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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 3 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.

  1. 1 Chronicles 10:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Saul died for his unfaithfulness to the LORD, because he did not keep the word of the LORD and even consulted a medium for guidance,

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  2. 1 Chronicles 14:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So David inquired of God, “Should I go up against the Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hand?” “Go,” replied the LORD, “for I will deliver them into your hand.”

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  3. 1 Chronicles 14:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So David again inquired of God, who answered him, “Do not march up after them, but circle around them and attack them in front of the balsam trees.

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  4. 1 Chronicles 18:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    he sent his son Hadoram to greet King David and bless him for fighting and defeating Hadadezer, who had been at war with Tou. Hadoram brought all kinds of articles of gold and silver and bronze,

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  5. 2 Chronicles 1:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    That night God appeared to Solomon and said, “Ask, and I will give it to you!”

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  6. 2 Chronicles 1:11 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    God said to Solomon, “Since this was in your heart instead of requesting riches or wealth or honor for yourself or death for your enemies—and since you have not even requested long life but have asked for wisdom and knowledge to govern My people over whom I have made you king—

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  7. 2 Chronicles 9:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired—whatever she asked—far more than she had brought the king. Then she left and returned to her own country, along with her servants.

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  8. 2 Chronicles 11:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Rehoboam also acted wisely by dispersing some of his sons throughout the districts of Judah and Benjamin, and to all the fortified cities. He gave them abundant provisions and sought many wives for them.

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  9. Ezra 8:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For I was ashamed to ask the king for an escort of soldiers and horsemen to protect us from our enemies on the road, since we had told him, “The hand of our God is gracious to all who seek Him, but His great anger is against all who forsake Him.”

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  10. Nehemiah 1:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Hanani, one of my brothers, arrived with men from Judah. So I questioned them about the remnant of the Jews who had survived the exile, and also about Jerusalem.

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  11. Nehemiah 13:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    While all this was happening, I was not in Jerusalem, because I had returned to Artaxerxes king of Babylon in the thirty-second year of his reign. Some time later I obtained leave from the king

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  12. Job 8:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Please inquire of past generations and consider the discoveries of their fathers.

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  13. Job 12:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But ask the animals, and they will instruct you; ask the birds of the air, and they will tell you.

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  14. Job 21:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Have you never asked those who travel the roads? Do you not accept their reports?

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  15. Job 31:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking for his life with a curse—

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  16. Job 38:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.

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  17. Job 40:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.

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  18. Job 42:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You said, ‘Listen now, and I will speak. I will question you, and you shall inform Me.’

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  19. Psalms 2:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Ask Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance, the ends of the earth Your possession.

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  20. Psalms 21:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He asked You for life, and You granted it—length of days, forever and ever.

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    Source alternate reference: 21.5

  21. Psalms 27:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and seek Him in His temple.

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  22. Psalms 35:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Hostile witnesses come forward; they make charges I know nothing about.

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  23. Psalms 40:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but my ears You have opened. Burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not require.

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    Source alternate reference: 40.7

  24. Psalms 78:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They willfully tested God by demanding the food they craved.

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  25. Psalms 105:40 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

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  26. Psalms 109:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    May his children wander as beggars, seeking sustenance far from their ruined homes.

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  27. Psalms 122:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May those who love you prosper.

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  28. Psalms 137:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    for there our captors requested a song; our tormentors demanded songs of joy: “Sing us a song of Zion.”

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  29. Proverbs 20:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The slacker does not plow in season; at harvest time he looks, but nothing is there.

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  30. Proverbs 30:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Two things I ask of You—do not refuse me before I die:

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  31. Ecclesiastes 2:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Anything my eyes desired, I did not deny myself. I refused my heart no pleasure. For my heart took delight in all my work, and this was the reward for all my labor.

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  32. Ecclesiastes 7:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?” For it is unwise of you to ask about this.

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  33. Isaiah 7:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Ask for a sign from the LORD your God, whether from the depths of Sheol or the heights of heaven.”

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  34. Isaiah 7:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But Ahaz replied, “I will not ask; I will not test the LORD.”

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  35. Isaiah 30:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They set out to go down to Egypt without asking My advice, to seek shelter under Pharaoh’s protection and take refuge in Egypt’s shade.

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  36. Isaiah 41:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When I look, there is no one; there is no counselor among them; when I ask them, they have nothing to say.

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  37. Isaiah 45:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Thus says the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and its Maker: “Concerning things to come, do you question Me about My sons, or instruct Me in the work of My hands?

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  38. 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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  39. 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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  40. Jeremiah 6:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ‘Where is the good way?’ Then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’

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  41. Jeremiah 15:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem? Who will mourn for you? Who will turn aside to ask about your welfare?

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  42. Jeremiah 18:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore this is what the LORD says: “Inquire among the nations: Who has ever heard things like these? Virgin Israel has done a most terrible thing.

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  43. Jeremiah 23:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Now when this people or a prophet or priest asks you, ‘What is the burden of the LORD?’ you are to say to them, ‘What burden? I will forsake you, declares the LORD.’

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  44. Jeremiah 30:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Ask now, and see: Can a male give birth? Why then do I see every man with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor and every face turned pale?

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  45. Jeremiah 36:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Tell us now,” they asked Baruch, “how did you write all these words? Was it at Jeremiah’s dictation?”

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  46. Jeremiah 37:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Later, King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah and received him in his palace, where he asked him privately, “Is there a word from the LORD?” “There is,” Jeremiah replied. “You will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.”

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  47. Jeremiah 38:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah the prophet and received him at the third entrance to the house of the LORD. “I am going to ask you something,” said the king to Jeremiah. “Do not hide anything from me.”

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  48. Jeremiah 38:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When all the officials came to Jeremiah and questioned him, he relayed to them the exact words the king had commanded him to say. So they said no more to him, for no one had overheard the conversation.

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  49. Jeremiah 48:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Stand by the road and watch, O dweller of Aroer! Ask the man fleeing or the woman escaping, ‘What has happened?’

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  50. Jeremiah 50:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They will ask the way to Zion and turn their faces toward it. They will come and join themselves to the LORD in an everlasting covenant that will never be forgotten.

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