דָּרַשׁ
da.rash
1. to resort to, seek, seek with care, enquire, require
a. (Qal)
1. to resort to, frequent (a place), (tread a place)
2. to consult, enquire of, seek
a. of God
b. of heathen gods, necromancers
3. to seek deity in prayer and worship
a. God
b. heathen deities
4. to seek (with a demand), demand, require
5. to investigate, enquire
6. to ask for, require, demand
7. to practice, study, follow, seek with application
8. to seek with care, care for
b. (Niphal)
1. to allow oneself to be enquired of, consulted (only of God)
2. to be sought, be sought out
3. to be required (of blood)
Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)
Translated as (BSB)
Forms
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Old Testament
New Testament
Concordance 152 verses
- 2 Chronicles 15:13 יִדְרֹ֛שׁ
And whoever would not seek the LORD, the God of Israel, would be put to death, whether young or old, man or woman.
- 2 Chronicles 16:12 דָרַ֣שׁ
In the thirty-ninth year of his reign, Asa became diseased in his feet, and his malady became increasingly severe. Yet even in his illness he did not seek the LORD, but only the physicians.
- 2 Chronicles 17:3 דָרַ֖שׁ
Now the LORD was with Jehoshaphat because he walked in the earlier ways of his father David. He did not seek out the Baals,
- 2 Chronicles 17:4 דָּרָ֔שׁ
but he sought the God of his father and walked by His commandments rather than the practices of Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 18:4 דְּרָשׁ־
But Jehoshaphat also said to the king of Israel, “Please inquire first for the word of the LORD.”
- 2 Chronicles 18:6 וְנִדְרְשָׁ֖ה
But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there not still a prophet of the LORD here of whom we can inquire?”
- 2 Chronicles 18:7 לִדְרוֹשׁ֩
The king of Israel answered, “There is still one man who can ask the LORD, but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me, but only bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.” “The king should not say that!” Jehoshaphat replied.
- 2 Chronicles 19:3 לִדְרֹ֥שׁ
However, some good is found in you, for you have removed the Asherah poles from the land and have set your heart on seeking God.”
- 2 Chronicles 20:3 לִדְר֣וֹשׁ
Jehoshaphat was alarmed and set his face to seek the LORD. And he proclaimed a fast throughout Judah.
- 2 Chronicles 22:9 דָּרַ֥שׁ
Then Jehu looked for Ahaziah, and Jehu’s soldiers captured him while he was hiding in Samaria. So Ahaziah was brought to Jehu and put to death. They buried him, for they said, “He is the grandson of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart.” So no one was left from the house of Ahaziah with the strength to rule the kingdom.
- 2 Chronicles 24:6 דָרַ֣שְׁתָּ
So the king called Jehoiada the high priest and said, “Why have you not required the Levites to bring from Judah and Jerusalem the tax imposed by Moses the servant of the LORD and by the assembly of Israel for the Tent of the Testimony?”
- 2 Chronicles 24:22 וְיִדְרֹֽשׁ׃פ
Thus King Joash failed to remember the kindness that Zechariah’s father Jehoiada had extended to him. Instead, Joash killed Jehoiada’s son. As he lay dying, Zechariah said, “May the LORD see this and call you to account.”
- 2 Chronicles 25:15 דָרַ֙שְׁתָּ֙
Therefore the anger of the LORD burned against Amaziah, and He sent him a prophet, who said, “Why have you sought this people’s gods, which could not deliver them from your hand?”
- 2 Chronicles 25:20 דָֽרְשׁ֔וּ
But Amaziah would not listen, for this had come from God in order to deliver them into the hand of Jehoash, because they had sought the gods of Edom.
- 2 Chronicles 26:5 לִדְרֹ֣שׁדָּרְשׁ֣וֹ
He sought God throughout the days of Zechariah, who instructed him in the fear of God. And as long as he sought the LORD, God gave him success.
- 2 Chronicles 30:19 לִדְר֛וֹשׁ
who sets his heart on seeking God—the LORD, the God of his fathers—even if he is not cleansed according to the purification rules of the sanctuary.”
- 2 Chronicles 31:9 וַיִּדְרֹ֣שׁ
Then Hezekiah questioned the priests and Levites about the heaps,
- 2 Chronicles 31:21 לִדְרֹ֖שׁ
He was diligent in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law and the commandments, in order to seek his God. And so he prospered.
- 2 Chronicles 32:31 לִדְרֹ֗שׁ
And so when ambassadors of the rulers of Babylon were sent to him to inquire about the wonder that had happened in the land, God left him alone to test him, that He might know all that was in Hezekiah’s heart.
