Strong's Concordance H1245

Original Word: בָּקַשׁ
Transliteration: bâqash
Phonetic Spelling: baw-kash'
a primitive root; to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after; ask, beg, beseech, desire, enquire, get, make inquisition, procure, (make) request, require, seek (for).

Usages throughout the bible

2 Samuel 5:17 - But when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines came up to seek H1245 David; and David heard of it, and went down to the hold.

2 Samuel 12:16 - David therefore besought H1245 God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.

2 Samuel 16:11 - And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, which came forth of my bowels, seeketh H1245 my life: how much more now may this Benjamite do it? let him alone, and let him curse; for the LORD hath bidden him.

2 Samuel 17:3 - And I will bring back all the people unto thee: the man whom thou seekest H1245 is as if all returned: so all the people shall be in peace.

2 Samuel 17:20 - And when Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house, they said, Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said unto them, They be gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought H1245 and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.

2 Samuel 20:19 - I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest H1245 to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the LORD?

2 Samuel 21:1 - Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David enquired H1245 of the LORD. And the LORD answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.

2 Samuel 21:2 - And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them: and Saul sought H1245 to slay them in his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah.)

1 Kings 1:2 - Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought H1245 for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get heat.

1 Kings 1:3 - So they sought H1245 for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.

1 Kings 2:40 - And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to Achish to seek H1245 his servants: and Shimei went, and brought his servants from Gath.

1 Kings 10:24 - And all the earth sought H1245 to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.

1 Kings 11:22 - Then Pharaoh said unto him, But what hast thou lacked with me, that, behold, thou seekest H1245 to go to thine own country? And he answered, Nothing: howbeit let me go in any wise.

1 Kings 11:40 - Solomon sought H1245 therefore to kill Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.

1 Kings 18:10 - As the LORD thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek H1245 thee: and when they said, He is not there; he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not.

1 Kings 19:10 - And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek H1245 my life, to take it away.

1 Kings 19:14 - And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek H1245 my life, to take it away.

1 Kings 20:7 - Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeketh H1245 mischief: for he sent unto me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I denied him not.

2 Kings 2:16 - And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek H1245 thy master: lest peradventure the Spirit of the LORD hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send.

2 Kings 2:17 - And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought H1245 three days, but found him not.

2 Kings 6:19 - And Elisha said unto them, This is not the way, neither is this the city: follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom ye seek. H1245 But he led them to Samaria.

1 Chronicles 4:39 - And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side of the valley, to seek H1245 pasture for their flocks.

1 Chronicles 14:8 - And when the Philistines heard that David was anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek H1245 David. And David heard of it, and went out against them.

1 Chronicles 16:10 - Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek H1245 the LORD.

1 Chronicles 16:11 - Seek the LORD and his strength, seek H1245 his face continually.

1 Chronicles 21:3 - And Joab answered, The LORD make his people an hundred times so many more as they be: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord's servants? why then doth my lord require H1245 this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel?

2 Chronicles 7:14 - If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek H1245 my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

2 Chronicles 9:23 - And all the kings of the earth sought H1245 the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, that God had put in his heart.

2 Chronicles 11:16 - And after them out of all the tribes of Israel such as set their hearts to seek H1245 the LORD God of Israel came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice unto the LORD God of their fathers.

2 Chronicles 15:4 - But when they in their trouble did turn unto the LORD God of Israel, and sought H1245 him, he was found of them.

2 Chronicles 15:15 - And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought H1245 him with their whole desire; and he was found of them: and the LORD gave them rest round about.

2 Chronicles 20:4 - And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask H1245 help of the LORD: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek H1245 the LORD.

2 Chronicles 22:9 - And he sought H1245 Ahaziah: and they caught him, (for he was hid in Samaria,) and brought him to Jehu: and when they had slain him, they buried him: Because, said they, he is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart. So the house of Ahaziah had no power to keep still the kingdom.

Ezra 2:62 - These sought H1245 their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but they were not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood.

Ezra 8:21 - Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek H1245 of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.

Ezra 8:22 - For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek H1245 him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.

Ezra 8:23 - So we fasted and besought H1245 our God for this: and he was intreated of us.

Nehemiah 2:4 - Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? H1245 So I prayed to the God of heaven.

Nehemiah 2:10 - When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek H1245 the welfare of the children of Israel.

Nehemiah 5:12 - Then said they, We will restore them, and will require H1245 nothing of them; so will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise.

Nehemiah 5:18 - Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this required H1245 not I the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people.

Nehemiah 7:64 - These sought H1245 their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood.

Nehemiah 12:27 - And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought H1245 the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps.

Esther 2:2 - Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought H1245 for the king:

Esther 2:15 - Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required H1245 nothing but what Hegai the king's chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her.

Esther 2:21 - In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king's gate, two of the king's chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the door, were wroth, and sought H1245 to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.

Esther 2:23 - And when inquisition H1245 was made of the matter, it was found out; therefore they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the book of the chronicles before the king.

Esther 3:6 - And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought H1245 to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.

Esther 4:8 - Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given at Shushan to destroy them, to shew it unto Esther, and to declare it unto her, and to charge her that she should go in unto the king, to make supplication unto him, and to make request H1245 before him for her people.

Esther 6:2 - And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sought H1245 to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.