da.rash H1875

דָּרַשׁ (da.rash) means “to seek” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

דָּרַשׁ Hebrew · H1875 164 tagged occurrences in 152 verses

Pronunciation guide: daw-rash' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H1875

דָּרַשׁ · da.rash · to seek

1) to resort to, seek, seek with care, enquire, require 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to resort to, frequent (a place), (tread a place) 1a2) to consult, enquire of, seek 1a2a) of God 1a2b) of heathen gods, necromancers 1a3) to seek deity in prayer and worship 1a3a) God 1a3b) heathen deities 1a4) to seek (with a demand), demand, require 1a5) to investigate, enquire 1a6) to ask for, require, demand 1a7) to practice, study, follow, seek with application 1a8) to seek with care, care for 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to allow oneself to be enquired of, consulted (only of God) 1b2) to be sought, be sought out 1b3) to be required (of blood)

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

a primitive root; properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship

KJV glosses: ask, [idiom] at all, care for, [idiom] diligently, inquire, make inquisition, (necro-) mancer, question, require, search, seek (for, out), [idiom] surely.

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How translators render H1875

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
seek	15
to inquire	12
to seek	9
inquire	5
and inquire	3
be consulted	3
cares	3
he sought	3
seeking	3
i have sought	2
i sought	2
if any seek	2
on seeking	2
search	2
seek me	2
seek out	2
you seek him	2
accountable	1
and after they had investigated thoroughly	1
and call you to account	1
and consult	1
and i will demand	1
and inquired	1
and search out	1
and seek him	1
and seek out	1
and will require	1
but those who seek	1
call him to account	1
call me to account	1
comes seeking it	1
consult	1
consult him	1
consulted	1
disregard it	1
for guidance	1
for you to inquire	1
have you sought	1
i have sought you	1
i revealed myself	1
i will demand an accounting	1
i will hear the plea	1
i will require	1
i would appeal	1
if you seek him	1
in any way	1
in order to seek	1
inquire of him	1
inquire of them	1
inquired of him there	1
inquiring of him	1
let us inquire	1
of the inquirer	1
of those who seek him	1
of whom we can inquire	1
or inquires	1
questioned	1
require	1
required	1
searched carefully	1
searches	1
searching	1
seek him	1
seek you	1
seeking sustenance	1
shall investigate	1
she selects	1
should i consult	1
so that they will resort	1
sought	1
sought out	1
the avenger	1
the records were searched	1
then you must inquire	1
these men to inquire	1
they are pondered	1
they had sought	1
they launched	1
they seek me	1
they would seek him	1
those who seek	1
those who seek you	1
those who wish me	1
through whom we can inquire	1
through whom we can inquire of	1
to	1
to ask	1
to consult	1
to him who seeks it	1
to inquire about	1
to search for them	1
to study	1
we have sought	1
we have sought him	1
we must account for	1
we seek	1
who seeks him	1
will hold accountable	1
will search for	1
will seek him	1
will surely require it	1
you must investigate it	1
you must seek	1
you search for me	1
you who seek	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
to seek	13
seek	12
to enquire	10
enquire	5
and enquired	3
will i require	3
and enquire	2
and seek	2
by whom we may enquire	2
he sought	2
i sought	2
i will not be enquired	2
if thou seek	2
require	2
seeketh	2
sought	2
sought out	2
that seek	2
you to enquire	2
and have not sought	1
and he searcheth	1
and he sought	1
and i will require	1
and none did search	1
and require	1
and searchest	1
and seeking	1
and shall i be enquired	1
and sought	1
and they that seek	1
and when they enquired	1
and whom they have sought	1
because they sought	1
besides that we might enquire	1
but he that seeketh	1
but seek	1
but sought	1
but they that seek	1
careth for	1
diligently	1
for i seek	1
for they seek	1
have i sought	1
i am sought	1
i will both search	1
i will require	1
i would seek	1
inquisition	1
is required	1
it to enquire	1
let them seek	1
me for i have sought	1
me no man cared	1
neither seek	1
nor enquired	1
nor seek	1
of at all	1
of him that seeketh	1
of them that seek	1
or a necromancer	1
questioned	1
regard	1
search	1
searcheth	1
seek out	1
seek ye out	1
seeking	1
shall ye seek	1
she seeketh	1
should i be enquired	1
that did seek	1
that have sought	1
that we may enquire	1
that we might enquire	1
that whosoever would not seek	1
thee and that thou enquire	1
thee they seek	1
them and there will i require	1
them neither do they seek	1
them that seek	1
them then they sought	1
then shalt thou enquire	1
thereof and they shall seek	1
they were sought	1
this be enquired	1
thou shalt not seek	1
thou wilt not require	1
to ask	1
to examine	1
to her and enquire	1
to us for we enquired	1
unto him to enquire	1
unto him why hast thou not required	1
unto him why hast thou sought	1
unto me to enquire	1
unto you seek	1
upon us for that we sought	1
us because we have sought	1
we have sought	1
when he maketh inquisition	1
when ye shall search	1
who sought	1
whom no man seeketh after	1
will i require it	1
will not seek	1
will surely	1
with you for we seek	1
with you while ye be with him and if ye seek	1
ye enquire	1
yet they seek	1
you unto me to enquire	1

