בָּקַשׁbâqash
seek
Pronunciation: baw-kash' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1245
Meanings
Pi`el
1. seek to find
b. a flea (Genesis 37:15; Genesis 37:16; Joshua 2:22)
2. seek to secure
a. seek to take one's life (Numbers 16:10; 2 Samuel 3:17; 2 Samuel 5:17)
b. aim at, practise, seek hurt (Numbers 35:23; 1 Samuel 24:10; 1 Samuel 25:26)
3. seek the face
a. of rulers (1 Kings 10:24; 2 Chronicles 9:23; Proverbs 29:26)
b. of God (Hosea 5:15; 1 Chronicles 16:11; Psalms 105:4)
4. desire, demand
5.
a. require, exact (Isaiah 1:12; Nehemiah 5:12; Nehemiah 5:18)
b. exact equivalent or penalty for, accusative of thing (Genesis 31:39; Genesis 43:9; 1 Samuel 20:16)
6. ask, request, accusative of thing (Esther 2:15; Nehemiah 2:4; Esther 7:7)
Pu`al: be sought (Jeremiah 50:20; Esther 2:23; Ezekiel 26:21)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 225 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 31:39 If any were attacked and killed by wild animals, I never showed you the carcass and asked you to reduce the count of your flock. No, I took the loss myself! You made me pay for every stolen animal, whether it was taken in broad daylight or in the dark of night.
- Genesis 37:15 When he arrived there, a man from the area noticed him wandering around the countryside. “What are you looking for?” he asked.
- Genesis 37:16 “I’m looking for my brothers,” Joseph replied. “Do you know where they are pasturing their sheep?”
- Genesis 43:9 I personally guarantee his safety. You may hold me responsible if I don’t bring him back to you. Then let me bear the blame forever.
- Genesis 43:30 Then Joseph hurried from the room because he was overcome with emotion for his brother. He went into his private room, where he broke down and wept.
- Exodus 2:15 And sure enough, Pharaoh heard what had happened, and he tried to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and went to live in the land of Midian. When Moses arrived in Midian, he sat down beside a well.
See every passage
- Genesis 31:39, 37:15, 37:16, 43:9, 43:30
- Exodus 2:15, 4:19, 4:24, 10:11, 33:7
- Leviticus 19:31
- Numbers 16:10, 35:23
- Deuteronomy 4:29, 13:10
- Joshua 2:22, 22:23
- Judges 4:22, 6:29, 14:4, 18:1
- Ruth 3:1
- 1 Samuel 9:3, 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 Samuel 3:17, 4:8, 4:11, 5:17, 12:16, 16:11, 17:3, 17:20, 20:19, 21:1, 21:2
- 1 Kings 1:2, 1:3, 2:40, 10:24, 11:22, 11:40, 18:10, 19:10, 19:14, 20:7
- 2 Kings 2:16, 2:17, 6:19
- 1 Chronicles 4:39, 14:8, 16:10, 16:11, 21:3
- 2 Chronicles 7:14, 9:23, 11:16, 15:4, 15:15, 20:4, 22:9
- Ezra 2:62, 8:21, 8:22, 8:23
- Nehemiah 2:4, 2:10, 5:12, 5:18, 7:64, 12:27
- Esther 2:2, 2:15, 2:21, 2:23, 3:6, 4:8, 6:2, 7:7, 9:2
- Job 10:6
- Psalms 4:2, 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
- Proverbs 2:4, 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
- Ecclesiastes 3:6, 3:15, 7:25, 7:28, 7:29, 8:17, 12:10
- Song of Solomon 3:1, 3:2, 5:6, 6:1
- Isaiah 1:12, 40:20, 41:12, 41:17, 45:19, 51:1, 65:1
- Jeremiah 2:24, 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
- Lamentations 1:11, 1:19
- Ezekiel 3:18, 3:20, 7:25, 7:26, 22:30, 26:21, 33:8, 34:4, 34:6, 34:16
- Daniel 1:8, 1:20, 8:15, 9:3
- Hosea 2:7, 3:5, 5:6, 5:15, 7:10
- Amos 8:12
- Nahum 3:7, 3:11
- Zephaniah 1:6, 2:3
- Zechariah 6:7, 8:21, 8:22, 11:16, 12:9
- Malachi 2:7, 2:15, 3:1
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).