בָּקַשׁ

I did not bring you anything torn by wild beasts; I bore the loss myself. And you demanded payment from me for what was stolen by day or night.

Genesis 31:39

• תְּבַקְשֶׁ֑נָּהtevakshenahverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: you sought it

a man found him wandering in the field and asked, “What are you looking for?”

Genesis 37:15

• תְּבַקֵּֽשׁ׃tevakeshverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: are you seeking

“I am looking for my brothers,” Joseph replied. “Can you please tell me where they are pasturing their flocks?”

Genesis 37:16

• מְבַקֵּ֑שׁmevakeshverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singulartagged: seeking

I will guarantee his safety. You may hold me personally responsible. If I do not bring him back and set him before you, then may I bear the guilt before you all my life.

Genesis 43:9

• תְּבַקְשֶׁ֑נּוּtevakshenuverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: you will require him

Joseph hurried out because he was moved to tears for his brother, and he went to a private room to weep.

Genesis 43:30

• וַיְבַקֵּ֖שׁvayvakeshHc/Vpw3mstagged: and he sought

When Pharaoh heard about this matter, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and settled in the land of Midian, where he sat down beside a well.

Exodus 2:15

• וַיְבַקֵּ֖שׁvayvakeshHc/Vpw3mstagged: and he sought

Now the LORD had said to Moses in Midian, “Go back to Egypt, for all the men who sought to kill you are dead.”

Exodus 4:19

• הַֽמְבַקְשִׁ֖יםhamvakshimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine pluraltagged: who sought

Now at a lodging place along the way, the LORD met Moses and was about to kill him.

Exodus 4:24

• וַיְבַקֵּ֖שׁvayvakeshHc/Vpw3mstagged: and he sought

No, only the men may go and worship the LORD, since that is what you have been requesting.” And Moses and Aaron were driven from Pharaoh’s presence.

Exodus 10:11

• מְבַקְשִׁ֑יםmevakshimverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine pluraltagged: requesting

Now Moses used to take the tent and pitch it at a distance outside the camp. He called it the Tent of Meeting, and anyone inquiring of the LORD would go to the Tent of Meeting outside the camp.

Exodus 33:7

• מְבַקֵּ֣שׁmevakeshverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singulartagged: sought

You must not turn to mediums or spiritists; do not seek them out, or you will be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God.

Leviticus 19:31

• תְּבַקְשׁ֖וּtevakshuverb · intensive (piel), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you seek

He has brought you near, you and all your fellow Levites, but you are seeking the priesthood as well.

Numbers 16:10

• וּבִקַּשְׁתֶּ֖םuvikashtemHc/Vpq2mptagged: but you seek

or without looking drops a heavy stone that kills him, but he was not an enemy and did not intend to harm him,

Numbers 35:23

• מְבַקֵּ֖שׁmevakeshverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singulartagged: seeking

But if from there you will seek the LORD your God, you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.

Deuteronomy 4:29

• וּבִקַּשְׁתֶּ֥םuvikashtemHc/Vpq2mptagged: and you will seek

Stone him to death for trying to turn you away from the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

Deuteronomy 13:10

• בִקֵּ֗שׁvikeshverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he sought

So the spies went out into the hill country and stayed there three days, until their pursuers had returned without finding them, having searched all along the road.

Joshua 2:22

• וַיְבַקְשׁ֧וּvayvakshuHc/Vpw3mptagged: and they searched

If we have built for ourselves an altar to turn away from Him and to offer burnt offerings and grain offerings on it, or to sacrifice fellowship offerings on it, may the LORD Himself hold us accountable.

Joshua 22:23

• יְבַקֵּֽשׁ׃yevakeshverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: may he require

When Barak arrived in pursuit of Sisera, Jael went out to greet him and said to him, “Come, and I will show you the man you are seeking.” So he went in with her, and there lay Sisera dead, with a tent peg through his temple.

Judges 4:22

• מְבַקֵּ֑שׁmevakeshverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singulartagged: seeking

“Who did this?” they said to one another. And after they had investigated thoroughly, they were told, “Gideon son of Joash did it.”

Judges 6:29

• וַיְבַקְשׁ֔וּvayvakshuHc/Vpw3mptagged: and they searched

(Now his father and mother did not know this was from the LORD, who was seeking an occasion to move against the Philistines; for at that time the Philistines were ruling over Israel.)

Judges 14:4

• מְבַקֵּ֖שׁmevakeshverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singulartagged: seeking

In those days there was no king in Israel, and the tribe of the Danites was looking for territory to occupy. For up to that time they had not come into an inheritance among the tribes of Israel.

