from their hand and make them cease from shepherding the flock. So the shepherds will not shepherd themselves anymore, but I will deliver My flock from their mouth so that they will not be food for them.”’”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:11 -

For thus says Lord Yahweh, “Behold, I Myself will seek H1875 My sheep and care for them.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:37 -

‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, “This also I will let the house of Israel inquire H1875 of Me to do for them: I will increase their men like a flock.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:12 -

Sow with a view to righteousness,

Reap in accordance with lovingkindness;

Break up your fallow ground,

Indeed, it is time to seek H1875 Yahweh

Until He comes and [fn]rains righteousness on you.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:4 -

For thus says Yahweh to the house of Israel,

“Seek H1875 Me that you may live.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:5 -

“But do not seek H1875 Bethel,

And do not come to Gilgal,

Nor cross over to Beersheba;

For Gilgal will certainly go into [fn]exile,

And Bethel will become [fn]evil.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:6 -

“Seek H1875 Yahweh that you may live,

Lest He come mightily like a fire, [fn]O house of Joseph,

And it will consume with none to quench it for Bethel,

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:14 -

Seek H1875 good and not evil, in order that you may live;

And thus may Yahweh God of hosts be with you,

Just as you have said!


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