בָּקַשׁ

Derivation

a primitive root;

Meaning

to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after

In the King James Version

ask, beg, beseech, desire, enquire, get, make inquisition, procure, (make) request, require, seek (for).

Translated as

seek (106), sought (53), seeketh (19), require (9), seekest (6), out (4), request (3), required (3), besought (2), enquired (2), for (2), desire (1), asked (1), ask (1), inquisition (1), enquirest (1), begging (1), procureth (1), get (1), requireth (1)

Where it appears

Found in 210 verses

Genesis

31:39, 37:16, 43:9, 43:30

Exodus

2:15, 4:19, 4:24, 10:11, 33:7

Leviticus

19:31

Numbers

16:10, 35:23

Deuteronomy

4:29, 13:10

Joshua

2:22

Judges

4:22, 6:29, 14:4, 18:1

Ruth

3:1

1 Samuel

9:3, 10:2, 10:14, 10:21, 13:14, 14:4, 16:16, 19:2, 19:10, 20:1, 20:16, 22:23, 23:10, 23:14, 23:15, 23:25, 24:2, 24:9, 25:26, 25:29 + 5 more

2 Samuel

3:17, 4:8, 4:11, 5:17, 12:16, 16:11, 17:3, 17:20, 20:19, 21:1, 21:2

1 Kings

1:2, 1:3, 2:40, 10:24, 11:22, 11:40, 18:10, 19:10, 19:14, 20:7

2 Kings

2:16, 2:17, 6:19

1 Chronicles

4:39, 14:8, 16:10, 16:11, 21:3

2 Chronicles

7:14, 9:23, 11:16, 15:4, 15:15, 20:4, 22:9

Ezra

2:62, 8:21, 8:22, 8:23

Nehemiah

2:4, 2:10, 5:12, 5:18, 7:64, 12:27

Esther

2:2, 2:15, 2:21, 2:23, 3:6, 4:8, 6:2, 7:7, 9:2

Job

10:6

Psalms

4:2, 24:6, 27:4, 27:8, 34:14, 35:4, 37:25, 37:32, 37:36, 38:12, 40:14, 40:16, 54:3, 63:9, 69:6, 70:2, 70:4, 71:13, 71:24, 83:16 + 6 more

Proverbs

2:4, 11:27, 14:6, 15:14, 17:9, 17:11, 17:19, 18:1, 18:15, 21:6, 23:35, 28:5, 29:10, 29:26

Ecclesiastes

3:6, 3:15, 7:25, 7:28, 7:29, 8:17, 12:10

Song of Solomon

3:1, 3:2, 5:6

Isaiah

1:12, 40:20, 41:12, 41:17, 45:19, 51:1, 65:1

Jeremiah

2:24, 2:33, 4:30, 5:1, 11:21, 19:7, 19:9, 21:7, 22:25, 26:21, 29:13, 34:20, 34:21, 38:16, 44:30, 45:5, 46:26, 49:37, 50:4, 50:20

Lamentations

1:11, 1:19

Ezekiel

3:18, 3:20, 7:25, 7:26, 22:30, 26:21, 33:8, 34:4, 34:16

Daniel

1:8, 1:20, 8:15, 9:3

Hosea

2:7, 3:5, 5:6, 5:15

Amos

8:12

Nahum

3:7, 3:11

Zephaniah

1:6, 2:3

Zechariah

6:7, 8:21, 8:22, 11:16, 12:9

Malachi

2:7, 2:15, 3:1