Word Study · Strong's H1159 · Hebrew
בָּעוּ
bau
baw-oo'
Strong's 1890 spelling: bâʻûw
“a request”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a request
Rendered in the KJV as
petition.
- 2occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 2inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 2 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 2
- בָ֠עוּ1
- בָּעוּתֵֽהּ׃1
How it is rendered · 2
- a petition1
- petition his1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- noun · masculine or feminine singular1
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- ANcbsa · 1
- ANcfsc/Sp3ms · 1
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The ledger of occurrences
Daniel2 occurrences
- Daniel 6:7בָ֠עוּvaunoun · masculine or feminine singularAll the royal administrators, prefects, satraps, advisers, and governors have agreed that the king should establish an ordinance and enforce a decree that for thirty days anyone who petitions any god or man except you, O king, will be thrown into the den of lions.here: a petition
- Daniel 6:13בָּעוּתֵֽהּ׃bautehnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularThen they told the king, “Daniel, one of the exiles from Judah, shows no regard for you, O king, or for the decree that you have signed. He still makes his petition three times a day.”here: petition his