Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H1159: בָּעוּ

bâʻûw · pronounced baw-oo' · “petition”

Definition

a request

KJV translates it as: petition.

Word origin: (Aramaic) from H1156 (בְּעָא);

Extended definition

1) petition, request
2) prayer (always in Jewish liturgy)

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H1159 is translated

  • a petition ×1
  • his ×1

Bible verses with H1159 (bâʻûw)

Bâʻûw appears in 2 verses.

  • Daniel 6:7

    All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.

  • Daniel 6:13

    Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, which is of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee, O king, nor the decree that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition three times a day.