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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 2 / 4 (2Ch 15:13–Psa 111:2)

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:13 - That whosoever would not seek H1875 the LORD God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:12 - And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he sought H1875 not to the LORD, but to the physicians.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:3 - And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought H1875 not unto Baalim;
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:4 - But sought H1875 to the LORD God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:4 - And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, H1875 I pray thee, at the word of the LORD to day.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:6 - But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD besides, that we might enquire H1875 of him?
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:7 - And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, by whom we may enquire H1875 of the LORD: but I hate him; for he never prophesied good unto me, but always evil: the same is Micaiah the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:3 - Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast taken away the groves out of the land, and hast prepared thine heart to seek H1875 God.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:3 - And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek H1875 the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:9 - And he sought 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 H1875 the LORD with all his heart. So the house of Ahaziah had no power to keep still the kingdom.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:6 - And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, Why hast thou not required H1875 of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the collection, according to the commandment of Moses the servant of the LORD, and of the congregation of Israel, for the tabernacle of witness?
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:22 - Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The LORD look upon it, and require H1875 it.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:15 - Wherefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent unto him a prophet, which said unto him, Why hast thou sought H1875 after the gods of the people, which could not deliver their own people out of thine hand?
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:20 - But Amaziah would not hear; for it came of God, that he might deliver them into the hand of their enemies, because they sought H1875 after the gods of Edom.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:5 - And he sought H1875 God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God: and as long as he sought H1875 the LORD, God made him to prosper.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:19 - That prepareth his heart to seek H1875 God, the LORD God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:9 - Then Hezekiah questioned H1875 with the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:21 - And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek H1875 his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:31 - Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to enquire H1875 of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:3 - For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek H1875 after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:21 - Go, enquire H1875 of the LORD for me, and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD, to do after all that is written in this book.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:26 - And as for the king of Judah, who sent you to enquire H1875 of the LORD, so shall ye say unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel concerning the words which thou hast heard;
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:2 - Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers, and said unto them, Let us build with you: for we seek H1875 your God, as ye do; and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assur, which brought us up hither.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:21 - And the children of Israel, which were come again out of captivity, and all such as had separated themselves unto them from the filthiness of the heathen of the land, to seek H1875 the LORD God of Israel, did eat,
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:10 - For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek H1875 the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:12 - Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek H1875 their peace or their wealth for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:16 - And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their fathers, and all of them by their names, were separated, and sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine H1875 the matter.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 10:3 - For Mordecai the Jew was next unto king Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking H1875 the wealth of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:4 - Let that day be darkness; let not God regard H1875 it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:8 - I would seek H1875 unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:6 - That thou enquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest H1875 after my sin?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:8 - The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth H1875 after every green thing.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:10 - And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek H1875 thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:12 - When he maketh inquisition H1875 for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:4 - The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek H1875 after God: God is not in all his thoughts.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:13 - Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require H1875 it.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:15 - Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out H1875 his wickedness till thou find none.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:2 - The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek H1875 God.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:26 - The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek H1875 him: your heart shall live for ever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 24:6 - This is the generation of them that seek H1875 him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:4 - I sought H1875 the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:10 - The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek H1875 the LORD shall not want any good thing.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:12 - They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek H1875 my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:2 - God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek H1875 God.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:32 - The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that seek H1875 God.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:2 - In the day of my trouble I sought H1875 the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:34 - When he slew them, then they sought H1875 him: and they returned and enquired early after God.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:4 - Seek H1875 the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:10 - Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek H1875 their bread also out of their desolate places.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 111:2 - The works of the LORD are great, sought out H1875 of all them that have pleasure therein.

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