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Lexicon :: Strong's H1156 - bᵊʿā'

Aa
בְּעָא
Transliteration
bᵊʿā'
Pronunciation
beh-aw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Corresponding to בָּעָה (H1158)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2635

Variant Spellings

Variant spellings for this word: בעא (Strongs and Gesenius) בעה (Strongs)

Strong’s Definitions

בְּעָא bᵉʻâʼ, beh-aw'; (Aramaic) or בְּעָה bᵉʻâh; (Aramaic), corresponding to H1158; to seek or ask:—ask, desire, make (petition), pray, request, seek.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x

The KJV translates Strong's H1156 in the following manner: seek (3x), ask (3x), desire (3x), pray (3x), request (3x), make (petition) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x
The KJV translates Strong's H1156 in the following manner: seek (3x), ask (3x), desire (3x), pray (3x), request (3x), make (petition) (1x).

  1. to ask, seek, request, desire, pray, make petition

    1. (P'al)

      1. to ask, request

      2. to seek (for favour)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בְּעָא bᵉʻâʼ, beh-aw'; (Aramaic) or בְּעָה bᵉʻâh; (Aramaic), corresponding to H1158; to seek or ask:—ask, desire, make (petition), pray, request, seek.
STRONGS H1156: Abbreviations

Biblical Aramaic

† בְּעָא verb ask, seek, only Daniel (Biblical Hebrew H1158 בעה (rare)); —
Pe. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular ב׳ Daniel 2:16, 49; 3rd person masculine plural בְּעוֺ Daniel 2:13; 1st person plural בְּעֵ֫ינָא Daniel 2:23; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִבְעֵא Daniel 6:8; Daniel 6:13; 1st person singular אֶבְעֵא־ Daniel 7:16; Infinitive לְמִבְעֵא Daniel 2:18; Participle בָּעֵא Daniel 6:12; Daniel 6:14, plural בָּעַ֫יִן Daniel 6:5; —
1. ask, request, with מִן person Daniel 2:16 (object clause with דִּי), Daniel 2:49; Daniel 7:16 (+ accusative of thing); ask of God Daniel 2:23 (+ id.), of God or man Daniel 6:8 (+ accusative of congnate meaning with verb), Daniel 6:13; with מִן־קֳדָם of God Daniel 2:18 (accusative of thing); = pray, וּמִתְחַנֵּקֳדָם א׳ ב׳ Daniel 6:12, ב׳ Daniel 6:14.
2. seek, accusative of person Daniel 2:13, accusative of thing Daniel 6:5.
Pa. Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural יְבַעוֺן (K§ 47, 3); Mon the passage conjecture יִבְעוֺן) Daniel 4:33 resort (for favours) to, ל person.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Daniel

2:13; 2:13; 2:16; 2:16; 2:18; 2:18; 2:23; 2:23; 2:49; 2:49; 4:33; 6:5; 6:5; 6:8; 6:8; 6:12; 6:12; 6:13; 6:13; 6:14; 6:14; 7:16; 7:16

H1156

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1156 matches the Hebrew בְּעָא (bᵊʿā'),
which occurs 12 times in 12 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:13 - So the [fn]decree H1882 was issued H5312 that the wise H2445 men H2445 be killed H6992; and they looked H1156 for H1156 Daniel H1841 and his friends H2269, to [fn]kill H6992 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:16 - So Daniel H1841 went H5954 in H5954 and requested H1156 of the king H4430 that he would give H5415 him a grace H2166 period H2166, so that he might declare H2324 the interpretation H6591 to the king H4430.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:18 - so that they might request H1156 compassion H7359 from the God H426 of heaven H8065 concerning H5922 this H1836 secret H7328, so H1768 that H1768 Daniel H1841 and his friends H2269 would not be killed H7 with the rest H7606 of the wise H2445 men H2445 of Babylon H895.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:23 -

“To You, God H426 of my fathers H2, I give H3029 thanks H3029 and praise H7624,

For You have given H3052 me wisdom H2452 and power H1370;

Even now H3705 You have made H3046 known H3046 to me what H1768 we requested H1156 of You,

For You have made H3046 known H3046 to us the king’s H4430 matter H4406.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:49 - And Daniel H1841 made H1156 a H1156 request H1156 of the king H4430, and he appointed H4483 Shadrach H7715, Meshach H4336, and Abed-nego H5665 over H5922 the administration H5673 of the province H4083 of Babylon H895, while Daniel H1841 was at the king’s H4430 [fn]court H8651.

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“At that time H2166 my [fn]reason H4486 returned H8421 to me. And my majesty H1923 and splendor H2122 were [fn]restored H8421 to me for the honor H3367 of my kingdom H4437, and my state H1907 counselors H1907 and my nobles H7261 began seeking H1156 me out H1156; so I was reestablished H8627 in my [fn]sovereignty H4437, and surpassing H3493 greatness H7238 was added H3255 to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:4 - Then H116 the commissioners H5632 and satraps H324 began trying H1156 to find H7912 a ground H5931 of H5931 accusation H5931 against Daniel H1841 regarding H6655 [fn]government H4437 affairs H4437; but they could H3202 find H7912 no H3606 H3809 ground H5931 of H5931 accusation H5931 or evidence of corruption H7844, because H6903 H1768 he was trustworthy H540, and no H3606 H3809 negligence H7960 or corruption H7844 was to be found H7912 in him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:7 - “All H3606 the commissioners H5632 of the kingdom H4437, the prefects H5460 and the satraps H324, the counselors H1907 and the governors H6347, have consulted H3272 together H3272 that the king H4430 should establish H6966 a statute H7010 and enforce H8631 an injunction H633 that anyone H3606 who H1768 offers H1156 a prayer H1159 to any H3606 god H426 or person H606 besides H3861 H4481 you, O king H4430, for thirty H8533 days H3118, shall be thrown H7412 into the lions’ H744 [fn]den H1358.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:11 - Then H116 these H479 men H1400 came H7284 [fn]by H7284 agreement H7284 and found H7912 Daniel H1841 offering H1156 a H1156 prayer H1156 and imploring H2604 favor before H6925 his God H426.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:12 - Then H116 they approached H7127 and spoke H560 before H6925 the king H4430 about H5922 the king’s H4430 injunction H633: “Did you not sign H7560 an injunction H633 that any H3606 person H606 who H1768 offers H1156 a H1156 prayer H1156 to any H3606 god H426 or person H606 besides H3861 H4481 you, O king H4430, for thirty H8533 days H3118, is to be thrown H7412 into the lions’ H744 den H1358?” The king H4430 replied H6032, “The statement H4406 is true H3330, according to the law H1882 of the Medes H4076 and Persians H6540, which H1768 [fn]may not be revoked H5709.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:13 - Then H116 they responded H6032 and spoke H560 before H6925 the king H4430, “Daniel H1841, who H1768 is one of the [fn]exiles H1123 H1547 from Judah H3061, pays H7761 no H3809 attention H2942 to you, O king H4430, or to the injunction H633 which H1768 you signed H7560, but keeps offering H1156 his prayer H1159 three H8532 times H2166 a day H3118.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:16 - “I approached H7127 one H2298 of those who were standing H6966 by and began requesting H1156 of him the [fn]exact H3330 meaning H3330 of all H3606 this H1836. So he told H560 me and made H3046 known H3046 to me the interpretation H6591 of these things H4406:
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