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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 1 / 4 (Gen 9:5–2Ch 15:12)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:5 - For your lifeblood I will surely exact punishment, from every living creature I will exact punishment. From each person I will exact punishment for the life of the individual since the man was his relative.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:22 - But the children struggled inside her, and she said, "If it is going to be like this, I'm not so sure I want to be pregnant!" So she asked the LORD,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:22 - Reuben said to them, "Didn't I say to you, 'Don't sin against the boy,' but you wouldn't listen? So now we must pay for shedding his blood!"
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:15 - Moses said to his father-in-law, "Because the people come to me to inquire of God.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:16 - Later Moses sought diligently for the sin offering male goat, but it had actually been burnt. So he became angry at Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's remaining sons, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:29 - But if you seek the LORD your God from there, you will find him, if, indeed, you seek him with all your heart and soul.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:12 - a land the LORD your God looks after. He is constantly attentive to it from the beginning to the end of the year.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:5 - But you must seek only the place he chooses from all your tribes to establish his name as his place of residence, and you must go there.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:30 - After they have been destroyed from your presence, be careful not to be ensnared like they are; do not pursue their gods and say, "How do these nations serve their gods? I will do the same."
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:14 - You must investigate thoroughly and inquire carefully. If it is indeed true that such a disgraceful thing is being done among you,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:4 - When it is reported to you and you hear about it, you must investigate carefully. If it is indeed true that such a disgraceful thing is being done in Israel,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:9 - You will go to the Levitical priests and the judge in office in those days and seek a solution; they will render a verdict.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:11 - one who casts spells, one who conjures up spirits, a practitioner of the occult, or a necromancer.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:19 - I will personally hold responsible anyone who then pays no attention to the words that prophet speaks in my name.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:18 - The judges will thoroughly investigate the matter, and if the witness should prove to be false and to have given false testimony against the accused,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:2 - If the owner does not live near you or you do not know who the owner is, then you must corral the animal at your house and let it stay with you until the owner looks for it; then you must return it to him.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:6 - You must not seek peace and prosperity for them through all the ages to come.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:21 - When you make a vow to the LORD your God you must not delay in fulfilling it, for otherwise he will surely hold you accountable as a sinner.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:29 - They said to one another, "Who did this?" They investigated the matter thoroughly and concluded that Gideon son of Joash had done it.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:9 - (Now it used to be in Israel that whenever someone went to inquire of God he would say, "Come on, let's go to the seer." For today's prophet used to be called a seer.)
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:7 - So Saul instructed his servants, "Find me a woman who is a medium, so that I may go to her and inquire of her." His servants replied to him, "There is a woman who is a medium in Endor."
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:3 - So David sent someone to inquire about the woman. The messenger said, "Isn't this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?"
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:5 - But the LORD had told Ahijah, "Look, Jeroboam's wife is coming to find out from you what will happen to her son, for he is sick. Tell her so-and-so. When she comes, she will be in a disguise."
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:5 - Then Jehoshaphat added, "First seek an oracle from the LORD."
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:7 - But Jehoshaphat asked, "Is there not a prophet of the LORD still here, that we may ask him?"
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:8 - The king of Israel answered Jehoshaphat, "There is still one man through whom we can seek the LORD's will. But I despise him because he does not prophesy prosperity for me, but disaster. His name is Micaiah son of Imlah. Jehoshaphat said, "The king should not say such things."
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:2 - Ahaziah fell through a window lattice in his upper chamber in Samaria and was injured. He sent messengers with these orders, "Go, ask Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron, if I will survive this injury."
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:3 - But the LORD's angelic messenger told Elijah the Tishbite, "Get up, go to meet the messengers from the king of Samaria. Say this to them: 'You must think there is no God in Israel! That explains why you are on your way to seek an oracle from Baal Zebub the god of Ekron.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:6 - They replied, "A man came up to meet us. He told us, "Go back to the king who sent you and tell him, 'This is what the LORD says: "You must think there is no God in Israel! That explains why you are sending for an oracle from Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron. Therefore you will not leave the bed you lie on, for you will certainly die."'"
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:16 - Elijah said to the king, "This is what the LORD says, 'You sent messengers to seek an oracle from Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron. You must think there is no God in Israel from whom you can seek an oracle! Therefore you will not leave the bed you lie on, for you will certainly die.'"
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:11 - Jehoshaphat asked, "Is there no prophet of the LORD here that we might seek the LORD's direction?" One of the servants of the king of Israel answered, "Elisha son of Shapat is here; he used to be Elijah's servant."
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:8 - So the king told Hazael, "Take a gift and go visit the prophet. Request from him an oracle from the LORD. Ask him, 'Will I recover from this sickness?'"
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:13 - "Go, seek an oracle from the LORD for me and the people - for all Judah. Find out about the words of this scroll that has been discovered. For the LORD's fury has been ignited against us, because our ancestors have not obeyed the words of this scroll by doing all that it instructs us to do."
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:18 - Say this to the king of Judah, who sent you to seek an oracle from the LORD: "This is what the LORD God of Israel says concerning the words you have heard:
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:13 - So Saul died because he was unfaithful to the LORD and did not obey the LORD's instructions; he even tried to conjure up underworld spirits.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:14 - He did not seek the LORD's guidance, so the LORD killed him and transferred the kingdom to David son of Jesse.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:3 - Let's move the ark of our God back here, for we did not seek his will throughout Saul's reign."
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:13 - The first time you did not carry it; that is why the LORD God attacked us, because we did not ask him about the proper way to carry it."
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:11 - Seek the LORD and the strength he gives! Seek his presence continually!
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:30 - But David could not go before it to seek God's will, for he was afraid of the sword of the LORD's messenger.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:19 - Now seek the LORD your God wholeheartedly and with your entire being! Get up and build the sanctuary of the LORD God! Then you can bring the ark of the LORD's covenant and the holy items dedicated to God's service into the temple that is built to honor the LORD."
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:31 - As for the Hebronites: Jeriah was the leader of the Hebronites according to the genealogical records. In the fortieth year of David's reign, they examined the records and discovered there were highly respected men in Jazer in Gilead.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:8 - So now, in the sight of all Israel, the LORD's assembly, and in the hearing of our God, I say this: Carefully observe all the commands of the LORD your God, so that you may possess this good land and may leave it as a permanent inheritance for your children after you.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:9 - "And you, Solomon my son, obey the God of your father and serve him with a submissive attitude and a willing spirit, for the LORD examines all minds and understands every motive of one's thoughts. If you seek him, he will let you find him, but if you abandon him, he will reject you permanently.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:5 - But the bronze altar made by Bezalel son of Uri, son of Hur, was in front of the LORD's tabernacle. Solomon and the entire assembly prayed to him there.)
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:14 - He did evil because he was not determined to follow the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:4 - He ordered Judah to seek the LORD God of their ancestors and to observe his law and commands.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:7 - He said to the people of Judah: "Let's build these cities and fortify them with walls, towers, and barred gates. The land remains ours because we have followed the LORD our God and he has made us secure on all sides." So they built the cities and prospered.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:2 - He met Asa and told him, "Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin! The LORD is with you when you are loyal to him. If you seek him, he will respond to you, but if you reject him, he will reject you.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:12 - They solemnly agreed to seek the LORD God of their ancestors with their whole heart and being.

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