Hebrew word

shâʼal

shaw-al'

שָׁאַל

What it means

to inquire

to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand

Where it comes from

or שָׁאֵל; a primitive root

How the King James translates it

asked49
ask40
enquired15
enquire7
asketh4
borrow4
lent4
desired4

Every place it appears 171

Genesis24:47 24:57 26:7 32:17 32:29 37:15 38:21 40:7 43:7 43:27 44:19

Exodus3:22 11:2 12:35 12:36 13:14 18:7 22:14

Numbers27:21

Deuteronomy4:32 6:20 10:12 13:14 14:26 18:11 18:16 32:7

Joshua4:6 4:21 9:14 15:18 19:50

Judges1:1 1:14 4:20 5:25 8:14 8:24 8:26 13:6 13:18 18:5 18:15 20:18 20:23 20:27

1 Samuel1:17 1:20 1:27 1:28 2:20 8:10 10:4 10:22 12:13 12:17 12:19 14:37 17:22 17:56 19:22 20:6 20:28 22:10 22:13 22:15 23:2 23:4 25:5 25:8 28:6 28:16 30:8 30:21

2 Samuel2:1 3:13 5:19 5:23 8:10 11:7 12:20 14:18 16:23 20:18

1 Kings2:16 2:20 2:22 3:5 3:10 3:11 3:13 10:13 19:4

2 Kings2:9 2:10 4:3 4:28 6:5 8:6

1 Chronicles4:10 10:13 14:10 14:14 18:10

2 Chronicles1:7 1:11 9:12 11:23

Ezra8:22

Nehemiah1:2 13:6

Job8:8 12:7 21:29 31:30 38:3 40:7 42:4

Psalms2:8 21:4 27:4 35:11 78:18 105:40 109:10 122:6 137:3

Proverbs20:4 30:7

Ecclesiastes2:10 7:10

Isaiah7:11 7:12 30:2 41:28 45:11 58:2 65:1

Jeremiah6:16 15:5 18:13 23:33 30:6 36:17 37:17 38:14 38:27 48:19 50:5

Lamentations4:4

Ezekiel21:21

Hosea4:12

Jonah4:8

Micah7:3

Haggai2:11

Zechariah10:1