H1875 דָּרַשׁ
dârash — properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship
KJV: ask, [idiom] at all, care for, [idiom] diligently, inquire, make inquisition, (necro-)…
Occurs 164 times. Every verse with this word
Brown–Driver–Briggs
- דָּרַשׁ 162 vb. resort to, seek
- Qal
- 1 (tread a place,) resort to, frequent
- 2 seek, consult, inquire of
- 3 seek deity in prayer and worship
- a seek, with idea of demanding, require
- b inquire, investigate (a matter)
- 5 ask for, require, demand
- 6 seek with application, study, follow, practise
- 7 seek with care, care for
- Niph.
- 1 let oneself be inquired of, consulted, only of God
- 2 be sought out
- 3 be required, of blood
Where it occurs
- Genesis 9:5 — I will surely require accounting for your life’s blood. At the hand of every animal I will require it. At the hand of…
- Genesis 25:22 — The children struggled together within her. She said, “If it is like this, why do I live?” She went to inquire of the…
- Genesis 42:22 — Reuben answered them, saying, “Didn’t I tell you, saying, ‘Don’t sin against the child,’ and you wouldn’t listen?…
- Exodus 18:15 — Moses said to his father-in-law, “Because the people come to me to inquire of God.
- Leviticus 10:16 — Moses diligently inquired about the goat of the sin offering, and, behold, it was burned. He was angry with Eleazar and…
- Deuteronomy 4:29 — But from there you shall seek the LORD your God, and you will find him when you search after him with all your heart…
- Deuteronomy 11:12 — a land which the LORD your God cares for. The LORD your God’s eyes are always on it, from the beginning of the year…
- Deuteronomy 12:5 — But to the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, you shall seek his…
- Deuteronomy 12:30 — be careful that you are not ensnared to follow them after they are destroyed from before you, and that you not inquire…
- Deuteronomy 13:15 — then you shall inquire, investigate, and ask diligently. Behold, if it is true, and the thing certain, that such…