שָׁאַל

Derivation

or שָׁאֵל; a primitive root;

Meaning

to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand

In the King James Version

ask (counsel, on), beg, borrow, lay to charge, consult, demand, desire, [idiom] earnestly, enquire, [phrase] greet, obtain leave, lend, pray, request, require, [phrase] salute, [idiom] straitly, [idiom] surely, wish.

Translated as

asked (48), ask (39), enquired (15), enquire (7), borrow (4), lent (4), desired (4), asketh (3), require (3), desire (3), requested (3), saluted (3), asking (3), required (3), demand (3), borrowed (2), earnestly (2), beg (2), thee (1), him (1)

Where it appears

Found in 156 verses

Genesis

24:47, 24:57, 26:7, 32:17, 32:29, 37:15, 38:21, 40:7, 43:7, 43:27, 44:19

Exodus

3:22, 11:2, 12:35, 12:36, 13:14, 18:7, 22:14

Numbers

27:21

Deuteronomy

4:32, 6:20, 10:12, 13:14, 14:26, 18:11, 18:16, 32:7

Joshua

4:6, 4:21, 9:14, 15:18, 19:50

Judges

1:1, 1:14, 4:20, 5:25, 8:14, 8:24, 8:26, 13:6, 13:18, 18:5, 18:15, 20:18, 20:23, 20:27

1 Samuel

1:17, 1:20, 1:27, 1:28, 2:20, 8:10, 10:4, 10:22, 12:13, 12:17, 12:19, 14:37, 17:22, 17:56, 19:22, 20:6, 20:28, 22:10, 22:13, 22:15 + 8 more

2 Samuel

2:1, 3:13, 5:19, 5:23, 8:10, 11:7, 12:20, 14:18, 16:23, 20:18

1 Kings

2:16, 2:20, 2:22, 3:5, 3:10, 3:11, 3:13, 10:13, 19:4

2 Kings

2:9, 2:10, 4:3, 4:28, 6:5, 8:6

1 Chronicles

4:10, 10:13, 14:10, 14:14, 18:10

2 Chronicles

1:7, 1:11, 9:12, 11:23

Ezra

8:22

Nehemiah

1:2, 13:6

Job

8:8, 12:7, 21:29, 31:30, 38:3, 40:7, 42:4

Psalms

2:8, 21:4, 27:4, 35:11, 78:18, 105:40, 109:10, 122:6, 137:3

Proverbs

20:4, 30:7

Ecclesiastes

2:10, 7:10

Isaiah

7:11, 7:12, 30:2, 41:28, 45:11, 58:2, 65:1

Jeremiah

6:16, 15:5, 18:13, 23:33, 30:6, 36:17, 37:17, 38:14, 38:27, 48:19, 50:5

Lamentations

4:4

Ezekiel

21:21

Hosea

4:12

Jonah

4:8

Micah

7:3

Haggai

2:11

Zechariah

10:1