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

Hosea 5:15 - I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek H1245 my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.

Hosea 7:10 - And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face: and they do not return to the LORD their God, nor seek H1245 him for all this.

Amos 8:12 - And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek H1245 the word of the LORD, and shall not find it.

Nahum 3:7 - And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek H1245 comforters for thee?

Nahum 3:11 - Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid, thou also shalt seek H1245 strength because of the enemy.

Zephaniah 1:6 - And them that are turned back from the LORD; and those that have not sought H1245 the LORD, nor enquired for him.

Zephaniah 2:3 - Seek H1245 ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek H1245 righteousness, seek H1245 meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD'S anger.

Zechariah 6:7 - And the bay went forth, and sought H1245 to go that they might walk to and fro through the earth: and he said, Get you hence, walk to and fro through the earth. So they walked to and fro through the earth.

Zechariah 8:21 - And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to pray before the LORD, and to seek H1245 the LORD of hosts: I will go also.

Zechariah 8:22 - Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek H1245 the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the LORD.

Zechariah 11:16 - For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, which shall not visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek H1245 the young one, nor heal that that is broken, nor feed that that standeth still: but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces.

Zechariah 12:9 - And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek H1245 to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.

Malachi 2:7 - For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek H1245 the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts.

Malachi 2:15 - And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek H1245 a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.

Malachi 3:1 - Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, H1245 shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.