שָׁאַל shaal

Hebrew word for “to ask” · Strong’s H7592 · used 171 times in 157 verses

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Meaning

1) to ask, enquire, borrow, beg;

How it is translated

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

• asked 43
• ask 31
• will ask 16
• enquired 16
• asking 10
• asked for 6
• have asked for 4
• enquire 3
• have asked 3
• certainly 3
• do you ask 2
• will enquire 2

Where it is used

Also in 15 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

1 Samuel 1 (4), 1 Kings 3 (4), Judges 8 (3), Judges 20 (3), 1 Samuel 12 (3), 1 Samuel 22 (3), 1 Kings 2 (3), Genesis 24 (2), Genesis 32 (2), Genesis 43 (2)

Forms

• שׁאל 31
• וישׁאל 23
• שׁאלת 13
• וישׁאלו 11
• שׁאלו 10
• לשׁאל 8
• לשׁאול 6
• נשׁאל 4
• וישׁאלהו 3
• שׁאול 3

Words used with it

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

• מָה mah “what?” 19
• נָא na “please” 16
• דָּוִד david “David” 20
• שָׁלוֹם shalom “peace” 13
• אֵת et “with” 16
• דָּבָר davar “word” 18
• זֶה zeh “this” 16
• מִן־ min “from” 15
• שְׁאֵלָה sheelah “petition” 6
• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 14
• דֶּרֶךְ derekh “way” 11
• נָגַד nagad “to tell” 9

Key verses

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

• Exodus 13:14 — And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What is this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand the LORD brought us out from…
• Deuteronomy 10:12 — And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy…
• 1 Samuel 28:6 — And when Saul enquired of the LORD, the LORD answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.
• 1 Chronicles 4:10 — And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou…
• 1 Chronicles 10:13 — So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of…
• Psalms 2:8 — Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
• 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…
• Psalms 40:6 — Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
• Isaiah 58:2 — Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the…
• Jeremiah 6:16 — Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls.…
• Micah 7:3 — That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire:…
• Zechariah 10:1 — Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.

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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.