Judges 18:1

• מְבַקֶּשׁ־mevakesh-verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singulartagged: seeking

One day Ruth’s mother-in-law Naomi said to her, “My daughter, should I not seek a resting place for you, that it may be well with you?

Ruth 3:1

• אֲבַקֶּשׁ־ʾavakesh-verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: will I seek

One day the donkeys of Saul’s father Kish wandered off, and Kish said to his son Saul, “Take one of the servants and go look for the donkeys.”

1 Samuel 9:3

• בַּקֵּ֖שׁbakeshverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: seek

When you leave me today, you will find two men at Rachel’s tomb in Zelzah on the border of Benjamin. They will say to you, ‘The donkeys you seek have been found, and now your father has stopped worrying about the donkeys and started worrying about you, asking, “What should I do about my son?”’

1 Samuel 10:2

• לְבַקֵּ֔שׁlevakeshpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to seek

Now Saul’s uncle asked him and his servant, “Where did you go?” “To look for the donkeys,” Saul replied. “When we saw they were not to be found, we went to Samuel.”

1 Samuel 10:14

• לְבַקֵּשׁ֙levakeshpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to seek

Then he had the tribe of Benjamin come forward by its clans, and the clan of Matri was selected. Finally, Saul son of Kish was selected. But when they looked for him, they could not find him.

1 Samuel 10:21

• וַיְבַקְשֻׁ֖הוּvayvakshuhuHc/Vpw3mp/Sp3mstagged: and they sought him

But now your kingdom will not endure; the LORD has sought a man after His own heart and appointed him ruler over His people, because you have not kept the command of the LORD.”

1 Samuel 13:14

• בִּקֵּשׁ֩bikeshverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has sought

Now there were cliffs on both sides of the pass that Jonathan intended to cross to reach the Philistine outpost. One was named Bozez and the other Seneh.

1 Samuel 14:4

• בִּקֵּ֤שׁbikeshverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he sought

Let our lord command your servants here to seek out someone who can skillfully play the harp. Whenever the spirit of distress from God is upon you, he is to play it, and you will be well.”

1 Samuel 16:16

• יְבַקְשׁ֕וּyevakshuverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: let them seek

so he warned David, saying, “My father Saul intends to kill you. Be on your guard in the morning; find a secret place and hide there.

1 Samuel 19:2

• מְבַקֵּ֛שׁmevakeshverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singulartagged: seeking

Saul tried to pin him to the wall with his spear. But the spear struck the wall and David eluded him, ran away, and escaped that night.

1 Samuel 19:10

• וַיְבַקֵּ֨שׁvayvakeshHc/Vpw3mstagged: and he sought

Then David fled from Naioth in Ramah. He came to Jonathan and asked, “What have I done? What is my iniquity? How have I sinned against your father, that he wants to take my life?”

1 Samuel 20:1

• מְבַקֵּ֖שׁmevakeshverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singulartagged: seeking

So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, “May the LORD hold David’s enemies accountable.”

1 Samuel 20:16

• וּבִקֵּ֣שׁuvikeshHc/Vpq3mstagged: and he will require

Stay with me; do not be afraid, for he who seeks your life is seeking mine as well. You will be safe with me.”

1 Samuel 22:23

• יְבַקֵּ֥שׁyevakeshverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he seeks
• יְבַקֵּ֣שׁyevakeshverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he seeks

And David said, “O LORD, God of Israel, Your servant has heard that Saul intends to come to Keilah and destroy the city on my account.

1 Samuel 23:10

• מְבַקֵּ֥שׁmevakeshverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singulartagged: seeking

And David stayed in the wilderness strongholds and in the hill country of the Wilderness of Ziph. Day after day Saul searched for him, but God would not deliver David into his hand.

1 Samuel 23:14

• וַיְבַקְשֵׁ֤הוּvayvakshehuHc/Vpw3ms/Sp3mstagged: and he sought him

While David was in Horesh in the Wilderness of Ziph, he saw that Saul had come out to take his life.

1 Samuel 23:15

• לְבַקֵּ֣שׁlevakeshpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to seek

and Saul and his men went to seek him. When David was told about it, he went down to the rock and stayed in the Wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard of this, he pursued David there.

1 Samuel 23:25

• לְבַקֵּשׁ֒levakeshpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to seek

So Saul took three thousand chosen men from all Israel and went to look for David and his men in the region of the Rocks of the Wild Goats.

