sha.al H7592

שָׁאַל (sha.al) means “to ask” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

שָׁאַל Hebrew · H7592 171 tagged occurrences in 157 verses

Pronunciation guide: shaw-al' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H7592

שָׁאַל · sha.al · to ask

1) to ask, enquire, borrow, beg 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to ask, ask for 1a2) to ask (as a favour), borrow 1a3) to enquire, enquire of 1a4) to enquire of, consult (of deity, oracle) 1a5) to seek 1b) (Niphal) to ask for oneself, ask leave of absence 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to enquire, enquire carefully 1c2) to beg, practise beggary 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to be given on request 1d2) to grant, make over to, let (one) ask (successfully) or give or lend on request (then) grant or make over to Aramaic equivalent: she.el (שְׁאֵל "to ask" H7593)

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

or שָׁאֵל; a primitive root; to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand

KJV glosses: ask (counsel, on), beg, borrow, lay to charge, consult, demand, desire, [idiom] earnestly, enquire, [phrase] greet, obtain leave, lend, pray, request, require, [phrase] salute, [idiom] straitly, [idiom] surely, wish.

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How translators render H7592

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
ask	17
inquired	11
asked	5
he asked	3
i will question you	3
inquire	3
requested	3
to ask	3
and asked	2
and inquired	2
asks you	2
do you ask	2
request	2
requesting	2
require	2
she asked	2
they asked	2
to greet	2
urgently requested	2
ahimelech inquired	1
am going to ask	1
and ask	1
and asks you	1
and at his request	1
and greeted him	1
and interrogate	1
and interrogated him	1
and prayed	1
and questioned him	1
and sought	1
and wished	1
as beggars	1
ask for me	1
ask him	1
asking	1
asks	1
beg for	1
borrow	1
borrows	1
but have asked	1
but you have asked	1
by asking	1
by asking for	1
by demanding	1
consult	1
consulted	1
consults	1
dedicate the boy	1
demand	1
desired	1
did i ask you	1
do you consult me	1
do you question me	1
find out	1
for	1
for him	1
going to ask	1
greet him	1
had made this request	1
he asked for	1
he asked you for	1
he consults	1
he greeted them	1
he had requested	1
he inquired	1
he looks	1
he requested	1
i asked	1
i have asked	1
i have asked for him	1
i inquired	1
i obtained leave	1
in detail	1
inquiring	1
is dedicated	1
let me make a request	1
make your request	1
of asking	1
of you to ask	1
pray	1
questioned	1
seek	1
seek counsel	1
she dedicated to	1
should ask	1
so he asked	1
so i questioned them	1
tell me	1
that they granted their request	1
the consultation	1
the request	1
then i asked her	1
they ask me	1
they greeted	1
they inquired	1
they make charges	1
they will ask	1
they will greet you	1
things i ask	1
was borrowed	1
when i ask them	1
where he asked	1
where he asked him	1
who were asking him for	1
who will seek counsel	1
wish	1
woman shall ask	1
you and asks	1
you asked	1
you have asked	1
you have asked for	1
you have requested	1
you might as well request	1
you requested	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
ask	19
asked	12
enquired	10
and asked	4
and he asked	3
asketh	3
borrow	3
and ask	2
and enquire	2
and i asked	2
and saluted	2
but hast asked	2
earnestly	2
he asked	2
him to ask	2
i will demand	2
shall ask	2
to ask	2
to enquire	2
whatsoever she asked	2
according to all that thou desiredst	1
and asketh thee	1
and beg	1
and enquired	1
and greet	1
and hast enquired	1
and hast not asked	1
and have not asked	1
and he desired	1
and he enquired	1
and he requested	1
and now i ask	1
and they asked	1
and they borrowed	1
and they will	1
and thou hast not asked	1
and when he required	1
and why dost thou ask	1
and wished	1
asked him	1
because i have asked	1
but i asked	1
by asking	1
by wishing	1
demanded	1
desired	1
desireth	1
did i desire	1
enquire	1
for ask	1
for enquire	1
for i will demand	1
for it was borrowed	1
for thyself nor hast asked	1
had asked	1
had enquired	1
hast thou not required	1
have i desired	1
have i required	1
have ye not asked	1
he consulted	1
he saluted	1
he shall be lent	1
him and they asked	1
him that which he requested	1
i desire	1
i require	1
i will ask	1
i will not ask	1
in asking	1
neither hast asked	1
neither yet hast asked	1
not and also for asking	1
obtained i leave	1
or a consulter	1
pray	1
require	1
required	1
shall borrow	1
shall he beg	1
so that they lent	1
than these for thou dost not enquire	1
that asked	1
that he requested	1
that i shall ask	1
that thou hast asked	1
that when i asked	1
thee that which thou hast not asked	1
then he asked	1
therefore also i have lent	1
therefore they enquired	1
they ask	1
they laid to my charge	1
they shall ask	1
they shall surely	1
thou dost ask	1
thou hast asked	1
to require	1
to salute	1
unto her ask on	1
unto him ask	1
unto him ask counsel	1
unto him because thou hast asked	1
unto him why askest	1
unto them i would desire	1
us straitly	1
wherefore then dost thou ask	1
which he asked	1
which i asked	1
which is lent	1
who shall ask	1
whom ye have desired	1

