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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 Young's Literal Translation.

  1. Psalms 105:3

    Boast yourselves in His Holy Name, The heart of those seeking Jehovah rejoiceth.

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

  2. Psalms 105:4

    Seek ye Jehovah and His strength, Seek ye His face continually.

    בַּקְּשׁ֖וּ ba.ke.Shu “seek”

  3. Psalms 119:176

    I wandered as a lost sheep, seek Thy servant, For Thy precepts I have not forgotten!

    בַּקֵּ֣שׁ ba.Kesh “seek”

  4. Psalms 122:9

    For the sake of the house of Jehovah our God, I seek good for thee!

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

  5. Proverbs 2:4

    If thou dost seek her as silver, And as hid treasures searchest for her,

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

  6. Proverbs 11:27

    Whoso is earnestly seeking good Seeketh a pleasing thing, And whoso is seeking evil -- it meeteth him.

    יְבַקֵּ֣שׁ ye.va.Kesh “he seeks”

  7. Proverbs 14:6

    A scorner hath sought wisdom, and it is not, And knowledge to the intelligent `is' easy.

    בִּקֶּשׁ־ bi.kesh- “he seeks”

  8. Proverbs 15:14

    The heart of the intelligent seeketh knowledge, And the mouth of fools enjoyeth folly.

    יְבַקֶּשׁ־ ye.va.kesh- “it seeks”

  9. Proverbs 17:9

    Whoso is covering transgression is seeking love, And whoso is repeating a matter Is separating a familiar friend.

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

  10. Proverbs 17:11

    An evil man seeketh only rebellion, And a fierce messenger is sent against him.

    יְבַקֶּשׁ־ ye.va.kesh- “he seeks”

  11. Proverbs 17:19

    Whoso is loving transgression is loving debate, Whoso is making high his entrance is seeking destruction.

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

  12. Proverbs 18:1

    For `an object of' desire he who is separated doth seek, With all wisdom he intermeddleth.

    יְבַקֵּ֣שׁ ye.va.Kesh “he seeks”

  13. Proverbs 18:15

    The heart of the intelligent getteth knowledge, And the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.

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

  14. Proverbs 21:6

    The making of treasures by a lying tongue, `Is' a vanity driven away of those seeking death.

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

  15. Proverbs 23:35

    `They smote me, I have not been sick, They beat me, I have not known. When I awake -- I seek it yet again!'

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

  16. Proverbs 28:5

    Evil men understand not judgment, And those seeking Jehovah understand all.

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

  17. Proverbs 29:10

    Men of blood hate the perfect, And the upright seek his soul.

    יְבַקְשׁ֥וּ ye.vak.Shu “they seek”

  18. Proverbs 29:26

    Many are seeking the face of a ruler, And from Jehovah `is' the judgment of each.

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

  19. Ecclesiastes 3:6

    A time to seek, And a time to destroy. A time to keep, And a time to cast away.

    לְבַקֵּשׁ֙ (בַקֵּשׁ֙) va.Kesh “seek”

  20. Ecclesiastes 3:15

    What is that which hath been? already it is, and that which `is' to be hath already been, and God requireth that which is pursued.

    יְבַקֵּ֥שׁ ye.va.Kesh “he will seek”

  21. Ecclesiastes 7:25

    I have turned round, also my heart, to know and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and reason, and to know the wrong of folly, and of foolishness the madness.

    וּבַקֵּ֥שׁ (בַקֵּ֥שׁ) va.Kesh “to seek”

  22. Ecclesiastes 7:28

    (that still my soul had sought, and I had not found), One man, a teacher, I have found, and a woman among all these I have not found.

    בִּקְשָׁ֥ה bik.Shah “it has sought”

  23. Ecclesiastes 7:29

    See, this alone I have found, that God made man upright, and they -- they have sought out many devices.

    בִקְשׁ֖וּ vik.Shu “they have sought”

  24. Ecclesiastes 8:17

    then I considered all the work of God, that man is not able to find out the work that hath been done under the sun, because though man labour to seek, yet he doth not find; and even though the wise man speak of knowing he is not able to find.

    לְבַקֵּ֖שׁ (בַקֵּ֖שׁ) va.Kesh “seek”

  25. Ecclesiastes 12:10

    The preacher sought to find out pleasing words, and, written `by' the upright, words of truth.

    בִּקֵּ֣שׁ bi.Kesh “<he> sought”