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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 - Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek H1875 him with the whole heart.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:10 - With my whole heart have I sought H1875 thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:45 - And I will walk at liberty: for I seek H1875 thy precepts.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:94 - I am thine, save me; for I have sought H1875 thy precepts.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:155 - Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek H1875 not thy statutes.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 142:4 - I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared H1875 for my soul.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:27 - He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh H1875 mischief, it shall come unto him.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:13 - She seeketh H1875 wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:13 - And I gave my heart to seek H1875 and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:17 - Learn to do well; seek H1875 judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:19 - And when they shall say unto you, Seek H1875 unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek H1875 unto their God? for the living to the dead?
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:13 - For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek H1875 the LORD of hosts.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:10 - And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: H1875 and his rest shall be glorious.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:5 - And in mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking H1875 judgment, and hasting righteousness.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:3 - And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek H1875 to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:1 - Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek H1875 the LORD!
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:16 - Seek ye out H1875 of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:6 - Seek H1875 ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:2 - Yet they seek H1875 me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:12 - And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD: and thou shalt be called, Sought out, H1875 A city not forsaken.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:1 - I am sought H1875 of them that asked not for me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:10 - And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for the herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought H1875 me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:2 - And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, H1875 and whom they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:21 - For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought H1875 the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:2 - Enquire, H1875 I pray thee, of the LORD for us; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon maketh war against us; if so be that the LORD will deal with us according to all his wondrous works, that he may go up from us.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:7 - And seek H1875 the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray unto the LORD for it: for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:13 - And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search H1875 for me with all your heart.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:14 - All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek H1875 thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins were increased.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:17 - For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the LORD; because they called thee an Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after. H1875
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:7 - Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah, that sent you unto me to enquire H1875 of me; Behold, Pharaoh's army, which is come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:4 - Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh H1875 not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:25 - The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh H1875 him.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:3 - Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I be enquired H1875 of at all H1875 by them?
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:7 - For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that sojourneth in Israel, which separateth himself from me, and setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to a prophet to enquire H1875 of him concerning me; I the LORD will answer him by myself:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:10 - And they shall bear the punishment of their iniquity: the punishment of the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him that seeketh H1875 unto him;
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:1 - And it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth month, the tenth day of the month, that certain of the elders of Israel came to enquire H1875 of the LORD, and sat before me.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:3 - Son of man, speak unto the elders of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Are ye come to enquire H1875 of me? As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will not be enquired H1875 of by you.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:31 - For when ye offer your gifts, when ye make your sons to pass through the fire, ye pollute yourselves with all your idols, even unto this day: and shall I be enquired H1875 of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will not be enquired H1875 of by you.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:40 - For in mine holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, serve me: there will I accept them, and there will I require H1875 your offerings, and the firstfruits of your oblations, with all your holy things.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:6 - But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require H1875 at the watchman's hand.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:6 - My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search H1875 or seek after them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:8 - As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search H1875 for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock;
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:10 - Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require H1875 my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:11 - For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both search H1875 my sheep, and seek them out.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:37 - Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will yet for this be enquired H1875 of by the house of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a flock.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:12 - Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek H1875 the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:4 - For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek H1875 ye me, and ye shall live:
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:5 - But seek H1875 not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nought.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:6 - Seek H1875 the LORD, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:14 - Seek H1875 good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.

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