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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 American Standard Version.

  1. Psalms 105:3

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

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

  2. Psalms 105:4

    Seek ye Jehovah and his strength; Seek his face evermore.

    בַּקְּשׁ֖וּ ba.ke.Shu “seek”

  3. Psalms 119:176

    I have gone astray like a lost sheep; Seek thy servant; For I do not forget thy commandments. Psalm 120 A Song of Ascents.

    בַּקֵּ֣שׁ ba.Kesh “seek”

  4. Psalms 122:9

    For the sake of the house of Jehovah our God I will seek thy good. Psalm 123 A Song of Ascents.

    אֲבַקְשָׁ֖ה 'a.vak.Shah “I will seek”

  5. Proverbs 2:4

    If thou seek her as silver, And search for her as for hid treasures:

    תְּבַקְשֶׁ֥נָּה (תְּבַקְשֶׁ֥) te.vak.She. “you will seek”

  6. Proverbs 11:27

    He that diligently seeketh good seeketh favor; But he that searcheth after evil, it shall come unto him.

    יְבַקֵּ֣שׁ ye.va.Kesh “he seeks”

  7. Proverbs 14:6

    A scoffer seeketh wisdom, and [supplied: findeth it] not; But knowledge is easy unto him that hath understanding.

    בִּקֶּשׁ־ bi.kesh- “he seeks”

  8. Proverbs 15:14

    The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge; But the mouth of fools feedeth on folly.

    יְבַקֶּשׁ־ ye.va.kesh- “it seeks”

  9. Proverbs 17:9

    He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; But he that harpeth on a matter separateth chief friends.

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

  10. Proverbs 17:11

    An evil man seeketh only rebellion; Therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.

    יְבַקֶּשׁ־ ye.va.kesh- “he seeks”

  11. Proverbs 17:19

    He loveth transgression that loveth strife: He that raiseth high his gate seeketh destruction.

    מְבַקֶּשׁ־ me.va.kesh- “[is] seeking”

  12. Proverbs 18:1

    He that separateth himself seeketh [supplied: his own] desire, And rageth against all sound wisdom.

    יְבַקֵּ֣שׁ ye.va.Kesh “he seeks”

  13. Proverbs 18:15

    The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; And the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.

    תְּבַקֶּשׁ־ te.va.kesh- “it seeks”

  14. Proverbs 21:6

    The getting of treasures by a lying tongue Is a vapor driven to and fro by them that seek death.

    מְבַקְשֵׁי־ me.vak.shei- “seekers of”

  15. Proverbs 23:35

    They have stricken me, [supplied: shalt thou say], and I was not hurt; They have beaten me, and I felt it not: When shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.

    אֲבַקְשֶׁ֥נּוּ (אֲבַקְשֶׁ֥) 'a.vak.She. “I will seek”

  16. Proverbs 28:5

    Evil men understand not justice; But they that seek Jehovah understand all things.

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

  17. Proverbs 29:10

    The bloodthirsty hate him that is perfect; And as for the upright, they seek his life.

    יְבַקְשׁ֥וּ ye.vak.Shu “they seek”

  18. Proverbs 29:26

    Many seek the ruler's favor; But a man's judgment [supplied: cometh] from Jehovah.

    מְבַקְשִׁ֣ים me.vak.Shim “[are] seeking”

  19. Ecclesiastes 3:6

    a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

    לְבַקֵּשׁ֙ (בַקֵּשׁ֙) va.Kesh “seek”

  20. Ecclesiastes 3:15

    That which is hath been long ago; and that which is to be hath long ago been: and God seeketh again that which is passed away.

    יְבַקֵּ֥שׁ ye.va.Kesh “he will seek”

  21. Ecclesiastes 7:25

    I turned about, and my heart [supplied: was set] to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the reason [supplied: of things], and to know that wickedness is folly, and that foolishness is madness.

    וּבַקֵּ֥שׁ (בַקֵּ֥שׁ) va.Kesh “to seek”

  22. Ecclesiastes 7:28

    which my soul still seeketh, but I have not found: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.

    בִּקְשָׁ֥ה bik.Shah “it has sought”

  23. Ecclesiastes 7:29

    Behold, this only have I found: that God made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.

    בִקְשׁ֖וּ vik.Shu “they have sought”

  24. Ecclesiastes 8:17

    then I beheld all the work of God, that man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because however much a man labor to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea moreover, though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.

    לְבַקֵּ֖שׁ (בַקֵּ֖שׁ) va.Kesh “seek”

  25. Ecclesiastes 12:10

    The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words, and that which was written uprightly, [supplied: even] words of truth.

    בִּקֵּ֣שׁ bi.Kesh “<he> sought”