- Original: בּקשׁ - Transliteration: Baqash - Phonetic: baw-kash' - Definition: 1. to seek, require, desire, exact, request a. (Piel) 1. to seek to find 2. to seek to secure 3. to seek the face 4. to desire, demand 5. to require, exact 6. to ask, request b. (Pual) to be sought - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 276 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; to search out (by any method; specifically in worship or prayer); by implication to strive after: - ask beg beseech desire enquire get make inquisition procure (make) request require seek (for). Total KJV Occurrences: 225 • after, 8 Psalm 4:2; Psalm 27:4; Psalm 35:4; Psalm 38:12; Psalm 40:14; Psalm 54:3; Psalm 70:2; Psalm 86:14 • ask, 1 2 Chronicles 20:4 • asked, 1 Judges 6:29 • begging, 1 Psalm 37:25 • besought, 2 2 Samuel 12:16; Ezra 8:23 • desire, 1 Exodus 10:11 • for, 2 Jeremiah 50:20; Ezekiel 26:21 • get, 1 Ecclesiastes 3:6 • inquired, 2 2 Samuel 21:1; Daniel 1:20 • inquirest, 1 Job 10:6 • made, 1 Esther 2:23 • out, 4 1 Samuel 16:16; Ecclesiastes 7:25; Ecclesiastes 7:29; Ecclesiastes 8:17 • procureth, 1 Proverbs 11:27 • request, 3 Nehemiah 2:4; Esther 4:8; Esther 7:7 • requested, 1 Daniel 1:8 • require, 10 Genesis 31:39; Genesis 43:9; Joshua 22:23; 1 Samuel 20:16; 2 Samuel 4:11; 1 Chronicles 21:3; Nehemiah 5:12; Ezekiel 3:18; Ezekiel 3:20; Ezekiel 33:8 • required, 3 Nehemiah 5:18; Esther 2:15; Isaiah 1:12 • requireth, 1 Ecclesiastes 3:15 • seek, 103 Genesis 37:16; Leviticus 19:31; Numbers 16:10; Deuteronomy 4:29; Ruth 3:1; 1 Samuel 9:3; 1 Samuel 10:2; 1 Samuel 10:14; 1 Samuel 23:15; 1 Samuel 23:25; 1 Samuel 24:2; 1 Samuel 25:26; 1 Samuel 25:29; 1 Samuel 26:2; 1 Samuel 26:20; 1 Samuel 27:1; 1 Samuel 28:7; 2 Samuel 5:17; 1 Kings 2:40; 1 Kings 18:10; 1 Kings 19:10; 1 Kings 19:14; 2 Kings 2:16; 2 Kings 6:19; 1 Chronicles 4:39; 1 Chronicles 14:8; 1 Chronicles 16:10; 1 Chronicles 16:11; 2 Chronicles 7:14; 2 Chronicles 11:16; 2 Chronicles 20:4; Ezra 8:21; Ezra 8:22; Nehemiah 2:10; Psalm 24:6; Psalm 27:8(2); Psalm 34:14; Psalm 40:16; Psalm 63:9; Psalm 69:6; Psalm 70:4; Psalm 71:13; Psalm 71:24; Psalm 83:16; Psalm 104:21; Psalm 105:3; Psalm 105:4; Psalm 119:176; Psalm 122:9; Proverbs 21:6; Proverbs 23:35; Proverbs 28:5; Proverbs 29:10; Proverbs 29:26; Song of Songs 3:2; Song of Songs 6:1; Isaiah 41:12; Isaiah 41:17; Isaiah 45:19; Isaiah 51:1; Jeremiah 2:24; Jeremiah 2:33; Jeremiah 4:30; Jeremiah 5:1; Jeremiah 11:21; Jeremiah 19:7; Jeremiah 19:9; Jeremiah 21:7; Jeremiah 22:25; Jeremiah 29:13; Jeremiah 34:20; Jeremiah 34:21; Jeremiah 38:16; Jeremiah 44:30; Jeremiah 45:5; Jeremiah 46:26; Jeremiah 49:37; Jeremiah 50:4; Lamentations 1:11; Ezekiel 7:25; Ezekiel 7:26; Ezekiel 34:6; Ezekiel 34:16; Daniel 9:3; Hosea 2:7; Hosea 3:5; Hosea 5:6; Hosea 5:15; Hosea 7:10; Amos 8:12; Nahum 3:7; Nahum 3:11; Zephaniah 2:3(3); Zechariah 8:21; Zechariah 8:22; Zechariah 11:16; Zechariah 12:9; Malachi 2:7; Malachi 2:15; Malachi 3:1 • seekest, 7 Genesis 37:15; Judges 4:22; 2 Samuel 17:3; 2 Samuel 20:19; 1 Kings 11:22; Proverbs 2:4; Jeremiah 45:5 • seeketh, 19 1 Samuel 19:2; 1 Samuel 20:1; 1 Samuel 22:23(2); 1 Samuel 23:10; 1 Samuel 24:9; 2 Samuel 16:11; 1 Kings 20:7; Psalm 37:32; Proverbs 14:6; Proverbs 15:14; Proverbs 17:9; Proverbs 17:11; Proverbs 17:19; Proverbs 18:1; Proverbs 18:15; Ecclesiastes 7:28; Isaiah 40:20; Jeremiah 5:1 • sought, 52 Genesis 43:30; Exodus 2:15; Exodus 4:19; Exodus 4:24; Exodus 33:7; Numbers 35:23; Deuteronomy 13:10; Joshua 2:22; Judges 14:4; Judges 18:1; 1 Samuel 10:21; 1 Samuel 13:14; 1 Samuel 14:4; 1 Samuel 19:10; 1 Samuel 23:14; 1 Samuel 27:4; 2 Samuel 3:17; 2 Samuel 4:8; 2 Samuel 17:20; 2 Samuel 21:2; 1 Kings 1:2; 1 Kings 1:3; 1 Kings 10:24; 1 Kings 11:40; 2 Kings 2:17; 2 Chronicles 9:23; 2 Chronicles 15:4; 2 Chronicles 15:15; 2 Chronicles 22:9; Ezra 2:62; Nehemiah 7:64; Nehemiah 12:27; Esther 2:2; Esther 2:21; Esther 3:6; Esther 6:2; Esther 9:2; Psalm 37:36; Ecclesiastes 12:10; Song of Songs 3:1(2); Song of Songs 3:2; Song of Songs 5:6; Isaiah 65:1; Jeremiah 26:21; Jeremiah 44:30; Lamentations 1:19; Ezekiel 22:30; Ezekiel 34:4; Daniel 8:15; Zephaniah 1:6; Zechariah 6:7 """