1 Samuel 24:2

• לְבַקֵּ֤שׁlevakeshpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to seek

and said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of men who say, ‘Look, David intends to harm you’?

1 Samuel 24:9

• מְבַקֵּ֖שׁmevakeshverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singulartagged: seeking

Now, my lord, as surely as the LORD lives and you yourself live, the LORD has held you back from coming to bloodshed and avenging yourself with your own hand. May your enemies and those who seek harm for my lord be like Nabal.

1 Samuel 25:26

• וְהַֽמְבַקְשִׁ֥יםvehamvakshimconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine pluraltagged: and those seek

And should someone pursue you and seek your life, then the life of my lord will be bound securely by the LORD your God in the bundle of the living. But He shall fling away the lives of your enemies like stones from a sling.

1 Samuel 25:29

• וּלְבַקֵּ֖שׁulevakeshconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: and to seek

So Saul, accompanied by three thousand chosen men of Israel, went down to the Wilderness of Ziph to search for David there.

1 Samuel 26:2

• לְבַקֵּ֥שׁlevakeshpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to seek

So do not let my blood fall to the ground far from the presence of the LORD. For the king of Israel has come out to look for a flea, like one who hunts a partridge in the mountains.”

1 Samuel 26:20

• לְבַקֵּשׁ֙levakeshpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to seek

David, however, said to himself, “One of these days now I will be swept away by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will stop searching for me all over Israel, and I will slip out of his hand.”

1 Samuel 27:1

• לְבַקְשֵׁ֤נִיlevakshenipreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: to seek me

And when Saul learned that David had fled to Gath, he no longer searched for him.

1 Samuel 27:4

• לְבַקְשֽׁוֹ׃ סlevakshopreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: to seek him

Then Saul said to his servants, “Find me a woman who is a medium, so I can go and consult her.” “There is a medium at Endor,” his servants replied.

1 Samuel 28:7

• בַּקְּשׁוּ־bakeshu-verb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: seek

Now Abner conferred with the elders of Israel and said, “In the past you sought David as your king.

2 Samuel 3:17

• מְבַקְשִׁ֧יםmevakshimverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine pluraltagged: seeking

They brought the head of Ish-bosheth to David at Hebron and said to the king, “Here is the head of Ish-bosheth son of Saul, your enemy who sought your life. Today the LORD has granted vengeance to my lord the king against Saul and his offspring.”

2 Samuel 4:8

• בִּקֵּ֖שׁbikeshverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he sought

How much more, when wicked men kill a righteous man in his own house and on his own bed, shall I not now require his blood from your hands and remove you from the earth!”

2 Samuel 4:11

• אֲבַקֵּ֤שׁʾavakeshverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: will I require

When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over Israel, they all went in search of him; but David learned of this and went down to the stronghold.

2 Samuel 5:17

• לְבַקֵּ֣שׁlevakeshpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to seek

David pleaded with God for the boy. He fasted and went into his house and spent the night lying in sackcloth on the ground.

2 Samuel 12:16

• וַיְבַקֵּ֥שׁvayvakeshHc/Vpw3mstagged: and he sought

Then David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “Behold, my own son, my own flesh and blood, seeks my life. How much more, then, this Benjamite! Leave him alone and let him curse me, for the LORD has told him so.

2 Samuel 16:11

• מְבַקֵּ֣שׁmevakeshverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singulartagged: seeking

and bring all the people back to you as a bride returning to her husband. You seek the life of only one man; then all the people will be at peace.”

2 Samuel 17:3

• מְבַקֵּ֔שׁmevakeshverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singulartagged: seeking

When Absalom’s servants came to the woman at the house, they asked, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” “They have crossed over the brook,” she replied. The men searched but did not find them, so they returned to Jerusalem.

2 Samuel 17:20

• וַיְבַקְשׁוּ֙vayvakshuHc/Vpw3mptagged: and they sought

I am among the peaceable and faithful in Israel, but you are trying to destroy a city that is a mother in Israel. Why would you swallow up the LORD’s inheritance?”

2 Samuel 20:19

• מְבַקֵּ֗שׁmevakeshverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singulartagged: seeking

During the reign of David there was a famine for three successive years, and David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD said, “It is because of the blood shed by Saul and his family, because he killed the Gibeonites.”

2 Samuel 21:1

• וַיְבַקֵּ֥שׁvayvakeshHc/Vpw3mstagged: and he sought

At this, David summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not Israelites, but a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had taken an oath concerning them, but in his zeal for Israel and Judah, Saul had sought to kill them.)

