{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H1245",
  "lemma": "בָּקַשׁ",
  "transliteration": "bâqash",
  "definition": "to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after",
  "kjv": "ask, beg, beseech, desire, enquire, get, make inquisition, procure, (make) request…",
  "occurrences": 225,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "[בָּקַשׁ] 224 vb. seek",
    "Pi.",
    "1. seek to find",
    "2. seek to secure",
    "3. seek the face",
    "4. desire, demand",
    "a. require, exact",
    "b. exact equivalent or penalty for",
    "6. (late) ask, request",
    "Pu. be sought"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 31:39",
      "text": "That which was torn of animals, I didn’t bring to you. I bore its loss. Of my hand you required it, whether stolen by…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/31?v=39"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 37:15",
      "text": "A certain man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the field. The man asked him, “What are you looking for?”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/37?v=15"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 37:16",
      "text": "He said, “I am looking for my brothers. Tell me, please, where they are feeding the flock.”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/37?v=16"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 43:9",
      "text": "I’ll be collateral for him. From my hand will you require him. If I don’t bring him to you, and set him before you…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/43?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 43:30",
      "text": "Joseph hurried, for his heart yearned over his brother; and he sought a place to weep. He entered into his room, and…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/43?v=30"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 2:15",
      "text": "Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and lived in the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/2?v=15"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 4:19",
      "text": "The LORD said to Moses in Midian, “Go, return into Egypt; for all the men who sought your life are dead.”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/4?v=19"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 4:24",
      "text": "On the way at a lodging place, the LORD met Moses and wanted to kill him.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/4?v=24"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 10:11",
      "text": "Not so! Go now you who are men, and serve the LORD; for that is what you desire!” Then they were driven out from…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/10?v=11"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 33:7",
      "text": "Now Moses used to take the tent and pitch it outside the camp, far away from the camp, and he called it “The Tent of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/33?v=7"
    }
  ],
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