Verses containing H7592

Page 1 of 4. 157 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

Genesis 24:47 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then I asked her, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ She replied, ‘The daughter of Bethuel son of Nahor, whom Milcah bore to him.’ So I put the ring on her nose and the bracelets on her wrists.
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Genesis 24:57 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So they said, “We will call the girl and ask her opinion.”
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Genesis 26:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But when the men of that place asked about his wife, he said, “She is my sister.” For he was afraid to say, “She is my wife,” since he thought to himself, “The men of this place will kill me on account of Rebekah, because she is so beautiful.”
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Genesis 32:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He instructed the one in the lead, “When my brother Esau meets you and asks, ‘To whom do you belong, where are you going, and whose animals are these before you?’
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Source alternate reference: 32.18
Genesis 32:29 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And Jacob requested, “Please tell me your name.” But he replied, “Why do you ask my name?” Then he blessed Jacob there.
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Source alternate reference: 32.30
Genesis 37:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
a man found him wandering in the field and asked, “What are you looking for?”
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Genesis 38:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He asked the men of that place, “Where is the shrine prostitute who was beside the road at Enaim?” “No shrine prostitute has been here,” they answered.
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Genesis 40:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So he asked the officials of Pharaoh who were in custody with him in his master’s house, “Why are your faces so downcast today?”
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Genesis 43:7 · BSB · 2 occurrences
They replied, “The man questioned us in detail about ourselves and our family: ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ And we answered him accordingly. How could we possibly know that he would say, ‘Bring your brother here’?”
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Genesis 43:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He asked if they were well, and then he asked, “How is your elderly father you told me about? Is he still alive?”
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Genesis 44:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
My lord asked his servants, ‘Do you have a father or a brother?’
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Exodus 3:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Every woman shall ask her neighbor and any woman staying in her house for silver and gold jewelry and clothing, and you will put them on your sons and daughters. So you will plunder the Egyptians.”
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Exodus 11:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now announce to the people that men and women alike should ask their neighbors for articles of silver and gold.”
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Exodus 12:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Furthermore, the Israelites acted on Moses’ word and asked the Egyptians for articles of silver and gold, and for clothing.
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Exodus 12:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the LORD gave the people such favor in the sight of the Egyptians that they granted their request. In this way they plundered the Egyptians.
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Exodus 13:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In the future, when your son asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ you are to tell him, ‘With a mighty hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
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Exodus 18:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Moses went out to meet his father-in-law and bowed down and kissed him. They greeted each other and went into the tent.
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Exodus 22:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If a man borrows an animal from his neighbor and it is injured or dies while its owner is not present, he must make full restitution.
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Source alternate reference: 22.13
Numbers 27:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who will seek counsel for him before the LORD by the judgment of the Urim. At his command, he and all the Israelites with him—the entire congregation—will go out and come in.”
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Deuteronomy 4:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Indeed, ask now from one end of the heavens to the other about the days that long preceded you, from the day that God created man on earth: Has anything as great as this ever happened or been reported?
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Deuteronomy 6:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In the future, when your son asks, “What is the meaning of the decrees and statutes and ordinances that the LORD our God has commanded you?”
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Deuteronomy 10:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God by walking in all His ways, to love Him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
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Deuteronomy 13:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
then you must inquire, investigate, and interrogate thoroughly. And if it is established with certainty that this abomination has been committed among you,
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Source alternate reference: 13.15
Deuteronomy 14:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then you may spend the money on anything you desire: cattle, sheep, wine, strong drink, or anything you wish. You are to feast there in the presence of the LORD your God and rejoice with your household.
