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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:
a. absolute Judges 6:29; 2 Kings 2:17; Jeremiah 5:1; Ezekiel 34:6; Ecclesiastes 3:6; Ecclesiastes 8:17 (yet see Ew).
b. accusative Genesis 37:15, 16; Joshua 2:22 (J) Judges 4:22; Judges 14:4; 1 Samuel 9:3; 1 Samuel 10:2, 14, 21; 1 Samuel 16:16; 1 Samuel 23:14, 25; 1 Samuel 24:3; 1 Samuel 26:2; 1 Samuel 27:1, 4 + 1 Samuel 26:20 object a flea, but read נַפְשִׁי Greek Version of the LXX Th We Kirkp Klo Dr; 2 Samuel 17:3, 20; 1 Kings 1:3; 1 Kings 2:40; 1 Kings 18:10; 2 Kings 2:16; 2 Kings 6:19; 1 Chronicles 4:39; 2 Chronicles 22:9; Ezra 2:62 (= Nehemiah 7:64) Nehemiah 12:27; Psalm 37:25; Psalm 37:36; Psalm 119:176; Proverbs 2:4; Proverbs 21:6; Proverbs 23:35; Proverbs 7:28; Songs 3:1 (twice in verse); Songs 3:2 (twice in verse); Songs 5:6; Songs 6:1; Isaiah 41:12, 17; Jeremiah 2:24, 33; Lamentations 1:11; Ezekiel 7:25; Ezekiel 22:30; Ezekiel 34:4, 16; Hosea 2:9; Nahum 3:11; Zechariah 11:16; Malachi 2:15.
c. with לְ Job 10:6.
d. accusative of thing לְ person Judges 18:1; 1 Samuel 13:14; 1 Samuel 28:7; 1 Kings 1:2; Ruth 3:1; Esther 2:2; Psalm 122:9; Isaiah 40:20; Lamentations 1:19; Nahum 3:7.
2. seek to secure:
a. accusative the priesthood Numbers 16:10 (P); David for king 2 Samuel 3:17; in battle 2 Samuel 5:17 (= 1 Chronicles 14:8); Psalm 27:4; Jeremiah 45:5 (compare Jeremiah 45:5); בקשׁ נפשׁ seek to take one's life Exodus 4:19 (J) 1 Samuel 20:1; 1 Samuel 22:23 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 23:15; 1 Samuel 25:29; 2 Samuel 4:8; 2 Samuel 16:11; 1 Kings 19:10, 14; Psalm 35:4; Psalm 38:13; Psalm 40:15; Psalm 54:5; Psalm 63:10; Psalm 70:3; Psalm 86:14; Proverbs 29:10; Jeremiah 4:30; Jeremiah 11:21; Jeremiah 19:7, 9; Jeremiah 21:7; Jeremiah 22:25; Jeremiah 34:20, 21; Jeremiah 38:16; Jeremiah 44:30 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 46:26; Jeremiah 49:37.
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.
d. לְ & Infinitive Genesis 43:30; Exodus 2:15; Exodus 10:11 (JE) Deuteronomy 13:11; 1 Samuel 14:4; 1 Samuel 19:2, 10; 1 Samuel 23:10; 2 Samuel 20:19; 2 Samuel 21:2; 1 Kings 11:22, 40; Esther 2:21; Esther 3:6; Esther 6:2; Psalm 37:22; Ecclesiastes 12:10; Zechariah 6:7; Zechariah 12:9.
3. seek the face
a. of rulers 1 Kings 10:24 (= 2 Chronicles 9:23) Proverbs 29:26.
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.
c. יהוה Deuteronomy 4:29; Zephaniah 1:6; Zephaniah 2:3; Hosea 3:5, 5; Hosea 5:6; Exodus 33:7 (J) 1 Chronicles 16:10 (= Psalm 105:3) 2 Chronicles 11:16; 20:4; Isaiah 51:1; Proverbs 28:5; Zechariah 8:21, 22; Jeremiah 50:4; אלהים 2 Samuel 12:16, compare Ezekiel 8:22; Isaiah 45:19; Isaiah 65:1; 2 Chronicles 15:4, 15; Hosea 7:10; Jeremiah 29:13; Malachi 3:1; Psalm 40:17; Psalm 70:5; Psalm 69:7; Daniel 9:3; דבר י׳ Amos 8:12; שׁמך Psalm 83:17.
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

