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)
STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0
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.
Open Scriptures transcription · CC BY-SA
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
Page 4 of 4. 152 verses in the selected STEP
text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter
to follow the author’s thought.
Data created by www.STEPBible.org based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). STEPBible data
· License.
We convert source tables to JSON, expand grammar labels and count tagged
words. Greek counts use the SBL edition in TAGNT. Hebrew counts use the
main reading in TAHOT, including Qere readings and restored text. Source
numbering follows NRSV; alternate references appear where supplied.