בָּקַשׁ (ba.qash) means “to seek” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: baw-kash' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
בָּקַשׁ · ba.qash · to seek
1) to seek, require, desire, exact, request 1a) (Piel) 1a1) to seek to find 1a2) to seek to secure 1a3) to seek the face 1a4) to desire, demand 1a5) to require, exact 1a6) to ask, request 1b) (Pual) to be sought
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a primitive root; to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
KJV glosses: ask, beg, beseech, desire, enquire, get, make inquisition, procure, (make) request, require, seek (for).
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| seek | 14 |
| seeks | 7 |
| who seek | 7 |
| and seek | 6 |
| sought | 6 |
| to seek | 6 |
| i will seek | 4 |
| may those who seek | 4 |
| of those who seek | 4 |
| in search of | 3 |
| intends | 3 |
| seeking | 3 |
| those who seek | 3 |
| to look for | 3 |
| you will seek | 3 |
| and they are seeking | 2 |
| are seeking | 2 |
| i sought him | 2 |
| responsible for | 2 |
| searched for | 2 |
| searched for him | 2 |
| searching | 2 |
| seek me | 2 |
| to search for | 2 |
| to seek him | 2 |
| trying | 2 |
| want | 2 |
| who seek you | 2 |
| a search will be made | 1 |
| accountable | 1 |
| and ask him for | 1 |
| and conspired | 1 |
| and people should seek | 1 |
| and petitioned | 1 |
| and plead | 1 |
| and search for | 1 |
| and seek after | 1 |
| and sought him | 1 |
| and those who seek | 1 |
| and to seek | 1 |
| and trying to | 1 |
| and was about | 1 |
| and will require | 1 |
| and will seek | 1 |
| and you demanded | 1 |
| anyone who seeks | 1 |
| are you looking for | 1 |
| as they search | 1 |
| ask for | 1 |
| because he seeks | 1 |
| begging | 1 |
| but those who seek | 1 |
| but when they looked for him | 1 |
| but you are seeking | 1 |
| can i find | 1 |
| care for | 1 |
| consulted | 1 |
| demand | 1 |
| do not seek them out | 1 |
| do you seek | 1 |
| find | 1 |
| finds | 1 |
| had been investigated | 1 |
| had sought | 1 |
| has required | 1 |
| has sought | 1 |
| have been requesting | 1 |
| have sought out | 1 |
| having searched | 1 |
| he seeks | 1 |
| he sought | 1 |
| he wants to take | 1 |
| hold us accountable | 1 |
| i searched for | 1 |
| i sought | 1 |
| i will set out | 1 |
| in search | 1 |
| inquiring of | 1 |
| intend | 1 |
| intended | 1 |
| invites | 1 |
| is looking for | 1 |
| is seeking | 1 |
| let a search be made | 1 |
| let us search for | 1 |
| look for | 1 |
| looking for | 1 |
| may those who seek you | 1 |
| men seek | 1 |
| or searched for | 1 |
| pleaded | 1 |
| promotes | 1 |
| pursues | 1 |
| pursuit | 1 |
| request | 1 |
| require | 1 |
| search | 1 |
| searched | 1 |
| seek him | 1 |
| seek the life | 1 |
| seek them out | 1 |
| she will seek them | 1 |
| so he asked | 1 |
| so i sought him | 1 |
| someone to search for you | 1 |
| that they may seek | 1 |
| the men searched | 1 |
| then jehu looked for | 1 |
| then they searched | 1 |
| then they will seek | 1 |
| therefore sought | 1 |
| they had conspired | 1 |
| they had sought him | 1 |
| they searched for | 1 |
| they want to take | 1 |
| they were eager | 1 |
| they will seek | 1 |
| this is what i desire | 1 |
| those who sought | 1 |
| though i searched | 1 |
| to beg | 1 |
| to search | 1 |
| to search it out | 1 |
| to search out | 1 |
| to seek out | 1 |
| to take | 1 |
| to tears | 1 |
| tried | 1 |
| was looking for | 1 |
| was seeking | 1 |
| we will seek him | 1 |
| were sought out | 1 |
| who are seeking | 1 |
| who searched for | 1 |
| who seek her | 1 |
| who seek him | 1 |
| who sought | 1 |
| who want to take | 1 |
| who was seeking | 1 |
| will call to account | 1 |
| you are seeking | 1 |
| you may hold me | 1 |
| you pursue | 1 |
| you seek | 1 |
| you should seek | 1 |
| you sought | 1 |
| you who seek | 1 |
| you will be sought | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| to seek | 20 |
| seek | 17 |
| sought | 14 |
| seeketh | 13 |
| that seek | 10 |
| and seek | 6 |
| and sought | 5 |
| i will seek | 5 |
| of them that seek | 5 |
| i sought | 4 |
| and he sought | 3 |
| will i require | 3 |
| and they seek | 2 |
| and they that seek | 2 |
| enquired | 2 |
| let all those that seek | 2 |
| of those that seek | 2 |
| them that seek | 2 |
| these sought | 2 |
| which sought | 2 |
| whom thou seekest | 2 |
| whom ye seek | 2 |
| all they that seek | 1 |
| and asked | 1 |
| and besought | 1 |
| and i sought | 1 |
| and seekest | 1 |
| and seeketh | 1 |
| and that sought | 1 |
| and they shall seek | 1 |
| and they should seek | 1 |
| and they sought | 1 |
| and to seek | 1 |
| and to seek out | 1 |
| and when inquisition | 1 |
| and when they had sought | 1 |
