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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
Dictionary Aids

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 3 / 5 (Est 7:7–Ecc 12:10)

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:7 - The king H4428 arose H6965 in his anger H2534 from [fn]drinking H4960 wine H3196 and went into the palace H1055 garden; H1593 but Haman H2001 stayed H5975 to beg H1245 for his life H5315 from Queen H4436 Esther, H635 for he saw H7200 that harm H7451 had been determined H3615 against H413 him by the king. H4428
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:2 - The Jews H3064 assembled H6950 in their cities H5892 throughout all H3605 the provinces H4082 of King H4428 Ahasuerus H325 to lay H7971 hands H3027 on those who sought H1245 their harm; H7451 and no H3808 one H376 could stand H5975 before H6440 them, for the dread H6343 of them had fallen H5307 on all H3605 the peoples. H5971
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:6 - That You should seek H1245 for my guilt H5771
And search H1875 after my sin? H2403
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:2 - O sons H1121 of men, H376 how H4100 long H5704 will my [fn]honor H3519 become a reproach? H3639
How long will you love H157 what H7385 is worthless H7385 and aim H1245 at deception? H3577 [fn]Selah. H5542
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 24:6 - [fn]This H2088 is the generation H1755 of those who seek H1875 Him,
Who seek H1245 Your face H6440even Jacob. H3290 [fn]Selah. H5542
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:4 - One H259 thing H259 I have asked H7592 from the LORD, H3068 that I shall seek: H1245
That I may dwell H3427 in the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 all H3605 the days H3117 of my life, H2416
To behold H2372 the [fn]beauty H5278 of the LORD H3068
And to [fn]meditate H1239 in His temple. H1964
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:8 - When You said, “Seek H1245 My face,” H6440 my heart H3820 said H559 to You,
“Your face, H6440 O LORD, H3068 I shall seek.” H1245
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:14 - Depart H5493 from evil H7451 and do H6213 good; H2896
Seek H1245 peace H7965 and pursue H7291 it.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:4 - Let those be ashamed H954 and dishonored H3637 who seek H1245 my [fn]life; H5315
Let those be turned H5472 back H268 and humiliated H3637 who devise H2803 evil H7451 against me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:25 - I have been H1961 young H5288 and now H1571 I am old, H2204
Yet I have not seen H7200 the righteous H6662 forsaken H5800
Or his [fn]descendants H2233 begging H1245 bread. H3899
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:32 - The wicked H7563 spies H6822 upon the righteous H6662
And seeks H1245 to kill H4191 him.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:36 - Then [fn]he passed H5674 away, H5674 and lo, H2009 he was no H369 more; H369
I sought H1245 for him, but he could not be found. H4672
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:12 - Those who seek H1245 my life H5315 lay H5367 snares H5367 for me;
And those who seek H1875 to injure H7451 me have [fn]threatened H1696 destruction, H1942
And they devise H1897 treachery H4820 all H3605 day H3117 long.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:14 - Let those be ashamed H954 and humiliated H3637 together H3162
Who seek H1245 my [fn]life H5315 to destroy H5595 it;
Let those be turned H5472 back H268 and dishonored H3637
Who H2655 delight H2655 [fn]in my hurt. H7451
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:16 - Let all H3605 who seek H1245 You rejoice H7797 and be glad H8055 in You;
Let those who love H157 Your salvation H8668 say H559 continually, H8548
“The LORD H3068 be magnified!” H1431
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 54:3 - For strangers H2114 have risen H6965 against H5921 me
And violent H6184 men H6184 have sought H1245 my [fn]life; H5315
They have not set H7760 God H430 before H5048 them. [fn]Selah. H5542
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:9 - But those H1992 who seek H1245 my [fn]life H5315 to destroy H7722 it,
Will go H935 into the [fn]depths H8482 of the earth. H776
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:6 - May those who wait H6960 for You not be ashamed H954 through me, O Lord H136 [fn]GOD H3068 of hosts; H6635
May those who seek H1245 You not be dishonored H3637 through me, O God H430 of Israel, H3478
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 70:2 - Let those be ashamed H954 and humiliated H2659
Who seek H1245 my [fn]life; H5315
Let those be turned H5472 back H268 and dishonored H3637
Who delight H2655 [fn]in my hurt. H7451
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 70:4 - Let all H3605 who seek H1245 You rejoice H7797 and be glad H8055 in You;
And let those who love H157 Your salvation H3444 say H559 continually, H8548
“Let God H430 be magnified.” H1431
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:13 - Let those who are adversaries H7853 of my soul H5315 be ashamed H954 and consumed; H3615
Let them be covered H5844 with reproach H2781 and dishonor, H3639 who seek H1245 [fn]to injure H7451 me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:24 - My tongue H3956 also H1571 will utter H1897 Your righteousness H6666 all H3605 day H3117 long;
For they are ashamed, H954 for they are humiliated H2659 who seek H1245 [fn]my hurt. H7451
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:16 - Fill H4390 their faces H6440 with dishonor, H7036
That they may seek H1245 Your name, H8034 O LORD. H3068
