שָׁאַל
sha.al
1. to ask, enquire, borrow, beg
a. (Qal)
1. to ask, ask for
2. to ask (as a favour), borrow
3. to enquire, enquire of
4. to enquire of, consult (of deity, oracle)
5. to seek
b. (Niphal) to ask for oneself, ask leave of absence
c. (Piel)
1. to enquire, enquire carefully
2. to beg, practise beggary
d. (Hiphil)
1. to be given on request
2. to grant, make over to, let (one) ask (successfully) or give or lend on request (then) grant or make over to
Aramaic equivalent: she.el (שְׁאֵל "to ask" H7593)
Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)
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Concordance 157 verses
- 1 Chronicles 10:13 לִשְׁא֥וֹל
So Saul died for his unfaithfulness to the LORD, because he did not keep the word of the LORD and even consulted a medium for guidance,
- 1 Chronicles 14:10 וַיִּשְׁאַ֨ל
So David inquired of God, “Should I go up against the Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hand?” “Go,” replied the LORD, “for I will deliver them into your hand.”
- 1 Chronicles 14:14 וַיִּשְׁאַ֨ל
So David again inquired of God, who answered him, “Do not march up after them, but circle around them and attack them in front of the balsam trees.
- 1 Chronicles 18:10 לִשְׁאוֹלל֨וֹ
he sent his son Hadoram to greet King David and bless him for fighting and defeating Hadadezer, who had been at war with Tou. Hadoram brought all kinds of articles of gold and silver and bronze,
- 2 Chronicles 1:7 שְׁאַ֖ל
That night God appeared to Solomon and said, “Ask, and I will give it to you!”
- 2 Chronicles 1:11 שָׁ֠אַלְתָּשָׁאָ֑לְתָּוַתִּֽשְׁאַל־
God said to Solomon, “Since this was in your heart instead of requesting riches or wealth or glory for yourself or death for your enemies—and since you have not even requested long life but have asked for wisdom and knowledge to govern My people over whom I have made you king—
- 2 Chronicles 9:12 שָׁאָ֔לָה
King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired—whatever she asked—far more than she had brought the king. Then she left and returned to her own country, along with her servants.
- 2 Chronicles 11:23 וַיִּשְׁאַ֖ל
Rehoboam also acted wisely by dispersing some of his sons throughout the districts of Judah and Benjamin, and to all the fortified cities. He gave them abundant provisions and sought many wives for them.
- Ezra 8:22 לִשְׁא֤וֹל
For I was ashamed to ask the king for an escort of soldiers and horsemen to protect us from our enemies on the road, since we had told him, “The hand of our God is gracious to all who seek Him, but His great anger is against all who forsake Him.”
- Nehemiah 1:2 וָאֶשְׁאָלֵ֞ם
Hanani, one of my brothers, arrived with men from Judah. So I questioned them about the remnant of the Jews who had survived the exile, and also about Jerusalem.
- Nehemiah 13:6 נִשְׁאַ֥לְתִּי
While all this was happening, I was not in Jerusalem, because I had returned to Artaxerxes king of Babylon in the thirty-second year of his reign. Some time later I obtained leave from the king
- Job 8:8 שְׁאַל־
Please inquire of past generations and consider the discoveries of their fathers.
- Job 12:7 שְׁאַל־
But ask the animals, and they will instruct you; ask the birds of the air, and they will tell you.
- Job 21:29 שְׁ֭אֶלְתֶּם
Have you never asked those who travel the roads? Do you not accept their reports?
- Job 31:30 לִשְׁאֹ֖ל
I have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking for his life with a curse—
- Job 38:3 וְ֝אֶשְׁאָלְךָ֗
Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.
- Job 40:7 אֶ֝שְׁאָלְךָ֗
“Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.
- Job 42:4 אֶ֝שְׁאָלְךָ֗
You said, ‘Listen now, and I will speak. I will question you, and you shall inform Me.’
- Psalms 2:8 שְׁאַ֤ל
Ask Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance, the ends of the earth Your possession.
- Psalms 21:4 שָׁאַ֣ל
He asked You for life, and You granted it— length of days, forever and ever.
- Psalms 27:4 שָׁאַ֣לְתִּי
One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and seek Him in His temple.
- Psalms 35:11 יִשְׁאָלֽוּנִי׃
Hostile witnesses come forward; they make charges I know nothing about.
- Psalms 40:6 שָׁאָֽלְתָּ׃
Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but my ears You have opened. Burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not require.