Verses containing H1875

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Psalms 119:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Blessed are those who keep His testimonies and seek Him with all their heart.
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Psalms 119:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
With all my heart I have sought You; do not let me stray from Your commandments.
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Psalms 119:45 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And I will walk in freedom, for I have sought Your precepts.
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Psalms 119:94 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I am Yours; save me, for I have sought Your precepts.
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Psalms 119:155 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Salvation is far from the wicked because they do not seek Your statutes.
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Psalms 142:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Look to my right and see; no one attends to me. There is no refuge for me; no one cares for my soul.
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Source alternate reference: 142.5
Proverbs 11:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He who searches out good finds favor, but evil will come to him who seeks it.
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Proverbs 31:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
She selects wool and flax and works with eager hands.
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Ecclesiastes 1:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom all that is done under heaven. What a miserable task God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them!
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Isaiah 1:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.”
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Isaiah 8:19 · BSB · 2 occurrences
When men tell you to consult mediums and spiritists who whisper and mutter, shouldn’t a people consult their God instead? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living?
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Isaiah 9:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But the people did not return to Him who struck them; they did not seek the LORD of Hosts.
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Source alternate reference: 9.12
Isaiah 11:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
On that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples. The nations will seek Him, and His place of rest will be glorious.
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Isaiah 16:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
in loving devotion a throne will be established in the tent of David. A judge seeking justice and hastening righteousness will sit on it in faithfulness.
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Isaiah 19:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the spirit of the Egyptians will be emptied out from among them, and I will frustrate their plans, so that they will resort to idols and spirits of the dead, to mediums and spiritists.
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Isaiah 31:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the LORD.
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Isaiah 34:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Search and read the scroll of the LORD: Not one of these will go missing, not one will lack her mate, because He has ordered it by His mouth, and He will gather them by His Spirit.
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Isaiah 55:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.
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Isaiah 58:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For day after day they seek Me and delight to know My ways, like a nation that does what is right and does not forsake the justice of their God. They ask Me for righteous judgments; they delight in the nearness of God.”
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Isaiah 62:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And they will be called the Holy People, the Redeemed of The LORD; and you will be called Sought Out, A City Not Forsaken.
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Isaiah 65:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me; I was found by those who did not seek Me. To a nation that did not call My name, I said, ‘Here I am! Here I am!’
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Isaiah 65:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Sharon will become a pasture for flocks, and the Valley of Achor a resting place for herds, for My people who seek Me.
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Jeremiah 8:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They will be exposed to the sun and moon, and to all the host of heaven which they have loved, served, followed, consulted, and worshiped. Their bones will not be gathered up or buried, but will become like dung lying on the ground.
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Jeremiah 10:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For the shepherds have become senseless; they do not seek the LORD. Therefore they have not prospered, and all their flock is scattered.
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Jeremiah 21:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Please inquire of the LORD on our behalf, since Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon is waging war against us. Perhaps the LORD will perform for us something like all His past wonders, so that Nebuchadnezzar will withdraw from us.”
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Jeremiah 29:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Seek the prosperity of the city to which I have sent you as exiles. Pray to the LORD on its behalf, for if it prospers, you too will prosper.”
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Jeremiah 29:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.
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Jeremiah 30:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
