H1156 · בְּעָא
bᵉʻâʼ · beh-aw' · seek, ask, desire
H1156 (bᵉʻâʼ, pronounced beh-aw') is the Hebrew word בְּעָא in Strong’s dictionary: to seek or ask. It appears 12 times in 12 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- בְּעָא (Hebrew)
- Transliteration
- bᵉʻâʼ
- Pronunciation
- beh-aw'
- Derivation
- (Aramaic) or בְּעָה; (Aramaic), corresponding to H1158 (בָּעָה);
- Definition
- to seek or ask
- Rendered in the KJV
- ask, desire, make (petition), pray, request, seek.
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
12 occurrences in 12 verses (11 with English words of their own, 1 in the original with no English word of their own).
How the BSB renders it
- “petitions” ×2
- “He still makes” ×1
- “and I asked” ×1
- “and asked” ×1
- “and men went to look for” ×1
- “petitioning” ×1
- “request” ×1
- “sought me out” ×1
By book
Daniel 12
Verses
- Daniel 2:13
- Daniel 2:16
- Daniel 2:18
- Daniel 2:23
- Daniel 2:49
- Daniel 4:36
- Daniel 6:4
- Daniel 6:7
- Daniel 6:11
- Daniel 6:12
- Daniel 6:13
- Daniel 7:16
Related words
Numbers that share a root with H1156.