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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 King James Version.

  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 the LORD, 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.

    בַּקֵּ֣שׁ ba.Kesh “seek”

  4. Psalms 122:9

    Because 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 seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;

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

  6. Proverbs 11:27

    He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, 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 understandeth.

    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 foolishness.

    יְבַקֶּשׁ־ ye.va.kesh- “it seeks”

  9. Proverbs 17:9

    He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very 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: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.

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

  12. Proverbs 18:1

    Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all 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 vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.

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

  15. Proverbs 23:35

    They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; 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 judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all things.

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

  17. Proverbs 29:10

    The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul.

    יְבַקְשׁ֥וּ ye.vak.Shu “they seek”

  18. Proverbs 29:26

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

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

  19. Ecclesiastes 3:6

    A time to get, 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 hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.

    יְבַקֵּ֥שׁ ye.va.Kesh “he will seek”

  21. Ecclesiastes 7:25

    I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness:

    וּבַקֵּ֥שׁ (בַקֵּ֥שׁ) va.Kesh “to seek”

  22. Ecclesiastes 7:28

    Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find 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

    Lo, this only have I found, that God hath 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 a 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 farther; 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 was upright, even words of truth.

    בִּקֵּ֣שׁ bi.Kesh “<he> sought”