2 Samuel 21:2

• וַיְבַקֵּ֤שׁvayvakeshHc/Vpw3mstagged: and he had sought

So his servants said to him, “Let us search for a young virgin for our lord the king, to attend to him and care for him and lie by his side to keep him warm.”

1 Kings 1:2

• יְבַקְשׁ֞וּyevakshuverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: let people seek

Then they searched throughout Israel for a beautiful girl, and they found Abishag the Shunammite and brought her to the king.

1 Kings 1:3

• וַיְבַקְשׁוּ֙vayvakshuHc/Vpw3mptagged: and they sought

So Shimei saddled his donkey and set out to Achish at Gath in search of his slaves, and he brought them back from Gath.

1 Kings 2:40

• לְבַקֵּ֖שׁlevakeshpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to seek

The whole world sought an audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom that God had put in his heart.

1 Kings 10:24

• מְבַקְשִׁ֖יםmevakshimverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine pluraltagged: seeking

But Pharaoh asked him, “What have you lacked here with me that you suddenly want to go back to your own country?” “Nothing,” Hadad replied, “but please let me go.”

1 Kings 11:22

• מְבַקֵּ֖שׁmevakeshverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singulartagged: seeking

Solomon therefore sought to kill Jeroboam. But Jeroboam arose and fled to Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt, where he remained until the death of Solomon.

1 Kings 11:40

• וַיְבַקֵּ֥שׁvayvakeshHc/Vpw3mstagged: and he sought

As surely as the LORD your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my lord has not sent someone to search for you. When they said, ‘He is not here,’ he made that kingdom or nation swear that they had not found you.

1 Kings 18:10

• לְבַקֶּשְׁךָ֔levakeshchapreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: to seek you

“I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.”

1 Kings 19:10

• וַיְבַקְשׁ֥וּvayvakshuHc/Vpw3mptagged: and they have sought

“I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.”

1 Kings 19:14

• וַיְבַקְשׁ֥וּvayvakshuHc/Vpw3mptagged: and they have sought

Then the king of Israel summoned all the elders of the land and said, “Please take note and see that this man is looking for trouble, for when he demanded my wives, my children, my silver, and my gold, I did not deny him.”

1 Kings 20:7

• מְבַקֵּ֑שׁmevakeshverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singulartagged: seeking

“Look now,” they said to Elisha, “we your servants have fifty valiant men. Please let them go and search for your master. Perhaps the Spirit of the LORD has taken him up and put him on one of the mountains or in one of the valleys.” “Do not send them,” Elisha replied.

2 Kings 2:16

• וִיבַקְשׁ֣וּvivakshuHC/Vpu3mptagged: so they may search for

But when they pressed him to the point of embarrassment, he said, “Send them.” And they sent fifty men, who searched for three days but did not find Elijah.

2 Kings 2:17

• וַיְבַקְשׁ֥וּvayvakshuHc/Vpw3mptagged: and they searched

And Elisha told them, “This is not the way, and this is not the city. Follow me, and I will take you to the man you are seeking.” And he led them to Samaria.

2 Kings 6:19

• תְּבַקֵּשׁ֑וּןtevakeshunverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine plural + paragogic nuntagged: you seek

and they journeyed to the entrance of Gedor, to the east side of the valley, in search of pasture for their flocks.

1 Chronicles 4:39

• לְבַקֵּ֥שׁlevakeshpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to seek

When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over all Israel, they all went in search of him; but David learned of this and went out to face them.

1 Chronicles 14:8

• לְבַקֵּ֣שׁlevakeshpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to seek

Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.

1 Chronicles 16:10

• מְבַקְשֵׁ֥יmevaksheiverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: seek

Seek out the LORD and His strength; seek His face always.

1 Chronicles 16:11

• בַּקְּשׁ֥וּbakeshuverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: seek

But Joab replied, “May the LORD multiply His troops a hundred times over. My lord the king, are they not all servants of my lord? Why does my lord want to do this? Why should he bring guilt on Israel?”

1 Chronicles 21:3

• יְבַקֵּ֥שׁyevakeshverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: does he seek

and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.

2 Chronicles 7:14

• וִֽיבַקְשׁ֣וּvivakshuHC/Vpu3mptagged: and they may seek

All the kings of the earth sought an audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom that God had put in his heart.

2 Chronicles 9:23

• מְבַקְשִׁ֖יםmevakshimverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine pluraltagged: seeking

Those from every tribe of Israel who had set their hearts to seek the LORD their God followed the Levites to Jerusalem to sacrifice to the LORD, the God of their fathers.