H1245

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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)

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 5:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:17 - But when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines came up to seek H1245 David; and David heard of it, and went down to the hold.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:16 - David therefore besought H1245 God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 16:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:11 - And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, which came forth of my bowels, seeketh H1245 my life: how much more now may this Benjamite do it? let him alone, and let him curse; for the LORD hath bidden him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:3 - And I will bring back all the people unto thee: the man whom thou seekest H1245 is as if all returned: so all the people shall be in peace.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:20 - And when Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house, they said, Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said unto them, They be gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought H1245 and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:19 - I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest H1245 to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the LORD?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 21:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:1 - Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David enquired H1245 of the LORD. And the LORD answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 21:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:2 - And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them: and Saul sought H1245 to slay them in his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah.)

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:2 - Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought H1245 for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get heat.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:3 - So they sought H1245 for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:40 - And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to Achish to seek H1245 his servants: and Shimei went, and brought his servants from Gath.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:24 - And all the earth sought H1245 to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:22 - Then Pharaoh said unto him, But what hast thou lacked with me, that, behold, thou seekest H1245 to go to thine own country? And he answered, Nothing: howbeit let me go in any wise.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:40 - Solomon sought H1245 therefore to kill Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:10 - As the LORD thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek H1245 thee: and when they said, He is not there; he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 19:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:10 - And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek H1245 my life, to take it away.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 19:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:14 - And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek H1245 my life, to take it away.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:7 - Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeketh H1245 mischief: for he sent unto me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I denied him not.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 2:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:16 - And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek H1245 thy master: lest peradventure the Spirit of the LORD hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 2:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:17 - And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought H1245 three days, but found him not.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:19 - And Elisha said unto them, This is not the way, neither is this the city: follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom ye seek. H1245 But he led them to Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:39 - And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side of the valley, to seek H1245 pasture for their flocks.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 14:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:8 - And when the Philistines heard that David was anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek H1245 David. And David heard of it, and went out against them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:10 - Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek H1245 the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:11 - Seek the LORD and his strength, seek H1245 his face continually.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:3 - And Joab answered, The LORD make his people an hundred times so many more as they be: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord's servants? why then doth my lord require H1245 this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 7:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:14 - If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek H1245 my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:23 - And all the kings of the earth sought H1245 the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, that God had put in his heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 11:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:16 - And after them out of all the tribes of Israel such as set their hearts to seek H1245 the LORD God of Israel came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice unto the LORD God of their fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 15:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:4 - But when they in their trouble did turn unto the LORD God of Israel, and sought H1245 him, he was found of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 15:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:15 - And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought H1245 him with their whole desire; and he was found of them: and the LORD gave them rest round about.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:4 - And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask H1245 help of the LORD: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek H1245 the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:9 - And he sought H1245 Ahaziah: and they caught him, (for he was hid in Samaria,) and brought him to Jehu: and when they had slain him, they buried him: Because, said they, he is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart. So the house of Ahaziah had no power to keep still the kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 2:62

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:62 - These sought H1245 their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but they were not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 8:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:21 - Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek H1245 of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:22 - For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek H1245 him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 8:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:23 - So we fasted and besought H1245 our God for this: and he was intreated of us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:4 - Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? H1245 So I prayed to the God of heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:10 - When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek H1245 the welfare of the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:12 - Then said they, We will restore them, and will require H1245 nothing of them; so will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:18 - Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this required H1245 not I the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:64

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:64 - These sought H1245 their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:27 - And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought H1245 the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:2 - Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought H1245 for the king:

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:15 - Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required H1245 nothing but what Hegai the king's chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:21 - In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king's gate, two of the king's chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the door, were wroth, and sought H1245 to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:23 - And when inquisition H1245 was made of the matter, it was found out; therefore they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the book of the chronicles before the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:6 - And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought H1245 to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:8 - Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given at Shushan to destroy them, to shew it unto Esther, and to declare it unto her, and to charge her that she should go in unto the king, to make supplication unto him, and to make request H1245 before him for her people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:2 - And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sought H1245 to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.

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