| and when they sought | 1 |
| and will require | 1 |
| and ye shall seek | 1 |
| because he hath sought | 1 |
| begging | 1 |
| but if from thence thou shalt seek | 1 |
| but they have sought out | 1 |
| but they that seek | 1 |
| didst thou require | 1 |
| even require | 1 |
| every one which sought | 1 |
| for my sake let not those that seek | 1 |
| for that ye did desire | 1 |
| for thyself seek | 1 |
| hath sought | 1 |
| have sought | 1 |
| he seeketh | 1 |
| he sought | 1 |
| him and sought | 1 |
| him that seek | 1 |
| himself require | 1 |
| himself seeketh | 1 |
| i seek | 1 |
| if thou seekest | 1 |
| me who hath required | 1 |
| neither have ye sought | 1 |
| neither seek | 1 |
| neither shall seek | 1 |
| neither sought | 1 |
| nor seek | 1 |
| not for he that seeketh | 1 |
| not yea i sought | 1 |
| of me to seek | 1 |
| on such as sought | 1 |
| or seek | 1 |
| out | 1 |
| procureth | 1 |
| require | 1 |
| requireth | 1 |
| shall be sought for | 1 |
| shall i not seek | 1 |
| shall i not therefore now require | 1 |
| shall i seek | 1 |
| shalt thou require | 1 |
| she required | 1 |
| so they sought | 1 |
| that have not sought | 1 |
| that he might seek | 1 |
| that he seeketh | 1 |
| that he sought | 1 |
| that seeketh | 1 |
| that they may seek | 1 |
| that thou enquirest | 1 |
| that we may seek | 1 |
| that will i seek | 1 |
| thee and to seek | 1 |
| thee they will seek | 1 |
| thee to seek out | 1 |
| them and she shall seek | 1 |
| then shall they seek | 1 |
| therefore besought | 1 |
| therefore he requested | 1 |
| they also that seek | 1 |
| they seek | 1 |
| they sought | 1 |
| this required | 1 |
| thou also shalt seek | 1 |
| thou seekest | 1 |
| thou shalt seek | 1 |
| though thou be sought for | 1 |
| to ask | 1 |
| to get | 1 |
| to make request | 1 |
| unto him and to make request | 1 |
| unto him let there be sought | 1 |
| unto me for what dost thou make request | 1 |
| we pray thee and seek | 1 |
| what seekest | 1 |
| while they sought | 1 |
| who sought | 1 |
| will i seek | 1 |
| with him to seek | 1 |
| with me that behold thou seekest | 1 |
| with thee and seek | 1 |
| ye sought | 1 |
| ye that seek | 1 |
Page 1 of 5. 215 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
I did not bring you anything torn by wild beasts; I bore the loss myself. And you demanded payment from me for what was stolen by day or night.
Read word by worda man found him wandering in the field and asked, “What are you looking for?”
Read word by word“I am looking for my brothers,” Joseph replied. “Can you please tell me where they are pasturing their flocks?”
Read word by wordI will guarantee his safety. You may hold me personally responsible. If I do not bring him back and set him before you, then may I bear the guilt before you all my life.
Read word by wordJoseph hurried out because he was moved to tears for his brother, and he went to a private room to weep.
Read word by wordWhen Pharaoh heard about this matter, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and settled in the land of Midian, where he sat down beside a well.
Read word by wordNow the LORD had said to Moses in Midian, “Go back to Egypt, for all the men who sought to kill you are dead.”
Read word by wordNow at a lodging place along the way, the LORD met Moses and was about to kill him.
Read word by wordNo, only the men may go and worship the LORD, since that is what you have been requesting.” And Moses and Aaron were driven from Pharaoh’s presence.
Read word by wordNow Moses used to take the tent and pitch it at a distance outside the camp. He called it the Tent of Meeting, and anyone inquiring of the LORD would go to the Tent of Meeting outside the camp.
Read word by wordYou must not turn to mediums or spiritists; do not seek them out, or you will be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God.
Read word by wordHe has brought you near, you and all your fellow Levites, but you are seeking the priesthood as well.
Read word by wordor without looking drops a heavy stone that kills him, but he was not an enemy and did not intend to harm him,
Read word by wordBut if from there you will seek the LORD your God, you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
Read word by wordStone him to death for trying to turn you away from the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 13.11
So the spies went out into the hill country and stayed there three days, until their pursuers had returned without finding them, having searched all along the road.
Read word by wordIf we have built for ourselves an altar to turn away from Him and to offer burnt offerings and grain offerings on it, or to sacrifice peace offerings on it, may the LORD Himself hold us accountable.