2 Chronicles 11:16

• לְבַקֵּ֕שׁlevakeshpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to seek

But in their distress they turned to the LORD, the God of Israel, and sought Him, and He was found by them.

2 Chronicles 15:4

• וַיְבַקְשֻׁ֖הוּvayvakshuhuHc/Vpw3mp/Sp3mstagged: and they sought him

And all Judah rejoiced over the oath, for they had sworn it with all their heart. They had sought Him earnestly, and He was found by them. So the LORD gave them rest on every side.

2 Chronicles 15:15

• בִּקְשֻׁ֔הוּbikshuhuverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: they had sought him

So the people of Judah gathered to seek the LORD, and indeed, they came from all the cities of Judah to seek Him.

2 Chronicles 20:4

• לְבַקֵּ֖שׁlevakeshpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to seek
• לְבַקֵּ֥שׁlevakeshpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to seek

Then Jehu looked for Ahaziah, and Jehu’s soldiers captured him while he was hiding in Samaria. So Ahaziah was brought to Jehu and put to death. They buried him, for they said, “He is the grandson of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart.” So no one was left from the house of Ahaziah with the strength to rule the kingdom.

2 Chronicles 22:9

• וַיְבַקֵּשׁ֩vayvakeshHc/Vpw3mstagged: and he sought to find

These men searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.

Ezra 2:62

• בִּקְשׁ֧וּbikshuverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they searched

And there by the Ahava Canal I proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask Him for a safe journey for us and our children, with all our possessions.

Ezra 8:21

• לְבַקֵּ֤שׁlevakeshpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to seek

For I was ashamed to ask the king for an escort of soldiers and horsemen to protect us from our enemies on the road, since we had told him, “The hand of our God is gracious to all who seek Him, but His great anger is against all who forsake Him.”

Ezra 8:22

• מְבַקְשָׁיו֙mevakshavverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: seek him

So we fasted and petitioned our God about this, and He granted our request.

Ezra 8:23

• וַנְּבַקְשָׁ֥הvanevakshahHc/Vpw1cp/Shtagged: and we sought

“What is your request?” replied the king. So I prayed to the God of heaven

Nehemiah 2:4

• מְבַקֵּ֑שׁmevakeshverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singulartagged: requesting

But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official heard about this, they were deeply disturbed that someone had come to seek the well-being of the Israelites.

Nehemiah 2:10

• לְבַקֵּ֥שׁlevakeshpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to seek

“We will restore it,” they replied, “and will require nothing more from them. We will do as you say.” So I summoned the priests and required of the nobles and officials an oath that they would do what they had promised.

Nehemiah 5:12

• נְבַקֵּ֔שׁnevakeshverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we will require

Each day one ox, six choice sheep, and some fowl were prepared for me, and once every ten days an abundance of all kinds of wine was provided. But I did not demand the food allotted to the governor, because the burden on the people was so heavy.

Nehemiah 5:18

• בִקַּ֔שְׁתִּיvikashtiverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I sought

These men searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.

Nehemiah 7:64

• בִּקְשׁ֧וּbikshuverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they sought

At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, the Levites were sought out from all their homes and brought to Jerusalem to celebrate the joyous dedication with thanksgiving and singing, accompanied by cymbals, harps, and lyres.

Nehemiah 12:27

• בִּקְשׁ֤וּbikshuverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: people sought

Then the king’s attendants proposed, “Let a search be made for beautiful young virgins for the king,

Esther 2:2

• יְבַקְשׁ֥וּyevakshuverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: let people seek

Now Esther was the daughter of Abihail, the uncle from whom Mordecai had adopted her as his own daughter. And when it was her turn to go to the king, she did not ask for anything except what Hegai, the king’s trusted official in charge of the harem, had advised. And Esther found favor in the eyes of everyone who saw her.

Esther 2:15

• בִקְשָׁה֙vikshahverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: she requested

In those days, while Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs who guarded the entrance, grew angry and conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.

Esther 2:21

• וַיְבַקְשׁוּ֙vayvakshuHc/Vpw3mptagged: and they sought

After the report had been investigated and verified, both officials were hanged on the gallows. And all this was recorded in the Book of the Chronicles in the presence of the king.

Esther 2:23

• וַיְבֻקַּ֤שׁvayvukashHc/VPw3mstagged: and it was sought

And when he learned the identity of Mordecai’s people, he scorned the notion of laying hands on Mordecai alone. Instead, he sought to destroy all of Mordecai’s people, the Jews, throughout the kingdom of Xerxes.

