H1245: בָּקַשׁ

Extended definition

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

How H1245 is translated

• seek ×36
• those who seek ×20
• he sought ×14
• him ×13
• are seeking ×10
• is seeking ×9
• he seeks ×7
• they have sought ×7
• i will seek ×6
• they will seek ×5
• it ×4
• you will seek ×4

Bible verses with H1245 (bâqash)

Bâqash appears in 215 verses; the first 25 are shown below.

• Genesis 31:39

  That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day, or stolen by night.

• Genesis 37:15

  And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?

• Genesis 37:16

  And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks.

• Genesis 43:9

  I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever:

• Genesis 43:30

  And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there.

• Exodus 2:15

  Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.

• Exodus 4:19

  And the Lord said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought thy life.

• Exodus 4:24

  And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the Lord met him, and sought to kill him.

• Exodus 10:11

  Not so: go now ye that are men, and serve the Lord; for that ye did desire. And they were driven out from Pharaoh’s presence.

• Exodus 33:7

  And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp, afar off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the congregation. And it came to pass, that every one which sought the Lord went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which was without the camp.

• Leviticus 19:31

  Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord your God.

• Numbers 16:10

  And he hath brought thee near to him, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee: and seek ye the priesthood also?

• Numbers 35:23

  Or with any stone, wherewith a man may die, seeing him not, and cast it upon him, that he die, and was not his enemy, neither sought his harm:

• Deuteronomy 4:29

  But if from thence thou shalt seek the Lord thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.

• Deuteronomy 13:10

  And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because he hath sought to thrust thee away from the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

• Joshua 2:22

  And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not.

• Joshua 22:23

  That we have built us an altar to turn from following the Lord, or if to offer thereon burnt offering or meat offering, or if to offer peace offerings thereon, let the Lord himself require it;

• Judges 4:22

  And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thou seekest. And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the nail was in his temples.

• Judges 6:29

  And they said one to another, Who hath done this thing? And when they enquired and asked, they said, Gideon the son of Joash hath done this thing.

• Judges 14:4

  But his father and his mother knew not that it was of the Lord, that he sought an occasion against the Philistines: for at that time the Philistines had dominion over Israel.

• Judges 18:1

  In those days there was no king in Israel: and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day all their inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel.

• Ruth 3:1

  Then Naomi her mother in law said unto her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?

• 1 Samuel 9:3

  And the asses of Kish Saul’s father were lost. And Kish said to Saul his son, Take now one of the servants with thee, and arise, go seek the asses.

• 1 Samuel 10:2

  When thou art departed from me to day, then thou shalt find two men by Rachel’s sepulchre in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say unto thee, The asses which thou wentest to seek are found: and, lo, thy father hath left the care of the asses, and sorroweth for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?

• 1 Samuel 10:14

  And Saul’s uncle said unto him and to his servant, Whither went ye? And he said, To seek the asses: and when we saw that they were no where, we came to Samuel.

Words derived from H1245