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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

Renderings

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225 occurrences in 215 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. Psalms 105:3

    Glory ye in His holy name; let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD.

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

  2. Psalms 105:4

    Seek ye the LORD and His strength; seek His face continually.

    בַּקְּשׁ֖וּ ba.ke.Shu “seek”

  3. Psalms 119:176

    I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek Thy servant; for I have not forgotten Thy commandments.

    בַּקֵּ֣שׁ ba.Kesh “seek”

  4. Psalms 122:9

    For the sake of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good.

    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 favour; but he that searcheth for evil, it shall come unto him.

    יְבַקֵּ֣שׁ ye.va.Kesh “he seeks”

  7. Proverbs 14:6

    A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not; but knowledge is easy unto him that hath discernment.

    בִּקֶּשׁ־ bi.kesh- “he seeks”

  8. Proverbs 15:14

    The heart of him that hath discernment 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 estrangeth a familiar friend.

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

  10. Proverbs 17:11

    An rebellious man seeketh only evil; 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 exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.

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

  12. Proverbs 18:1

    He that separateth himself seeketh his own desire, and snarlest 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 vapour driven to and fro; they that seek them seek death.

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

  15. Proverbs 23:35

    'They have struck me, and I felt it not, they have beaten me, and I knew 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 the LORD understand all things.

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

  17. Proverbs 29:10

    The men of blood hate him that is sincere; and as for the upright, they seek his life.

    יְבַקְשׁ֥וּ ye.vak.Shu “they seek”

  18. Proverbs 29:26

    Many seek the ruler's favour; but a man's judgment cometh from the LORD.

    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 already been; and God seeketh that which is pursued.

    יְבַקֵּ֥שׁ ye.va.Kesh “he will seek”

  21. Ecclesiastes 7:25

    I turned about, and applied my heart to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the reason of things, and to know wickedness to be folly, and foolishness to be madness;

    וּבַקֵּ֥שׁ (בַקֵּ֥שׁ) va.Kesh “to seek”

  22. Ecclesiastes 7:28

    which yet my soul sought, but I found not; 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 though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea further, 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

    Koheleth sought to find out words of delight, and that which was written uprightly, even words of truth.

    בִּקֵּ֣שׁ bi.Kesh “<he> sought”