Hebrew word

bâqash

baw-kash'

בָּקַשׁ

What it means

to search out

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

Where it comes from

a primitive root

How the King James translates it

seek108
sought56
seeketh19
require9
seekest6
request3
required3
besought2

Every place it appears 218

Genesis31:39 37:16 43:9 43:30

Exodus2:15 4:19 4:24 10:11 33:7

Leviticus19:31

Numbers16:10 35:23

Deuteronomy4:29 13:10

Joshua2:22

Judges4:22 6:29 14:4 18:1

Ruth3:1

1 Samuel9:3 10:2 10:14 10:21 13:14 14:4 16:16 19:2 19:10 20:1 20:16 22:23 23:10 23:14 23:15 23:25 24:2 24:9 25:26 25:29 26:2 26:20 27:1 27:4 28:7

2 Samuel3:17 4:8 4:11 5:17 12:16 16:11 17:3 17:20 20:19 21:1 21:2

1 Kings1:2 1:3 2:40 10:24 11:22 11:40 18:10 19:10 19:14 20:7

2 Kings2:16 2:17 6:19

1 Chronicles4:39 14:8 16:10 16:11 21:3

2 Chronicles7:14 9:23 11:16 15:4 15:15 20:4 22:9

Ezra2:62 8:21 8:22 8:23

Nehemiah2:4 2:10 5:12 5:18 7:64 12:27

Esther2:2 2:15 2:21 2:23 3:6 4:8 6:2 7:7 9:2

Job10:6

Psalms4:2 24:6 27:4 27:8 34:14 35:4 37:25 37:32 37:36 38:12 40:14 40:16 54:3 63:9 69:6 70:2 70:4 71:13 71:24 83:16 86:14 104:21 105:3 105:4 119:176 122:9

Proverbs2:4 11:27 14:6 15:14 17:9 17:11 17:19 18:1 18:15 21:6 23:35 28:5 29:10 29:26

Ecclesiastes3:6 3:15 7:25 7:28 7:29 12:10

Song of Solomon3:1 3:2 5:6

Isaiah1:12 40:20 41:12 41:17 45:19 51:1 65:1

Jeremiah2:24 2:33 4:30 5:1 11:21 19:7 19:9 21:7 22:25 26:21 29:13 34:20 34:21 38:16 44:30 45:5 46:26 49:37 50:4 50:20

Lamentations1:11 1:19

Ezekiel3:18 3:20 7:25 7:26 22:30 26:21 33:8 34:4 34:16

Daniel1:8 1:20 8:15 9:3

Hosea2:7 3:5 5:6 5:15

Amos8:12

Nahum3:7 3:11

Zephaniah1:6 2:3

Zechariah6:7 8:21 8:22 11:16 12:9

Malachi2:7 2:15 3:1