All your lovers have forgotten you; they no longer seek you, for I have struck you as an enemy would, with the discipline of someone cruel, because of your great iniquity and your numerous sins.
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Jeremiah 30:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But I will restore your health and heal your wounds, declares the LORD, because they call you an outcast, Zion, for whom no one cares.”
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Jeremiah 37:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says that you are to tell the king of Judah, who sent you to Me: Behold, Pharaoh’s army, which has marched out to help you, will go back to its own land of Egypt.
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Jeremiah 38:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the officials said to the king, “This man ought to die, for he is discouraging the warriors who remain in this city, as well as all the people, by speaking such words to them; this man is not seeking the well-being of these people, but their ruin.”
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Lamentations 3:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.
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Ezekiel 14:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences
“Son of man, these men have set up idols in their hearts and put wicked stumbling blocks before their faces. Should I consult with them in any way?
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Ezekiel 14:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For when any Israelite or any foreigner dwelling in Israel separates himself from Me, sets up idols in his heart, and puts a wicked stumbling block before his face, and then comes to the prophet to inquire of Me, I the LORD will answer him Myself.
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Ezekiel 14:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They will bear their punishment—the punishment of the inquirer will be the same as that of the prophet—
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Ezekiel 20:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In the seventh year, on the tenth day of the fifth month, some of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the LORD, and they sat down before me.
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Ezekiel 20:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences
“Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: Have you come to inquire of Me? As surely as I live, I will not be consulted by you, declares the Lord GOD.
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Ezekiel 20:31 · BSB · 2 occurrences
When you offer your gifts, sacrificing your sons in the fire, you continue to defile yourselves with all your idols to this day. So should I be consulted by you, O house of Israel? As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I will not be consulted by you!
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Ezekiel 20:40 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For on My holy mountain, the high mountain of Israel, declares the Lord GOD, there the whole house of Israel, all of them, will serve Me in the land. There I will accept them and will require your offerings and choice gifts, along with all your holy sacrifices.
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Ezekiel 33:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But if the watchman sees the sword coming and fails to blow the horn to warn the people, and the sword comes and takes away a life, then that one will be taken away in his iniquity, but I will hold the watchman accountable for his blood.’
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Ezekiel 34:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
My flock went astray on all the mountains and every high hill. They were scattered over the face of all the earth, with no one to search for them or seek them out.’
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Ezekiel 34:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because My flock lacks a shepherd and has become prey and food for every wild beast, and because My shepherds did not search for My flock but fed themselves instead,
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Ezekiel 34:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will demand from them My flock and remove them from tending the flock, so that they can no longer feed themselves. For I will deliver My flock from their mouths, and it will no longer be food for them.’
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Ezekiel 34:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I Myself will search for My flock and seek them out.
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Ezekiel 36:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is what the Lord GOD says: Once again I will hear the plea of the house of Israel and do for them this: I will multiply their people like a flock.
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Hosea 10:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Sow for yourselves righteousness and reap the fruit of loving devotion; break up your unplowed ground. For it is time to seek the LORD until He comes and sends righteousness upon you like rain.
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Amos 5:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For this is what the LORD says to the house of Israel: “Seek Me and live!
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Amos 5:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Do not seek Bethel or go to Gilgal; do not journey to Beersheba, for Gilgal will surely go into exile, and Bethel will come to nothing.
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Amos 5:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Seek the LORD and live, or He will sweep like fire through the house of Joseph; it will devour everything, with no one at Bethel to extinguish it.
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Amos 5:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Seek good, not evil, so that you may live. And the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be with you, as you have claimed.
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