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:14 - O God, H430 arrogant H2086 men H2086 have risen H6965 up against H5921 me,
And [fn]a band H5712 of violent H6184 men H6184 have sought H1245 my [fn]life, H5315
And they have not set H7760 You before H5048 them.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:21 - The young H3715 lions H3715 roar H7580 after their prey H2964
[fn]And seek H1245 their food H400 from God. H410
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:3 - [fn]Glory H1984 in His holy H6944 name; H8034
Let the heart H3820 of those who seek H1245 the LORD H3068 be glad. H8055
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:4 - Seek H1875 the LORD H3068 and His strength; H5797
Seek H1245 His face H6440 continually. H8548
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:176 - I have gone H8582 astray H8582 like a lost H6 sheep; H7716 seek H1245 Your servant, H5650
For I do not forget H7911 Your commandments. H4687
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 122:9 - For the sake H4616 of the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 our God, H430
I will seek H1245 your good. H2896
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:4 - If H518 you seek H1245 her as silver H3701
And search H2664 for her as for hidden H4301 treasures; H4301
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:27 - He who diligently H7836 seeks H7836 good H2896 seeks H1245 favor, H7522
But he who seeks H1875 evil, H7451 evil will come H935 to him.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:6 - A scoffer H3887 seeks H1245 wisdom H2451 and finds none, H369
But knowledge H1847 is easy H7043 to one who has H995 understanding. H995
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:14 - The mind H3820 of the intelligent H995 seeks H1245 knowledge, H1847
But the mouth H6310 of fools H3684 feeds H7462 on folly. H200
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:9 - He who conceals H3680 a transgression H6588 seeks H1245 love, H160
But he who repeats H8138 a matter H1697 separates H6504 intimate H441 friends. H441
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:11 - A rebellious H4805 man H4805 seeks H1245 only H389 evil, H7451
So a cruel H394 messenger H4397 will be sent H7971 against him.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:19 - He who loves H157 transgression H6588 loves H157 strife; H4683
He who raises H1361 his door H6607 seeks H1245 destruction. H7667
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:1 - He who separates H6504 himself seeks H1245 his own desire, H8378
He [fn]quarrels H1566 against all H3605 sound H8454 wisdom. H8454
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:15 - The [fn]mind H3820 of the prudent H995 acquires H7069 knowledge, H1847
And the ear H241 of the wise H2450 seeks H1245 knowledge. H1847
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:6 - The acquisition H6467 of treasures H214 by a lying H8267 tongue H3956
Is a fleeting H5086 vapor, H1892 the [fn]pursuit H1245 of death. H4194
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:35 - “They struck H5221 me, but I did not become H2470 [fn]ill; H2470
They beat H1986 me, but I did not know H3045 it.
When H4970 shall I awake? H6974
I will seek H1245 [fn]another H5750 H3254 drink.”
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:5 - Evil H7451 men H376 do not understand H995 justice, H4941
But those who seek H1245 the LORD H3068 understand H995 all H3605 things. H3605
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:10 - Men H376 of bloodshed H1818 hate H8130 the blameless, H8535
But the upright H3477 [fn]are concerned H1245 for his life. H5315
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:26 - Many H7227 seek H1245 the ruler’s H4910 [fn]favor, H6440
But justice H4941 for man H376 comes from the LORD. H3068
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:6 - A time H6256 to search H1245 and a time H6256 to give H6 up as lost; H6
A time H6256 to keep H8104 and a time H6256 to throw H7993 away. H7993
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:15 - That which H4100 H7945 is has been H1961 already H3528 and that which H834 will be has already H3528 been, H1961 for God H430 seeks H1245 what has passed H7291 by.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:25 - I [fn]directed H5437 my [fn]mind H3820 to know, H3045 to investigate H8446 and to seek H1245 wisdom H2451 and an explanation, H2808 and to know H3045 the evil H7562 of folly H3689 and the foolishness H3689 of madness. H1947
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:28 - which H834 [fn]I am still H5750 seeking H1245 but have not found. H4672 I have found H4672 one H259 man H120 among H4480 a thousand, H505 but I have not found H4672 a woman H802 among all H3605 these. H428
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:29 - “Behold, H7200 I have found H4672 only H905 this, H2088 that God H430 made H6213 men H120 upright, H3477 but they have sought H1245 out many H7227 devices.” H2810
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:17 - and I saw H7200 every H3605 work H4639 of God, H430 I concluded that man H120 cannot H3201 H3808 discover H4672 the work H4639 which H834 has been done H6213 under H8478 the sun. H8121 Even though H7945 H834 man H120 should seek H1245 laboriously, H5998 he will not discover; H4672 and though H518 the wise H2450 man H2450 should say, H559 “I know,” H3045 he cannot H3201 H3808 discover. H4672
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:10 - The Preacher H6953 sought H1245 to find H4672 delightful H2656 words H1697 and to write H3789 words H1697 of truth H571 correctly. H3476

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