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Deuteronomy 18:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
casts spells, consults a medium or spiritist, or inquires of the dead.
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Deuteronomy 18:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is what you asked of the LORD your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, when you said, “Let us not hear the voice of the LORD our God or see this great fire anymore, so that we will not die!”
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Deuteronomy 32:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Remember the days of old; consider the years long past. Ask your father, and he will tell you, your elders, and they will inform you.
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Joshua 4:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
to serve as a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’
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Joshua 4:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Joshua said to the Israelites, “In the future, when your children ask their fathers, ‘What is the meaning of these stones?’
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Joshua 9:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the men of Israel sampled their provisions but did not seek the counsel of the LORD.
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Joshua 15:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
One day Acsah came to Othniel and urged him to ask her father for a field. When she got off her donkey, Caleb asked her, “What do you desire?”
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Joshua 19:50 · BSB · 1 occurrence
as the LORD had commanded. They gave him the city of Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim, as he requested. He rebuilt the city and settled in it.
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Judges 1:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After the death of Joshua, the Israelites inquired of the LORD, “Who will be the first to go up and fight for us against the Canaanites?”
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Judges 1:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
One day Acsah came to Othniel and urged him to ask her father for a field. When she got off her donkey, Caleb asked her, “What do you desire?”
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Judges 4:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Stand at the entrance to the tent,” he said, “and if anyone comes and asks you, ‘Is there a man here?’ say, ‘No.’”
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Judges 5:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He asked for water, and she gave him milk. In a magnificent bowl she brought him curds.
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Judges 8:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
There he captured a young man of Succoth and interrogated him. The young man wrote down for him the names of the seventy-seven leaders and elders of Succoth.
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Judges 8:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then he added, “Let me make a request of you, that each of you give me an earring from his plunder.” (For the enemies had gold earrings because they were Ishmaelites.)
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Judges 8:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The weight of the gold earrings he had requested was 1,700 shekels, in addition to the crescent ornaments, the pendants, the purple garments of the kings of Midian, and the chains from the necks of their camels.
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Judges 13:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the woman went and told her husband, “A man of God came to me. His appearance was like the angel of God, exceedingly awesome. I did not ask him where he came from, and he did not tell me his name.
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Judges 13:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Why do you ask my name,” said the angel of the LORD, “since it is beyond comprehension?”
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Judges 18:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then they said to him, “Please inquire of God to determine whether we will have a successful journey.”
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Judges 18:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So they turned aside there and went to the home of the young Levite, the house of Micah, and greeted him.
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Judges 20:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The Israelites set out, went up to Bethel, and inquired of God, “Who of us shall go up first to fight against the Benjamites?” “Judah will be first,” the LORD replied.
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Judges 20:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They went up and wept before the LORD until evening, inquiring of Him, “Should we again draw near for battle against our brothers the Benjamites?” And the LORD answered, “Go up against them.”
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Judges 20:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the Israelites inquired of the LORD. (In those days the ark of the covenant of God was there,
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1 Samuel 1:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Go in peace,” Eli replied, “and may the God of Israel grant the petition you have asked of Him.”
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1 Samuel 1:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So in the course of time, Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, saying, “Because I have asked for him from the LORD.”
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1 Samuel 1:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I prayed for this boy, and since the LORD has granted me what I asked of Him,
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1 Samuel 1:28 · BSB · 2 occurrences
I now dedicate the boy to the LORD. For as long as he lives, he is dedicated to the LORD.” So they worshiped the LORD there.
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