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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 Bible in Basic English.

  1. Hosea 5:15

    I will go back to my place till they are made waste; in their trouble they will go after me early and will make search for me.

    וּבִקְשׁ֣וּ (בִקְשׁ֣וּ) vik.Shu “they will seek”

  2. Hosea 7:10

    And the pride of Israel gives an answer to his face; but for all this, they have not gone back to the Lord their God, or made search for him.

    בִקְשֻׁ֖הוּ (בִקְשֻׁ֖) vik.Shu. “they have sought”

  3. Amos 8:12

    And they will go wandering from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, running here and there in search of the word of the Lord, and they will not get it.

    לְבַקֵּ֥שׁ (בַקֵּ֥שׁ) va.Kesh “seek”

  4. Nahum 3:7

    And it will come about that all who see you will go in flight from you and say, Nineveh is made waste: who will be weeping for her? where am I to get comforters for her?

    אֲבַקֵּ֥שׁ 'a.va.Kesh “will I seek”

  5. Nahum 3:11

    And you will be overcome with wine, you will become feeble; you will be looking for a safe place from those who are fighting against you.

    תְּבַקְשִׁ֥י te.vak.Shi “you will seek”

  6. Zephaniah 1:6

    And those who are turned back from going after the Lord, and those who have not made prayer to the Lord or got directions from him.

    בִקְשׁ֥וּ vik.Shu “they have sought”

  7. Zephaniah 2:3

    Make search for the Lord, all you quiet ones of the earth, who have done what is right in his eyes; make search for righteousness and a quiet heart: it may be that you will be safely covered in the day of the Lord's wrath.

    בַּקְּשׁ֤וּ ba.ke.Shu “seek”בַּקְּשׁוּ־ ba.ke.shu- “seek”בַּקְּשׁ֣וּ ba.ke.Shu “seek”

  8. Zechariah 6:7

    And the red ones go to the east; and they made request that they might go up and down through the earth: and he said, Go up and down through the earth. So they went up and down through the earth.

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

  9. Zechariah 8:21

    And the people of one town go to another and say, Let us certainly go with a request for grace from the Lord, and to give worship to the Lord of armies, then I will go with you.

    וּלְבַקֵּ֖שׁ (בַקֵּ֖שׁ) va.Kesh “seek”

  10. Zechariah 8:22

    And great peoples and strong nations will come to give worship to the Lord of armies in Jerusalem and to make requests for grace from the Lord.

    לְבַקֵּ֛שׁ (בַקֵּ֛שׁ) va.Kesh “seek”

  11. Zechariah 11:16

    For see, I will put a sheep-keeper over the land, who will have no care for that which is cut off, and will not go in search of the wanderers, or make well what is broken, and he will not give food to that which is ill, but he will take for his food the

    יְבַקֵּ֔שׁ ye.va.Kesh “he will seek”

  12. Zechariah 12:9

    And it will come about on that day that I will take in hand the destruction of all the nations who come against Jerusalem.

    אֲבַקֵּ֗שׁ 'a.va.Kesh “I will seek”

  13. Malachi 2:7

    For it is right for the priest's lips to keep knowledge, and for men to be waiting for the law from his mouth: for he is the servant sent from the Lord of armies.

    יְבַקְשׁ֣וּ ye.vak.Shu “people will seek”

  14. Malachi 2:15

    ... So give thought to your spirit, and let no one be false to the wife of his early years.

    מְבַקֵּ֖שׁ me.va.Kesh “seeking”

  15. Malachi 3:1

    See, I am sending my servant, and he will make ready the way before me; and the Lord, whom you are looking for, will suddenly come to his Temple; and the angel of the agreement, in whom you have delight, see, he is coming, says the Lord of armies.

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