בָּקַשׁ bâqash

Hebrew · Strong's H1245 · pronounced baw-kash' · used 225 times in 215 verses

Meaning

to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after

In the King James Version: ask, beg, beseech, desire, enquire, get, make inquisition, procure, (make) request, require, seek (for).

Derivation: a primitive root;

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Where it is used

Psalms 71:13 May the accusers of my soul be ashamed and consumed; may those who seek my harm be covered with scorn and disgrace.
Psalms 71:24 My tongue will indeed proclaim Your righteousness all day long, for those who seek my harm are disgraced and confounded.
Psalms 83:16 Cover their faces with shame, that they may seek Your name, O LORD.
Psalms 86:14 The arrogant rise against me, O God; a band of ruthless men seeks my life; they have no regard for You.
Psalms 104:21 The young lions roar for their prey and seek their food from God.
Psalms 105:3 Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.
Psalms 105:4 Seek out the LORD and His strength; seek His face always.
Psalms 119:176 I have strayed like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, for I have not forgotten Your commandments.
Psalms 122:9 For the sake of the house of the LORD our God, I will seek your prosperity.
Proverbs 2:4 if you seek it like silver and search it out like hidden treasure,
Proverbs 11:27 He who searches out good finds favor, but evil will come to him who seeks it.
Proverbs 14:6 A mocker seeks wisdom and finds none, but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.
Proverbs 15:14 A discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of a fool feeds on folly.
Proverbs 17:9 Whoever conceals an offense promotes love, but he who brings it up separates friends.
Proverbs 17:11 An evil man seeks only rebellion; a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
Proverbs 17:19 He who loves transgression loves strife; he who builds his gate high invites destruction.
Proverbs 18:1 He who isolates himself pursues selfish desires; he rebels against all sound judgment.
Proverbs 18:15 The heart of the discerning acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks it out.
Proverbs 21:6 Making a fortune by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a deadly pursuit.
Proverbs 23:35 “They struck me, but I feel no pain! They beat me, but I did not know it! When can I wake up to search for another drink?”
Proverbs 28:5 Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the LORD comprehend fully.
Proverbs 29:10 Men of bloodshed hate a blameless man, but the upright care for his life.
Proverbs 29:26 Many seek the ruler’s favor, but a man receives justice from the LORD.
Ecclesiastes 3:6 a time to search and a time to count as lost, a time to keep and a time to discard,
Ecclesiastes 3:15 What exists has already been, and what will be has already been, for God will call to account what has passed.
Ecclesiastes 7:25 I directed my mind to understand, to explore, to search out wisdom and explanations, and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the folly of madness.
Ecclesiastes 7:28 While my soul was still searching but not finding, among a thousand I have found one upright man, but among all these I have not found one such woman.
Ecclesiastes 7:29 Only this have I found: I have discovered that God made mankind upright, but they have sought out many schemes.”
Ecclesiastes 8:17 I saw every work of God, and that a man is unable to comprehend the work that is done under the sun. Despite his efforts to search it out, he cannot find its meaning; even if the wise man claims to know, he is unable to comprehend.
Ecclesiastes 12:10 The Teacher searched to find delightful sayings and to record accurate words of truth.
Song of Solomon 3:1 On my bed at night I sought the one I love; I sought him, but did not find him.
Song of Solomon 3:2 I will arise now and go about the city, through the streets and squares. I will seek the one I love. So I sought him but did not find him.
Song of Solomon 5:6 I opened for my beloved, but he had turned and gone. My heart sank at his departure. I sought him but did not find him. I called, but he did not answer.
Song of Solomon 6:1 Where has your beloved gone, O most beautiful among women? Which way has he turned? We will seek him with you.
Isaiah 1:12 When you come to appear before Me, who has required this of you—this trampling of My courts?
Isaiah 40:20 One lacking such an offering chooses wood that will not rot. He seeks a skilled craftsman to set up an idol that will not topple.
Isaiah 41:12 You will seek them but will not find them. Those who wage war against you will come to nothing.
Isaiah 41:17 The poor and needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
Isaiah 45:19 I have not spoken in secret, from a place in a land of darkness. I did not say to the descendants of Jacob, ‘Seek Me in a wasteland.’ I, the LORD, speak the truth; I say what is right.
Isaiah 51:1 “Listen to Me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the LORD: Look to the rock from which you were cut, and to the quarry from which you were hewn.
Isaiah 65:1 “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!’
Jeremiah 2:24 a wild donkey at home in the wilderness, sniffing the wind in the heat of her desire. Who can restrain her passion? All who seek her need not weary themselves; in mating season they will find her.
Jeremiah 2:33 How skillfully you pursue love! Even the most immoral of women could learn from your ways.
Jeremiah 4:30 And you, O devastated one, what will you do, though you dress yourself in scarlet, though you adorn yourself with gold jewelry, though you enlarge your eyes with paint? You adorn yourself in vain; your lovers despise you; they want to take your life.
Jeremiah 5:1 “Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem. Look now and take note; search her squares. If you can find a single person, anyone who acts justly, anyone who seeks the truth, then I will forgive the city.
Jeremiah 11:21 Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning the people of Anathoth who are seeking your life and saying, “You must not prophesy in the name of the LORD, or you will die by our hand.”
Jeremiah 19:7 And in this place I will ruin the plans of Judah and Jerusalem. I will make them fall by the sword before their enemies, by the hands of those who seek their lives, and I will give their carcasses as food to the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth.
Jeremiah 19:9 I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and daughters, and they will eat one another’s flesh in the siege and distress inflicted on them by their enemies who seek their lives.’
Jeremiah 21:7 ‘After that,’ declares the LORD, ‘I will hand over Zedekiah king of Judah, his officers, and the people in this city who survive the plague and sword and famine, to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and to their enemies who seek their lives. He will put them to the sword; he will not spare them or show pity or compassion.’
Jeremiah 22:25 In fact, I will hand you over to those you dread, who want to take your life—to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and to the Chaldeans.
Jeremiah 26:21 King Jehoiakim and all his mighty men and officials heard his words, and the king sought to put him to death. But when Uriah found out about it, he fled in fear and went to Egypt.
Jeremiah 29:13 You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.
Jeremiah 34:20 I will deliver into the hands of their enemies who seek their lives. Their corpses will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth.
Jeremiah 34:21 And I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah and his officials into the hands of their enemies who seek their lives, to the army of the king of Babylon that had withdrawn from you.
Jeremiah 38:16 But King Zedekiah swore secretly to Jeremiah, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has given us this life, I will not kill you, nor will I deliver you into the hands of these men who are seeking your life.”
Jeremiah 44:30 This is what the LORD says: Behold, I will deliver Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hands of his enemies who seek his life, just as I delivered Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the enemy who was seeking his life.”
Jeremiah 45:5 But as for you, do you seek great things for yourself? Stop seeking! For I will bring disaster on every living creature, declares the LORD, but wherever you go, I will grant your life as a spoil of war.”
Jeremiah 46:26 I will deliver them into the hands of those who seek their lives—of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and his officers. But after this, Egypt will be inhabited as in days of old, declares the LORD.
Jeremiah 49:37 So I will shatter Elam before their foes, before those who seek their lives. I will bring disaster upon them, even My fierce anger,” declares the LORD. “I will send out the sword after them until I finish them off.
Jeremiah 50:4 “In those days and at that time, declares the LORD, the children of Israel and the children of Judah will come together, weeping as they come, and will seek the LORD their God.