בָּקַשׁ
ba.qash
1. to seek, require, desire, exact, request
a. (Piel)
1. to seek to find
2. to seek to secure
3. to seek the face
4. to desire, demand
5. to require, exact
6. to ask, request
b. (Pual) to be sought
Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)
Translated as (BSB)
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Concordance 215 verses
- Hosea 5:15 וּבִקְשׁ֣וּ
Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”
- Hosea 7:10 בִקְשֻׁ֖הוּ
Israel’s arrogance testifies against them, yet they do not return to the LORD their God; despite all this, they do not seek Him.
- Amos 8:12 לְבַקֵּ֥שׁ
People will stagger from sea to sea and roam from north to east, seeking the word of the LORD, but they will not find it.
- Nahum 3:7 אֲבַקֵּ֥שׁ
Then all who see you will recoil from you and say, ‘Nineveh is devastated; who will grieve for her?’ Where can I find comforters for you?”
- Nahum 3:11 תְּבַקְשִׁ֥י
You too will become drunk; you will go into hiding and seek refuge from the enemy.
- Zephaniah 1:6 בִקְשׁ֥וּ
and those who turn back from following the LORD, neither seeking the LORD nor inquiring of Him.”
- Zephaniah 2:3 בַּקְּשׁ֤וּבַּקְּשׁוּ־בַּקְּשׁ֣וּ
Seek the LORD, all you humble of the earth who carry out His justice. Seek righteousness; seek humility. Perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the LORD’s anger.
- Zechariah 6:7 וַיְבַקְשׁוּ֙
As the strong horses went out, they were eager to go and patrol the earth; and the LORD said, “Go and patrol the earth.” So they patrolled the earth.
- Zechariah 8:21 וּלְבַקֵּ֖שׁ
and the residents of one city will go to another, saying: ‘Let us go at once to plead before the LORD and to seek the LORD of Hosts. I myself am going.’
- Zechariah 8:22 לְבַקֵּ֛שׁ
And many peoples and strong nations will come to seek the LORD of Hosts in Jerusalem and to plead before the LORD.”
- Zechariah 11:16 יְבַקֵּ֔שׁ
For behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land who will neither care for the lost, nor seek the young, nor heal the broken, nor sustain the healthy, but he will devour the flesh of the choice sheep and tear off their hooves.
- Zechariah 12:9 אֲבַקֵּ֗שׁ
So on that day I will set out to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
- Malachi 2:7 יְבַקְשׁ֣וּ
For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the LORD of Hosts.
- Malachi 2:15 מְבַקֵּ֖שׁ
Has not the LORD made them one, having a portion of the Spirit? And why one? Because He seeks godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith with the wife of your youth.
- Malachi 3:1 מְבַקְשִׁ֗ים
“Behold, I will send My messenger, who will prepare the way before Me. Then the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to His temple—the Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight—see, He is coming,” says the LORD of Hosts.
