בָּקַשׁ baqash

Hebrew word for “to seek” · Strong’s H1245 · used 225 times in 215 verses

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Meaning

1) to seek, require, desire, exact, request;

How it is translated

Glosses given for baqash in context, with how often each is used:

• seek 47
• sought 31
• seeking 30
• those who seek 26
• will seek 21
• seeks 9
• have sought 9
• will require 6
• searched 4
• had sought 4
• may seek 3
• requesting 2

Where it is used

Also in 21 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

1 Samuel 23 (4), Esther 2 (4), 1 Samuel 10 (3), Ezra 8 (3), Psalms 37 (3), Proverbs 17 (3), Ecclesiastes 7 (3), Ezekiel 34 (3), Genesis 37 (2), Genesis 43 (2)

Forms

• לבקשׁ 24
• מבקשׁ 22
• מבקשׁי 19
• בקשׁו 16
• ויבקשׁ 13
• ויבקשׁו 12
• יבקשׁ 12
• בקשׁ 11
• אבקשׁ 10
• מבקשׁים 9

Words used with it

Words that share verses with baqash more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• נֶפֶשׁ nephesh “soul” 41
• מָצָא matsa “to find” 35
• רַע ra “bad” 22
• שָׁאוּל shaul “Saul” 18
• דָּרַשׁ darash “to seek” 14
• דָּוִד david “David” 21
• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 23
• אֹיֵב oyev “enemy” 14
• מוּת mut “to die” 17
• שׁוּב shuv “to return” 18
• עֶבֶד eved “servant/slave” 14
• רָאָה raah “to see” 16

Key verses

The verses using baqash that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Deuteronomy 4:29 — But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.
• Psalms 27:4 — One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the…
• Isaiah 41:17 — When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake…
• Isaiah 45:19 — I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare…
• Jeremiah 50:4 — In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go,…
• Ezekiel 3:18 — When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the…
• Daniel 9:3 — And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:
• Hosea 3:5 — Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter days.
• Hosea 5:15 — I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.
• Zephaniah 2:3 — Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the…
• Malachi 2:7 — For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts.
• Malachi 3:1 — Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.