Esther 3:6

• וַיְבַקֵּ֣שׁvayvakeshHc/Vpw3mstagged: and he sought

Mordecai also gave Hathach a copy of the written decree issued in Susa for the destruction of the Jews, to show and explain to Esther, urging her to approach the king, implore his favor, and plead before him for her people.

Esther 4:8

• וּלְבַקֵּ֥שׁulevakeshconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: and to request

And there it was found recorded that Mordecai had exposed Bigthana and Teresh, two of the eunuchs who guarded the king’s entrance, when they had conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.

Esther 6:2

• בִּקְשׁוּ֙bikshuverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they had sought

In his fury, the king arose from drinking his wine and went to the palace garden, while Haman stayed behind to beg Queen Esther for his life, for he realized that the king was planning a terrible fate for him.

Esther 7:7

• לְבַקֵּ֤שׁlevakeshpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to seek

In each of the provinces of King Xerxes, the Jews assembled in their cities to attack those who sought to harm them. No man could withstand them, because the fear of them had fallen upon all peoples.

Esther 9:2

• בִּמְבַקְשֵׁ֖יbimvaksheipreposition + verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: on those seeking

that You should seek my iniquity and search out my sin—

Job 10:6

• תְבַקֵּ֥שׁtevakeshverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will seek

How long, O men, will my honor be maligned? How long will you love vanity and seek after lies? Selah

Psalms 4:2

• תְּבַקְשׁ֖וּtevakshuverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: will you seek

Such is the generation of those who seek Him, who seek Your face, O God of Jacob. Selah

Psalms 24:6

• מְבַקְשֵׁ֨יmevaksheiverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: seek

One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and seek Him in His temple.

Psalms 27:4

• אֲבַ֫קֵּ֥שׁʾavakeshverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will seek

My heart said, “Seek His face.” Your face, O LORD, I will seek.

Psalms 27:8

• בַּקְּשׁ֣וּbakeshuverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: seek
• אֲבַקֵּֽשׁ׃ʾavakeshverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will seek

Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.

Psalms 34:14

• בַּקֵּ֖שׁbakeshverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: seek

May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who plan to harm me be driven back and confounded.

Psalms 35:4

• מְבַקְשֵׁ֪יmevaksheiverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: seek

I once was young and now am old, yet never have I seen the righteous abandoned or their children begging for bread.

Psalms 37:25

• מְבַקֶּשׁ־mevakesh-verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singulartagged: seeking

Though the wicked lie in wait for the righteous, and seek to slay them,

Psalms 37:32

• וּ֝מְבַקֵּ֗שׁumevakeshconjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singulartagged: and seeking

yet he passed away and was no more; though I searched, he could not be found.

Psalms 37:36

• וָֽ֝אֲבַקְשֵׁ֗הוּvaavakshehuHc/Vpw1cs/Sp3mstagged: and I sought him

Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.

Psalms 38:12

• מְבַקְשֵׁ֬יmevaksheiverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: seek

May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.

Psalms 40:14

• מְבַקְשֵׁ֥יmevaksheiverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: seek

May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; may those who love Your salvation always say, “The LORD be magnified!”

Psalms 40:16

• מְבַ֫קְשֶׁ֥יךָmevaksheichaverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: seek you

For strangers rise up against me, and ruthless men seek my life— men with no regard for God. Selah

Psalms 54:3

• בִּקְשׁ֣וּbikshuverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have sought

But those who seek my life to destroy it will go into the depths of the earth.

Psalms 63:9

• יְבַקְשׁ֣וּyevakshuverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they are seeking

May those who hope in You not be ashamed through me, O Lord GOD of Hosts; may those who seek You not be dishonored through me, O God of Israel.

Psalms 69:6

• מְבַקְשֶׁ֑יךָmevaksheichaverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: seek you

May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.

Psalms 70:2

• מְבַקְשֵׁ֪יmevaksheiverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: seek

May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; may those who love Your salvation always say, “Let God be magnified!”

Psalms 70:4

• מְבַ֫קְשֶׁ֥יךָmevaksheichaverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: seek you

May the accusers of my soul be ashamed and consumed; may those who seek my harm be covered with scorn and disgrace.

Psalms 71:13

• מְ֝בַקְשֵׁ֗יmevaksheiverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: seek

My tongue will indeed proclaim Your righteousness all day long, for those who seek my harm are disgraced and confounded.