- Psalms 78:18 לִֽשְׁאָל־
They willfully tested God by demanding the food they craved.
- Psalms 105:40 שָׁאַ֣ל
They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
- Psalms 109:10 וְשִׁאֵ֑לוּ
May his children wander as beggars, seeking sustenance far from their ruined homes.
- Psalms 122:6 שַׁ֭אֲלוּ
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May those who love you prosper.
- Psalms 137:3 שְֽׁאֵל֪וּנוּ
for there our captors requested a song; our tormentors demanded songs of joy: “Sing us a song of Zion.”
- Proverbs 20:4 יִשְׁאַל
The slacker does not plow in season; at harvest time he looks, but nothing is there.
- Proverbs 30:7 שָׁאַ֣לְתִּי
Two things I ask of You— do not refuse me before I die:
- Ecclesiastes 2:10 שָֽׁאֲל֣וּ
Anything my eyes desired, I did not deny myself. I refused my heart no pleasure. For my heart took delight in all my work, and this was the reward for all my labor.
- Ecclesiastes 7:10 שָׁאַ֥לְתָּ
Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?” For it is unwise of you to ask about this.
- Isaiah 7:11 שְׁאַל־
“Ask for a sign from the LORD your God, whether from the depths of Sheol or the heights of heaven.”
- Isaiah 7:12 אֶשְׁאַ֥ל
But Ahaz replied, “I will not ask; I will not test the LORD.”
- Isaiah 30:2 שָׁאָ֑לוּ
They set out to go down to Egypt without asking My advice, to seek shelter under Pharaoh’s protection and take refuge in Egypt’s shade.
- Isaiah 41:28 וְאֶשְׁאָלֵ֖ם
When I look, there is no one; there is no counselor among them; when I ask them, they have nothing to say.
- Isaiah 45:11 שְׁאָל֔וּנִי
Thus says the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and its Maker: “How dare you question Me about My sons, or instruct Me in the work of My hands?
- Isaiah 58:2 יִשְׁאָל֙וּנִי֙
For day after day they seek Me and delight to know My ways, like a nation that does what is right and does not forsake the justice of their God. They ask Me for righteous judgments; they delight in the nearness of God.”
- Isaiah 65:1 שָׁאָ֔לוּ
“I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me; I was found by those who did not seek Me. To a nation that did not call My name, I said, ‘Here I am! Here I am!’
- Jeremiah 6:16 וְשַׁאֲל֣וּ׀
This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ‘Where is the good way?’ Then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’
- Jeremiah 15:5 לִשְׁאֹ֥ל
Who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem? Who will mourn for you? Who will turn aside to ask about your welfare?
- Jeremiah 18:13 שַֽׁאֲלוּ־
Therefore this is what the LORD says: “Inquire among the nations: Who has ever heard things like these? Virgin Israel has done a most terrible thing.
- Jeremiah 23:33 יִשְׁאָלְךָ֩
“Now when this people or a prophet or priest asks you, ‘What is the burden of the LORD?’ you are to say to them, ‘What burden? I will forsake you, declares the LORD.’
- Jeremiah 30:6 שַׁאֲלוּ־
Ask now, and see: Can a male give birth? Why then do I see every man with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor and every face turned pale?
- Jeremiah 36:17 שָׁאֲל֖וּ
“Tell us now,” they asked Baruch, “how did you write all these words? Was it at Jeremiah’s dictation?”
- Jeremiah 37:17 וַיִּשְׁאָלֵ֨הוּ
Later, King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah and received him in his palace, where he asked him privately, “Is there a word from the LORD?” “There is,” Jeremiah replied. “You will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.”
- Jeremiah 38:14 שֹׁאֵ֨ל
Then King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah the prophet and received him at the third entrance to the house of the LORD. “I am going to ask you something,” said the king to Jeremiah. “Do not hide anything from me.”
- Jeremiah 38:27 וַיִּשְׁאֲל֣וּ
When all the officials came to Jeremiah and questioned him, he relayed to them the exact words the king had commanded him to say. So they said no more to him, for no one had overheard the conversation.
- Jeremiah 48:19 שַׁאֲלִי־
Stand by the road and watch, O dweller of Aroer! Ask the man fleeing or the woman escaping, ‘What has happened?’
- Jeremiah 50:5 יִשְׁאָ֔לוּ
They will ask the way to Zion and turn their faces toward it. They will come and join themselves to the LORD in an everlasting covenant that will never be forgotten.