Read word by wordWhen Barak arrived in pursuit of Sisera, Jael went out to greet him and said to him, “Come, and I will show you the man you are seeking.” So he went in with her, and there lay Sisera dead, with a tent peg through his temple.
Read word by word“Who did this?” they said to one another. And after they had investigated thoroughly, they were told, “Gideon son of Joash did it.”
Read word by word(Now his father and mother did not know this was from the LORD, who was seeking an occasion to move against the Philistines; for at that time the Philistines were ruling over Israel.)
Read word by wordIn those days there was no king in Israel, and the tribe of the Danites was looking for territory to occupy. For up to that time they had not come into an inheritance among the tribes of Israel.
Read word by wordOne day Ruth’s mother-in-law Naomi said to her, “My daughter, should I not seek a resting place for you, that it may be well with you?
Read word by wordOne day the donkeys of Saul’s father Kish wandered off, and Kish said to his son Saul, “Take one of the servants and go look for the donkeys.”
Read word by wordWhen you leave me today, you will find two men at Rachel’s tomb in Zelzah on the border of Benjamin. They will say to you, ‘The donkeys you seek have been found, and now your father has stopped worrying about the donkeys and started worrying about you, asking, “What should I do about my son?”’
Read word by wordNow Saul’s uncle asked him and his servant, “Where did you go?” “To look for the donkeys,” Saul replied. “When we saw they were not to be found, we went to Samuel.”
Read word by wordThen he had the tribe of Benjamin come forward by its clans, and the clan of Matri was selected. Finally, Saul son of Kish was selected. But when they looked for him, they could not find him.
Read word by wordBut now your kingdom will not endure; the LORD has sought a man after His own heart and appointed him ruler over His people, because you have not kept the command of the LORD.”
Read word by wordNow there were cliffs on both sides of the pass that Jonathan intended to cross to reach the Philistine outpost. One was named Bozez and the other Seneh.
Read word by wordLet our lord command your servants here to seek out someone who can skillfully play the harp. Whenever the spirit of distress from God is upon you, he is to play it, and you will be well.”
Read word by wordso he warned David, saying, “My father Saul intends to kill you. Be on your guard in the morning; find a secret place and hide there.
Read word by wordSaul tried to pin him to the wall with his spear. But David eluded him and the spear struck the wall. And David fled and escaped that night.
Read word by wordThen David fled from Naioth in Ramah. He came to Jonathan and asked, “What have I done? What is my iniquity? How have I sinned against your father, that he wants to take my life?”
Read word by wordSo Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, “May the LORD hold David’s enemies accountable.”
Read word by wordStay with me; do not be afraid, for he who seeks your life is seeking mine as well. You will be safe with me.”
Read word by wordAnd David said, “O LORD, God of Israel, Your servant has heard that Saul intends to come to Keilah and destroy the city on my account.
Read word by wordAnd David stayed in the wilderness strongholds and in the hill country of the Wilderness of Ziph. Day after day Saul searched for him, but God would not deliver David into his hand.
Read word by wordWhile David was in Horesh in the Wilderness of Ziph, he saw that Saul had come out to take his life.
Read word by wordand Saul and his men went to seek him. When David was told about it, he went down to the rock and stayed in the Wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard of this, he pursued David there.
Read word by wordSo Saul took three thousand chosen men from all Israel and went to look for David and his men in the region of the Rocks of the Wild Goats.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 24.3
and said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of men who say, ‘Look, David intends to harm you’?
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 24.10
Now, my lord, as surely as the LORD lives and you yourself live, since the LORD has held you back from bloodshed and from avenging yourself with your own hand, may your enemies and those who seek harm for my lord be like Nabal.
Read word by wordAnd should someone pursue you and seek your life, then the life of my lord will be bound securely by the LORD your God in the bundle of the living. But He shall fling away the lives of your enemies like stones from a sling.
Read word by wordSo Saul, accompanied by three thousand chosen men of Israel, went down to the Wilderness of Ziph to search for David there.
Read word by wordSo do not let my blood fall to the ground far from the presence of the LORD. For the king of Israel has come out to look for a flea, like one who hunts a partridge in the mountains.”
Read word by wordDavid, however, said to himself, “One of these days now I will be swept away by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will stop searching for me all over Israel, and I will slip out of his hand.”
Read word by wordAnd when Saul learned that David had fled to Gath, he no longer searched for him.
Read word by wordThen Saul said to his servants, “Find me a woman who is a medium, so I can go and consult her.” “There is a medium at Endor,” his servants replied.
Read word by wordNow Abner conferred with the elders of Israel and said, “In the past you sought David as your king.
Read word by wordThey brought the head of Ish-bosheth to David at Hebron and said to the king, “Here is the head of Ish-bosheth son of Saul, your enemy who sought your life. Today the LORD has granted vengeance to my lord the king against Saul and his offspring.”
Read word by wordHow much more, when wicked men kill a righteous man in his own house and on his own bed, shall I not now require his blood from your hands and remove you from the earth!”
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