Psalms 71:24

• מְבַקְשֵׁ֥יmevaksheiverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: seek

Cover their faces with shame, that they may seek Your name, O LORD.

Psalms 83:16

• וִֽיבַקְשׁ֖וּvivakshuHC/Vpu3mptagged: so they may seek

The arrogant rise against me, O God; a band of ruthless men seeks my life, with no regard for You.

Psalms 86:14

• בִּקְשׁ֣וּbikshuverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have sought

The young lions roar for their prey and seek their food from God.

Psalms 104:21

• וּלְבַקֵּ֖שׁulevakeshconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: and to seek

Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.

Psalms 105:3

• מְבַקְשֵׁ֬יmevaksheiverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: seek

Seek out the LORD and His strength; seek His face always.

Psalms 105:4

• בַּקְּשׁ֖וּbakeshuverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: seek

I have strayed like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, for I have not forgotten Your commandments.

Psalms 119:176

• בַּקֵּ֣שׁbakeshverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: seek

For the sake of the house of the LORD our God, I will seek your prosperity.

Psalms 122:9

• אֲבַקְשָׁ֖הʾavakshahverb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will seek

if you seek it like silver and search it out like hidden treasure,

Proverbs 2:4

• תְּבַקְשֶׁ֥נָּהtevakshenahverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: you will seek it

He who searches out good finds favor, but evil will come to him who seeks it.

Proverbs 11:27

• יְבַקֵּ֣שׁyevakeshverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he seeks

A mocker seeks wisdom and finds none, but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.

Proverbs 14:6

• בִּקֶּשׁ־bikesh-verb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he seeks

A discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of a fool feeds on folly.

Proverbs 15:14

• יְבַקֶּשׁ־yevakesh-verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it seeks

Whoever conceals an offense promotes love, but he who brings it up separates friends.

Proverbs 17:9

• מְבַקֵּ֣שׁmevakeshverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singulartagged: seeking

An evil man seeks only rebellion; a cruel messenger will be sent against him.

Proverbs 17:11

• יְבַקֶּשׁ־yevakesh-verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he seeks

He who loves transgression loves strife; he who builds his gate high invites destruction.

Proverbs 17:19

• מְבַקֶּשׁ־mevakesh-verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singulartagged: seeking

He who isolates himself pursues selfish desires; he rebels against all sound judgment.

Proverbs 18:1

• יְבַקֵּ֣שׁyevakeshverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he seeks

The heart of the discerning acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks it out.

Proverbs 18:15

• תְּבַקֶּשׁ־tevakesh-verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it seeks

Making a fortune by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a deadly pursuit.

Proverbs 21:6

• מְבַקְשֵׁי־mevakshei-verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: seekers of

“They struck me, but I feel no pain! They beat me, but I did not know it! When can I wake up to search for another drink?”

Proverbs 23:35

• אֲבַקְשֶׁ֥נּוּʾavakshenuverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: I will seek it

Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the LORD comprehend fully.

Proverbs 28:5

• וּמְבַקְשֵׁ֥יumevaksheiconjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and seek

Men of bloodshed hate a blameless man, but the upright care for his life.

Proverbs 29:10

• יְבַקְשׁ֥וּyevakshuverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they seek

Many seek the ruler’s favor, but a man receives justice from the LORD.

Proverbs 29:26

• מְבַקְשִׁ֣יםmevakshimverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine pluraltagged: seeking

a time to search and a time to count as lost, a time to keep and a time to discard,

Ecclesiastes 3:6

• לְבַקֵּשׁ֙levakeshpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to seek

What exists has already been, and what will be has already been, for God will call to account what has passed.

Ecclesiastes 3:15

• יְבַקֵּ֥שׁyevakeshverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will seek

I directed my mind to understand, to explore, to search out wisdom and explanations, and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the folly of madness.

Ecclesiastes 7:25

• וּבַקֵּ֥שׁuvakeshconjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: and to seek

While my soul was still searching but not finding, among a thousand I have found one upright man, but among all these I have not found one such woman.

Ecclesiastes 7:28

• בִּקְשָׁ֥הbikshahverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it has sought

Only this have I found: I have discovered that God made men upright, but they have sought out many schemes.”

Ecclesiastes 7:29

• בִקְשׁ֖וּvikshuverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have sought

I saw every work of God, and that a man is unable to comprehend the work that is done under the sun. Despite his efforts to search it out, he cannot find its meaning; even if the wise man claims to know, he is unable to comprehend.

Ecclesiastes 8:17

• לְבַקֵּ֖שׁlevakeshpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to seek

The Teacher searched to find delightful sayings and to record accurate words of truth.

