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Lexicon :: Strong's H1245 - bāqaš

Aa
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 - And the king H4428 arising H6965 from the banquet H4960 of wine H3196 in his wrath H2534 went into H413 the palace H1055 garden: H1594 and Haman H2001 stood up H5975 to make request H1245 for H5921 his life H5315 to Esther H635 the queen; H4436 for H3588 he saw H7200 that H3588 there was H3615 evil H7451 determined H3615 against him H413 by H854 the king. H4428
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:2 - The Jews H3064 gathered themselves together H6950 in their cities H5892 throughout all H3605 the provinces H4082 of the king H4428 Ahasuerus, H325 to lay H7971 hand H3027 on such as sought H1245 their hurt: H7451 and H376 no H3808 man H376 could withstand H5975 them; H6440 for H3588 the fear of them H6343 fell H5307 upon H5921 all H3605 people. H5971
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:6 - That H3588 thou enquirest H1245 after mine iniquity, H5771 and H2403 searchest H1875 after my sin? H2403
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:2 - O ye sons H1121 of men, H376 how long H5704 H4100 will ye turn my glory H3519 into shame? H3639 how long will ye love H157 vanity, H7385 and seek H1245 after leasing? H3577 Selah. H5542
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 24:6 - This H2088 is the generation H1755 of them that seek him, H1875 that seek H1245 thy face, H6440 O Jacob. H3290 Selah. H5542
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:4 - One H259 thing have I desired H7592 of H854 the LORD, H3068 that H853 will I seek after; 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 beauty H5278 of the LORD, H3068 and to enquire H1239 in his temple. H1964
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:8 - When thou saidst, Seek ye H1245 my face; H6440 my heart H3820 said H559 unto thee, Thy face, H6440 LORD, H3068 will I seek. H1245
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:14 - Depart H5493 from evil, H7451 and do H6213 good; H2896 seek H1245 peace, H7965 and pursue it. H7291
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:4 - Let them be confounded H954 and put to shame H3637 that seek after H1245 my soul: H5315 let them be turned H5472 back H268 and brought to confusion H2659 that devise H2803 my hurt. H7451
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:25 - I have been H1961 young, H5288 and H1571 now am old; H2204 yet H3808 have I H7200 not H3808 seen H7200 the righteous H6662 forsaken, H5800 nor his seed H2233 begging H1245 bread. H3899
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:32 - The wicked H7563 watcheth H6822 the righteous, H6662 and seeketh H1245 to slay him. H4191
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:36 - Yet he passed away, H5674 and, lo, H2009 he H369 was not: H369 yea, I sought him, H1245 but H3808 he could H4672 not H3808 be found. H4672
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:12 - They also H5367 that seek after H1245 my life H5315 lay snares H5367 for me: and they that seek H1875 my hurt H7451 speak H1696 mischievous things, H1942 and H4820 imagine H1897 deceits H4820 all H3605 the day long. H3117
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:14 - Let them be ashamed H954 and confounded H2659 together H3162 that seek after H1245 my soul H5315 to destroy it; H5595 let them be driven H5472 backward H268 and put to shame H3637 that wish H2655 me evil. H7451
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:16 - Let H1245 all H3605 those that seek thee  H1245 rejoice H7797 and be glad H8055 in thee: let H559 such as love H157 thy salvation H8668 say H559 continually, H8548 The LORD H3068 be magnified. H1431
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 54:3 - For H3588 strangers H2114 are risen up H6965 against me, H5921 and oppressors H6184 seek after H1245 my soul: H5315 they have H7760 not H3808 set H7760 God H430 before them. H5048 Selah. H5542
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:9 - But those H1992 that seek H1245 my soul, H5315 to destroy H7722 it, shall go H935 into the lower parts H8482 of the earth. H776
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:6 - Let H954 not H408 them that wait on thee, H6960 O Lord H136 GOD H3069 of hosts, H6635 be ashamed H954 for my sake: let H3637 not H408 those that seek thee H1245 be confounded H3637 for my sake, O God H430 of Israel. H3478
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 70:2 - Let them be ashamed H954 and confounded H2659 that seek after H1245 my soul: H5315 let them be turned H5472 backward, H268 and put to confusion, H3637 that desire H2655 my hurt. H7451
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 70:4 - Let H7797 all H3605 those that seek thee H1245 rejoice H7797 and be glad H8055 in thee: and let H559 such as love H157 thy salvation H3444 say H559 continually, H8548 Let H1431 God H430 be magnified. H1431
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:13 - Let them be confounded H954 and consumed H3615 that are adversaries H7853 to my soul; H5315 let them be covered H5844 with reproach H2781 and dishonour H3639 that seek H1245 my hurt. H7451
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:24 - My tongue H3956 also H1571 shall talk H1897 of thy righteousness H6666 all H3605 the day long: H3117 for H3588 they are confounded, H954 for H3588 they are brought unto shame, H2659 that seek H1245 my hurt. H7451
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:16 - Fill H4390 their faces H6440 with shame; H7036 that they may seek H1245 thy name, H8034 O LORD. H3068
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:14 - O God, H430 the proud H2086 are risen H6965 against me, H5921 and the assemblies H5712 of violent H6184 men have sought after H1245 my soul; H5315 and H3808 have H7760 not H3808 set thee H7760 before them. H5048