- 2 Chronicles 34:3 לִדְר֕וֹשׁ
In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, Josiah began to seek the God of his father David, and in the twelfth year he began to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the Asherah poles, the carved idols, and the cast images.
- 2 Chronicles 34:21 דִרְשׁ֨וּ
“Go and inquire of the LORD for me and for those remaining in Israel and Judah concerning the words in the book that has been found. For great is the wrath of the LORD that has been poured out on us because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD by doing all that is written in this book.”
- 2 Chronicles 34:26 לִדְר֣וֹשׁ
But as for the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the LORD, tell him that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘As for the words that you heard,
- Ezra 4:2 נִדְר֖וֹשׁ
they approached Zerubbabel and the heads of the families, saying, “Let us build with you because, like you, we seek your God and have been sacrificing to Him since the time of King Esar-haddon of Assyria, who brought us here.”
- Ezra 6:21 לִדְרֹ֕שׁ
The Israelites who had returned from exile ate it, together with all who had separated themselves from the uncleanness of the peoples of the land to seek the LORD, the God of Israel.
- Ezra 7:10 לִדְר֛וֹשׁ
For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the LORD, to practice it, and to teach its statutes and ordinances in Israel.
- Ezra 9:12 תִדְרְשׁ֧וּ
Now, therefore, do not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters for your sons. Never seek their peace or prosperity, so that you may be strong and may eat the good things of the land, leaving it as an inheritance to your sons forever.’
- Ezra 10:16 לְדַרְי֖וֹשׁ
So the exiles did as proposed. Ezra the priest selected men who were family heads, each of them identified by name, to represent their families. On the first day of the tenth month they launched the investigation,
- Esther 10:3 דֹּרֵ֥שׁ
For Mordecai the Jew was second only to King Xerxes, preeminent among the Jews and highly favored by his many kinsmen, seeking the good of his people and speaking peace to all his countrymen.
- Job 3:4 יִדְרְשֵׁ֣הוּ
If only that day had turned to darkness! May God above disregard it; may no light shine upon it.
- Job 5:8 אֶדְרֹ֣שׁ
However, if I were you, I would appeal to God and lay my cause before Him—
- Job 10:6 תִדְרֽוֹשׁ׃
that You should seek my iniquity and search out my sin—
- Job 39:8 יִדְרֽוֹשׁ׃
He roams the mountains for pasture, searching for any green thing.
- Psalms 9:10 דֹרְשֶׁ֣יךָ
Those who know Your name trust in You, for You, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You.
- Psalms 9:12 דֹרֵ֣שׁ
For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.
- Psalms 10:4 יִדְרֹ֑שׁ
In his pride the wicked man does not seek Him; in all his schemes there is no God.
- Psalms 10:13 תִּדְרֹֽשׁ׃
Why has the wicked man renounced God? He says to himself, “You will never call me to account.”
- Psalms 10:15 תִּֽדְרוֹשׁ־
Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer; call him to account for his wickedness until none is left to be found.
- Psalms 14:2 דֹּ֝רֵשׁ
The LORD looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God.
- Psalms 22:26 דֹּ֣רְשָׁ֑יו
The poor will eat and be satisfied; those who seek the LORD will praise Him. May your hearts live forever!
- Psalms 24:6 דֹּרְשׁוֹ
Such is the generation of those who seek Him, who seek Your face, O God of Jacob. Selah
- Psalms 34:4 דָּרַ֣שְׁתִּי
I sought the LORD, and He answered me; He delivered me from all my fears.
- Psalms 34:10 וְדֹרְשֵׁ֥י
Young lions go lacking and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.
- Psalms 38:12 וְדֹרְשֵׁ֣י
Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.
- Psalms 53:2 דֹּ֝רֵ֗שׁ
God looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God.
- Psalms 69:32 דֹּרְשֵׁ֥י
The humble will see and rejoice. You who seek God, let your hearts be revived!
- Psalms 77:2 דָּ֫רָ֥שְׁתִּי
In the day of trouble I sought the Lord; through the night my outstretched hands did not grow weary; my soul refused to be comforted.
- Psalms 78:34 וּדְרָשׁ֑וּהוּ
When He slew them, they would seek Him; they repented and searched for God.
- Psalms 105:4 דִּרְשׁ֣וּ
Seek out the LORD and His strength; seek His face always.
- Psalms 109:10 וְ֝דָרְשׁ֗וּ
May his children wander as beggars, seeking sustenance far from their ruined homes.
- Psalms 111:2 דְּ֝רוּשִׁ֗ים
Great are the works of the LORD; they are pondered by all who delight in them.