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H1245בָּקַשׁba.qash

to seekPart of speech: Hebrew Verb

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Occurrences by book

  1. 5
  2. 5
  3. 1
  4. 2
  5. 2
  6. 2
  7. 4
  8. 1
  9. 26
  10. 11
  11. 10
  12. 3
  13. 5
  14. 8
  15. 4
  16. 6
  17. 9
  18. 1
  19. 27
  20. 14
  21. 7
  22. 6
  23. 7
  24. 23
  25. 2
  26. 10
  27. 4
  28. 5
  29. Joel: 0
  30. 1
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. Micah: 0
  34. 2
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. 4
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. 5
  39. 3

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225 occurrences in 215 verses

With their references and text in Darby Bible.

  1. 2 Samuel 5:17

    And the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, and all the Philistines went up to seek David; and David heard [supplied: of it], and went down to the stronghold.

    לְבַקֵּ֣שׁ (בַקֵּ֣שׁ) va.Kesh “seek”

  2. 2 Samuel 12:16

    And David besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night on the earth.

    וַיְבַקֵּ֥שׁ (יְבַקֵּ֥שׁ) y.va.Kesh “he sought”

  3. 2 Samuel 16:11

    And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, who came forth of my bowels, seeks my life: how much more now a Benjaminite? let him alone and let him curse; for Jehovah has bidden him.

    מְבַקֵּ֣שׁ me.va.Kesh “[is] seeking”

  4. 2 Samuel 17:3

    and I will bring back all the people to thee. The man whom thou seekest is as if all returned: all the people shall be in peace.

    מְבַקֵּ֔שׁ me.va.Kesh “[are] seeking”

  5. 2 Samuel 17:20

    And Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house, and said, Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said to them, They have gone over the brook of water. And they sought and could not find [supplied: them], and returned to Jerusalem.

    וַיְבַקְשׁוּ֙ (יְבַקְשׁוּ֙) y.vak.Shu “they sought [them]”

  6. 2 Samuel 20:19

    I am peaceable [supplied: and] faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel. Why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of Jehovah?

    מְבַקֵּ֗שׁ me.va.Kesh “[are] seeking”

  7. 2 Samuel 21:1

    And there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David inquired of Jehovah. And Jehovah said, It is for Saul, and for [supplied: his] house of blood, because he slew the Gibeonites.

    וַיְבַקֵּ֥שׁ (יְבַקֵּ֥שׁ) y.va.Kesh “he sought”

  8. 2 Samuel 21:2

    And the king called the Gibeonites, and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remainder of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn to them; and Saul sought to smite them in his zeal for the children of Israel and Judah.)

    וַיְבַקֵּ֤שׁ (יְבַקֵּ֤שׁ) y.va.Kesh “he had sought”

  9. 1 Kings 1:2

    And his servants said to him, Let there be found for my lord the king a young virgin; and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get warm.

    יְבַקְשׁ֞וּ ye.vak.Shu “let people seek”

  10. 1 Kings 1:3

    And they sought for a fair damsel throughout the territory of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.

    וַיְבַקְשׁוּ֙ (יְבַקְשׁוּ֙) y.vak.Shu “they sought”

  11. 1 Kings 2:40

    Then Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath, to Achish, to seek his servants; and Shimei went, and brought his servants from Gath.

    לְבַקֵּ֖שׁ (בַקֵּ֖שׁ) va.Kesh “seek”

  12. 1 Kings 10:24

    And all the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.

    מְבַקְשִׁ֖ים me.vak.Shim “[were] seeking”

  13. 1 Kings 11:22

    And Pharaoh said to him, What then dost thou lack with me, that behold, thou desirest to go to thine own country? And he said, Nothing; but in any case let me depart.

    מְבַקֵּ֖שׁ me.va.Kesh “[are] seeking”

  14. 1 Kings 11:40

    And Solomon sought to kill Jeroboam; and Jeroboam arose and fled into Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt; and he was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.

    וַיְבַקֵּ֥שׁ (יְבַקֵּ֥שׁ) y.va.Kesh “he sought”

  15. 1 Kings 18:10

    As Jehovah thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom whither my lord has not sent to seek thee; and when they said, He is not [supplied: here], he took an oath of the kingdom or nation that they found thee not.

    לְבַקֶּשְׁךָ֔ (בַקֶּשְׁ) va.kesh. “seek”

  16. 1 Kings 19:10

    And he said, I have been very jealous for Jehovah the God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I am left, I alone, and they seek my life, to take it away.

    וַיְבַקְשׁ֥וּ (יְבַקְשׁ֥וּ) y.vak.Shu “they have sought”

  17. 1 Kings 19:14

    And he said, I have been very jealous for Jehovah the God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I am left, I alone, and they seek my life, to take it away.

    וַיְבַקְשׁ֥וּ (יְבַקְשׁ֥וּ) y.vak.Shu “they have sought”

  18. 1 Kings 20:7

    And the king of Israel called all the elders of the land and said, Mark, I pray you, and see how this [supplied: man] seeks mischief; for he sent to me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I denied him not.

    מְבַקֵּ֑שׁ me.va.Kesh “[is] seeking”

  19. 2 Kings 2:16

    and said to him, Behold now, there are with thy servants fifty valiant men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master, lest perhaps the Spirit of Jehovah have taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some ravine. And he said, Ye shall not send.

    וִיבַקְשׁ֣וּ (יבַקְשׁ֣וּ) vak.Shu “they may search for”

  20. 2 Kings 2:17

    And they pressed him till he was ashamed, and he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men, and they sought three days, but did not find him.

    וַיְבַקְשׁ֥וּ (יְבַקְשׁ֥וּ) y.vak.Shu “they searched”

  21. 2 Kings 6:19

    And Elisha said to them, This is not the way, neither is this the city: follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom ye seek. And he led them to Samaria.

    תְּבַקֵּשׁ֑וּן (תְּבַקֵּשׁ֑וּ) te.va.ke.Shu “you seek”

  22. 1 Chronicles 4:39

    And they went to the entrance of Gedor, as far as the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.

    לְבַקֵּ֥שׁ (בַקֵּ֥שׁ) va.Kesh “seek”

  23. 1 Chronicles 14:8

    And the Philistines heard that David was anointed king over all Israel, and all the Philistines went up to seek David; and David heard [supplied: of it], and went out against them.

    לְבַקֵּ֣שׁ (בַקֵּ֣שׁ) va.Kesh “seek”

  24. 1 Chronicles 16:10

    Glory in his holy name: Let the heart of them rejoice that seek Jehovah.

    מְבַקְשֵׁ֥י me.vak.Shei “[those who] seek”

  25. 1 Chronicles 16:11

    Seek Jehovah and his strength, Seek his face continually;

    בַּקְּשׁ֥וּ ba.ke.Shu “seek”