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:21 - The young lions H3715 roar H7580 after their prey, H2964 and seek H1245 their meat H400 from God. H410
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:3 - Glory ye H1984 in H8034 his holy H6944 name: H8034 let H8055 the heart H3820 of them H1245 rejoice H8055 that seek  H1245 the LORD. H3068
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:4 - Seek H1875 the LORD, H3068 and his strength: H5797 seek H1245 his face H6440 evermore. H8548
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:176 - I have gone astray H8582 like a H7716 lost H6 sheep; H7716 seek H1245 thy servant; H5650 for H3588 I do H7911 not H3808 forget H7911 thy commandments. H4687
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 122:9 - Because H4616 of the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 our God H430 I will seek H1245 thy good. H2896
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:4 - If H518 thou seekest her H1245 as silver, H3701 and searchest for her H2664 as for hid treasures; H4301
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:27 - He that diligently seeketh H7836 good H2896 procureth H1245 favour: H7522 but he that seeketh H1875 mischief, H7451 it shall come unto him. H935
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:6 - A scorner H3887 seeketh H1245 wisdom, H2451 and H369 findeth it not: H369 but knowledge H1847 is easy H7043 unto him that understandeth. H995
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:14 - The heart H3820 of him that hath understanding H995 seeketh H1245 knowledge: H1847 but the mouth H6310 of fools H3684 feedeth H7462 on foolishness. H200
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:9 - He that covereth H3680 a transgression H6588 seeketh H1245 love; H160 but he that repeateth H8138 a matter H1697 separateth H6504 very friends. H441
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:11 - An evil H7451 man seeketh H1245 only H389 rebellion: H4805 therefore a H4397 cruel H394 messenger H4397 shall be sent H7971 against him.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:19 - He loveth H157 transgression H6588 that loveth H157 strife: H4683 and he that exalteth H1361 his gate H6607 seeketh H1245 destruction. H7667
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:1 - Through desire H8378 a man, H1245 having separated himself, H6504 seeketh  H1245 and intermeddleth H1566 with all H3605 wisdom. H8454
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:15 - The heart H3820 of the prudent H995 getteth H7069 knowledge; H1847 and the ear H241 of the wise H2450 seeketh H1245 knowledge. H1847
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:6 - The getting H6467 of treasures H214 by a H3956 lying H8267 tongue H3956 is a vanity H1892 tossed to and fro H5086 of them that seek H1245 death. H4194
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:35 - They have stricken me, H5221 shalt thou say, and I was H2470 not H1077 sick; H2470 they have beaten me, H1986 and I felt H3045 it not: H1077 when H4970 shall I awake? H6974 I will seek it H1245 yet H5750 again. H3254
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:5 - Evil H7451 men H376 understand H995 not H3808 judgment: H4941 but they that seek H1245 the LORD H3068 understand H995 all H3605 things.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:10 - The bloodthirsty H376 H1818 hate H8130 the upright: H8535 but the just H3477 seek H1245 his soul. H5315
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:26 - Many H7227 seek H1245 the H6440 ruler's H4910 favour; H6440 but H3068 every man's H376 judgment H4941 cometh from the LORD. H3068
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:6 - A time H6256 to get, H1245 and a time H6256 to lose; H6 a time H6256 to keep, H8104 and a time H6256 to cast away; H7993
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:15 - That H4100 which hath been H1961 is now; H3528 and that which H834 is to be H1961 hath H1961 already H3528 been; H1961 and God H430 requireth H1245 that which is past. H7291
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:25 - I H589 applied H5437 mine heart H3820 to know, H3045 and to search, H8446 and to seek out H1245 wisdom, H2451 and the reason H2808 of things, and to know H3045 the wickedness H7562 of folly, H3689 even of foolishness H5531 and madness: H1947
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:28 - Which H834 yet H5750 my soul H5315 seeketh, H1245 but H3808 I find H4672 not: H3808 one H259 man H120 among a thousand H505 have I found; H4672 but a woman H802 among all H3605 those H428 have I H4672 not H3808 found. H4672
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:29 - Lo, H7200 this only H905 have H4672 I H2088 found, H4672 that H834 God H430 hath made H6213 man H120 upright; H3477 but they H1992 have sought out H1245 many H7227 inventions. H2810
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:17 - Then I beheld H7200 all H3605 the work H4639 of God, H430 that H3588 a man H120 cannot H3808 H3201 find out H4672 the work H4639 that H834 is done H6213 under H8478 the sun: H8121 because H834 though H7945 a man H120 labour H5998 to seek H1245 it out,  H1245 yet H3808 he shall H4672 not H3808 find H4672 it; yea further; H1571 though H518 a wise H2450 man think H559 to know H3045 it, yet H3808 shall he H3201 not H3808 be able H3201 to find H4672 it.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:10 - The preacher H6953 sought H1245 to find out H4672 acceptable H2656 words: H1697 and that which was written H3789 was upright, H3476 even words H1697 of truth. H571

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