H1245 · בָּקַשׁ
bâqash · baw-kash' · seek, require, request
H1245 (bâqash, pronounced baw-kash') is the Hebrew word בָּקַשׁ in Strong’s dictionary: to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer). It appears 225 times in 215 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- בָּקַשׁ (Hebrew)
- Transliteration
- bâqash
- Pronunciation
- baw-kash'
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- Definition
- to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
- Rendered in the KJV
- ask, beg, beseech, desire, enquire, get, make inquisition, procure, (make) request, require, seek (for).
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
225 occurrences in 215 verses (222 with English words of their own, 3 in the original with no English word of their own).
How the BSB renders it
- “seek” ×11
- “seeks” ×7
- “who seek” ×7
- “and seek” ×6
- “sought” ×6
- “to seek” ×5
- “I will seek” ×4
- “of those who seek” ×4
By book
Genesis 5 · Exodus 5 · Leviticus 1 · Numbers 2 · Deuteronomy 2 · Joshua 2 · Judges 4 · Ruth 1 · 1 Samuel 25 · 2 Samuel 11 · 1 Kings 10 · 2 Kings 3 · 1 Chronicles 5 · 2 Chronicles 7 · Ezra 4 · Nehemiah 6 · Esther 9 · Job 1 · Psalms 26 · Proverbs 14 · Ecclesiastes 7 · Song of Solomon 4 · Isaiah 7 · Jeremiah 20 · Lamentations 2 · Ezekiel 10 · Daniel 4 · Hosea 5 · Amos 1 · Nahum 2 · Zephaniah 2 · Zechariah 5 · Malachi 3
First 30 of 215 verses
- Genesis 31:39
- Genesis 37:15
- Genesis 37:16
- Genesis 43:9
- Genesis 43:30
- Exodus 2:15
- Exodus 4:19
- Exodus 4:24
- Exodus 10:11
- Exodus 33:7
- Leviticus 19:31
- Numbers 16:10
- Numbers 35:23
- Deuteronomy 4:29
- Deuteronomy 13:10
- Joshua 2:22
- Joshua 22:23
- Judges 4:22
- Judges 6:29
- Judges 14:4
- Judges 18:1
- Ruth 3:1
- 1 Samuel 9:3
- 1 Samuel 10:2
- 1 Samuel 10:14
- 1 Samuel 10:21
- 1 Samuel 13:14
- 1 Samuel 14:4
- 1 Samuel 16:16
- 1 Samuel 19:2
Related words
Numbers that share a root with H1245.