Hebrew word

dârash

daw-rash'

דָּרַשׁ

What it means

properly, to tread or frequent

properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship

Where it comes from

a primitive root

How the King James translates it

seek54
enquire32
sought24
require9
enquired8
search4
seeketh3
inquisition2

Every place it appears 151

Genesis9:5 25:22

Exodus18:15

Leviticus10:16

Deuteronomy4:29 11:12 12:5 12:30 13:14 17:4 17:9 18:11 19:18 22:2 23:6 23:21

Judges6:29

1 Samuel9:9 28:7

2 Samuel11:3

1 Kings14:5 22:5 22:7 22:8

2 Kings1:2 1:3 1:6 1:16 3:11 8:8 22:13 22:18

1 Chronicles10:13 10:14 13:3 15:13 16:11 21:30 22:19 26:31 28:8 28:9

2 Chronicles1:5 12:14 14:4 14:7 15:2 15:12 15:13 16:12 17:3 17:4 18:4 18:6 18:7 19:3 20:3 22:9 24:6 24:22 25:15 25:20 26:5 30:19 31:9 31:21 32:31 34:3 34:21 34:26

Ezra4:2 6:21 7:10 9:12 10:16

Esther10:3

Job3:4 10:6 39:8

Psalms9:12 10:4 10:15 14:2 22:26 24:6 34:4 34:10 38:12 53:2 69:32 77:2 78:34 105:4 109:10 111:2 119:2 119:10 119:45 119:94 119:155 142:4

Proverbs11:27 31:13

Ecclesiastes1:13

Isaiah1:17 8:19 9:13 11:10 16:5 19:3 31:1 34:16 55:6 58:2 62:12 65:1

Jeremiah8:2 10:21 21:2 29:7 29:13 30:14 37:7 38:4

Ezekiel14:3 14:7 20:1 20:3 20:31 20:40 33:6 34:6 34:8 34:10 34:11 36:37

Hosea10:12

Amos5:4 5:5 5:6 5:14

Micah6:8