Strong's Definition
a primitive root; to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
KJV Usage: ask, beg, beseech, desire, enquire, get, make inquisition, procure, (make) request, require, seek (for)
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
בָּקַשׁ (ba.qash) — to seek. 1) to seek, require, desire, exact, request 1a) (Piel) 1a1) to seek to find 1a2) to seek to secure 1a3) to seek the face 1a4) to desire, demand 1a5) to require, exact 1a6) to ask, request 1b) (Pual) to be sought
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · בַּקָּשָׁה
Search | verb pi, verb pu'al | ≈ דרשׁ · שׁחר | ≠ מצא
to search, to seek, to look for = action by which deities, humans, or animals make an intensive effort to locate (other) humans, animals, objects, or activities, which often requires them to move from one location to another
GEN 37:15 · GEN 37:16 · EXO 4:19 · JOS 2:22 · JDG 4:22 · JDG 18:1 · 1SA 9:3 · 1SA 10:2 · 1SA 10:14 · 1SA 10:21 · 1SA 13:14 · 1SA 16:16 · 1SA 20:1 · 1SA 22:23 · 1SA 22:23 · 1SA 23:14 · 1SA 23:15 · 1SA 23:25 · 1SA 24:3 · 1SA 25:29 · 1SA 26:2 · 1SA 26:20 · 1SA 27:1 · 1SA 27:4 · 1SA 28:7 · 2SA 4:8 · 2SA 5:17 · 2SA 16:11 · 2SA 17:3 · 2SA 17:20 · 1KI 1:2 · 1KI 1:3 · 1KI 2:40 · 1KI 18:10 · 1KI 19:10 · 1KI 19:14 · 2KI 2:16 · 2KI 2:17 · 2KI 6:19 · 1CH 4:39 · 1CH 14:8 · 2CH 22:9 · EZR 2:62 · NEH 7:64 · NEH 12:27 · EST 2:2 · EST 2:15 · PSA 35:4 · PSA 37:25 · PSA 37:36 · PSA 38:13 · PSA 40:15 · PSA 54:5 · PSA 63:10 · PSA 70:3 · PSA 86:14 · PSA 119:176 · PRO 23:35 · PRO 29:10 · ECC 3:6 · SNG 3:1 · SNG 3:1 · SNG 3:2 · SNG 3:2 · SNG 5:6 · SNG 6:1 · ISA 40:20 · ISA 41:12 · ISA 41:17 · JER 2:24 · JER 4:30 · JER 5:1 · JER 11:21 · JER 19:7 · JER 19:9 · JER 21:7 · JER 22:25 · JER 34:20 · JER 34:21 · JER 38:16 · JER 44:30 · JER 44:30 · JER 46:26 · JER 49:37 · JER 50:20 · LAM 1:11 · LAM 1:19 · EZK 22:30 · EZK 26:21 · EZK 34:4 · EZK 34:6 · EZK 34:16 · HOS 2:9 · NAM 3:7 · ZEC 11:16
See | verb pi
Collocation: בקשׁ פָּנִים
to seek (someone's) presence literally: to seek (someone's) face); hence: = action by which humans make an intensive effort to be in the presence of another human or deity
2SA 21:1 · 1KI 10:24 · 2CH 7:14 · 2CH 9:23 · PSA 24:6 · PSA 27:8 · PSA 27:8 · PRO 29:26 · HOS 5:15
Speak | verb pi
to inquire, to request, to plead = action by which humans request information or a favor from someone in authority, or from a deity or other spiritual being, either directly or through the intermediary of a priest or prophet
EXO 33:7 · LEV 19:31 · 2SA 12:16 · EST 4:8 · EST 7:7 · PSA 104:21
Associate
to seek (God) = action where humans make an intensive effort to associate with a deity, to serve and worship him, and to get answers to questions
DEU 4:29 · 1CH 16:10 · 1CH 16:11 · 2CH 11:16 · 2CH 15:4 · 2CH 15:15 · 2CH 20:4 · EZR 8:22 · PSA 40:17 · PSA 69:7 · PSA 70:5 · PSA 83:17 · PSA 105:3 · PSA 105:4 · PRO 28:5 · ISA 45:19 · ISA 51:1 · ISA 65:1 · JER 29:13 · JER 50:4 · HOS 3:5 · HOS 5:6 · HOS 7:10 · ZEP 1:6 · ZEP 2:3 · ZEC 8:21 · ZEC 8:22 · MAL 3:1
Bear | verb pi
to hold responsible, to call to account, to seek an occasion against (someone else) literallly: to seek from (someone else's) hand; hence: = causative action by which humans or deities lay the responsiblity for something that happened on someone else and require compensation or punishment
GEN 31:39 · GEN 43:9 · JOS 22:23 · JDG 14:4 · 1SA 20:16 · 2SA 4:11 · ECC 3:15 · EZK 3:18 · EZK 3:20 · EZK 33:8
Engage | verb pi
to try, to seek (to do something) = causative action by which animals, humans, or deities do whatever is necessary to perform a particular event
GEN 43:30 · EXO 2:15 · EXO 4:24 · DEU 13:11 · 1SA 14:4 · 1SA 19:2 · 1SA 19:10 · 1SA 23:10 · 2SA 20:19 · 2SA 21:2 · 1KI 11:22 · 1KI 11:40 · EST 2:21 · EST 3:6 · EST 6:2 · PSA 27:4 · PSA 37:32 · ECC 12:10 · JER 26:21 · ZEC 6:7 · ZEC 12:9
Know | verb pi, verb pu'al | ≈ דרשׁ
to investigate = action by which humans make an intensive effort to obtain in-depth information about a certain object or event
Wish | verb pi | ≈ דרשׁ · קנה · שׁחר · תור
to seek = state in which humans experience the desire to attain a certain status or condition and do what is needed to make this a reality
EXO 10:11 · NUM 16:10 · NUM 35:23 · RUT 3:1 · 1SA 24:10 · 1SA 25:26 · 2SA 3:17 · 1KI 20:7 · 1CH 21:3 · 2CH 20:4 · EZR 8:21 · EZR 8:23 · NEH 2:4 · NEH 2:10 · NEH 5:12 · NEH 5:18 · EST 9:2 · PSA 4:3 · PSA 34:15 · PSA 71:13 · PSA 71:24 · PSA 122:9 · PRO 2:4 · PRO 11:27 · PRO 14:6 · PRO 15:14 · PRO 17:9 · PRO 17:11 · PRO 17:19 · PRO 18:1 · PRO 18:15 · PRO 21:6 · ECC 7:25 · ECC 7:28 · ECC 7:29 · ECC 8:17 · ISA 1:12 · JER 2:33 · JER 5:1 · JER 45:5 · JER 45:5 · EZK 7:25 · EZK 7:26 · DAN 1:8 · DAN 1:20 · DAN 8:15 · DAN 9:3 · AMO 8:12 · NAM 3:11 · ZEP 2:3 · ZEP 2:3 · MAL 2:7 · MAL 2:15
1 PRO 29:10 RSV NIV NRSV ESV [1a] | NJPS NJB REB GNT = [1g] 2 PRO 21:6 MT מְבַקְשֵׁי־מָוֶת NJPS "heading for extinction" NJB "those who look for death" | LXX "παγίδας θανάτου" VUL "laqueos mortis" RSV NRSV REB ESV "snare(s) of death" NIV "deathly snare" = מוקשׁי־מות
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[בָּקַשׁ] 224 vb. seek Pi. seek to find
seek to secure
seek the face
desire, demand
require, exact
exact equivalent or penalty for
(late) ask, request
Pu. be sought
base