Ecclesiastes 12:10

• בִּקֵּ֣שׁbikeshverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he sought

On my bed at night I sought the one I love; I sought him, but did not find him.

Song of Solomon 3:1

• בִּקַּ֕שְׁתִּיbikashtiverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I sought
• בִּקַּשְׁתִּ֖יוbikashtivverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: I sought him

I will arise now and go about the city, through the streets and squares. I will seek the one I love. So I sought him but did not find him.

Song of Solomon 3:2

• אֲבַקְשָׁ֕הʾavakshahverb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will seek
• בִּקַּשְׁתִּ֖יוbikashtivverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: I sought him

I opened for my beloved, but he had turned and gone. My heart sank at his departure. I sought him, but did not find him. I called, but he did not answer.

Song of Solomon 5:6

• בִּקַּשְׁתִּ֙יהוּ֙bikashtihuverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: I sought him

Where has your beloved gone, O most beautiful among women? Which way has he turned? We will seek him with you.

Song of Solomon 6:1

• וּנְבַקְשֶׁ֖נּוּunevakshenuHC/Vpu1cp/Sp3mstagged: so we may seek him

When you come to appear before Me, who has required this of you—this trampling of My courts?

Isaiah 1:12

• בִקֵּ֥שׁvikeshverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: did he require

To one bereft of an offering who chooses wood that will not rot, who seeks a skilled craftsman to set up an idol that will not topple?

Isaiah 40:20

• יְבַקֶּשׁ־yevakesh-verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he seeks

You will seek them but will not find them. Those who wage war against you will come to nothing.

Isaiah 41:12

• תְּבַקְשֵׁם֙tevakshemverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: you will seek them

The poor and needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.

Isaiah 41:17

• מְבַקְשִׁ֥יםmevakshimverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine pluraltagged: seeking

I have not spoken in secret, from a place in a land of darkness. I did not say to the descendants of Jacob, ‘Seek Me in a wasteland.’ I, the LORD, speak the truth; I say what is right.

Isaiah 45:19

• בַקְּשׁ֑וּנִיvakeshuniverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: seek me

“Listen to Me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the LORD: Look to the rock from which you were cut, and to the quarry from which you were hewn.

Isaiah 51:1

• מְבַקְשֵׁ֣יmevaksheiverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: seek

“I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me; I was found by those who did not seek Me. To a nation that did not call My name, I said, ‘Here I am! Here I am!’

Isaiah 65:1

• בִקְשֻׁ֑נִיvikshuniverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: they had sought me

a wild donkey at home in the wilderness, sniffing the wind in the heat of her desire. Who can restrain her passion? All who seek her need not weary themselves; in mating season they will find her.

Jeremiah 2:24

• מְבַקְשֶׁ֙יהָ֙mevaksheihaverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: seek it

How skillfully you pursue love! Even the most immoral of women could learn from your ways.

Jeremiah 2:33

• לְבַקֵּ֣שׁlevakeshpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to seek

And you, O devastated one, what will you do, though you dress yourself in scarlet, though you adorn yourself with gold jewelry, though you enlarge your eyes with paint? You adorn yourself in vain; your lovers despise you; they want to take your life.

Jeremiah 4:30

• יְבַקֵּֽשׁוּ׃yevakeshuverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they seek

“Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem. Look now and take note; search her squares. If you can find a single person, anyone who acts justly, anyone who seeks the truth, then I will forgive the city.

Jeremiah 5:1

• וּבַקְשׁ֣וּuvakshuconjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and search
• מְבַקֵּ֣שׁmevakeshverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singulartagged: seeks

Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning the people of Anathoth who are seeking your life and saying, “You must not prophesy in the name of the LORD, or you will die by our hand.”

Jeremiah 11:21

• הַֽמְבַקְשִׁ֥יםhamvakshimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine pluraltagged: who are seeking

And in this place I will ruin the plans of Judah and Jerusalem. I will make them fall by the sword before their enemies, by the hands of those who seek their lives, and I will give their carcasses as food to the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth.

Jeremiah 19:7

• מְבַקְשֵׁ֣יmevaksheiverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: seek

I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and daughters, and they will eat one another’s flesh in the siege and distress inflicted on them by their enemies who seek their lives.’

Jeremiah 19:9

• וּמְבַקְשֵׁ֥יumevaksheiconjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and seek

‘After that,’ declares the LORD, ‘I will hand over Zedekiah king of Judah, his officers, and the people in this city who survive the plague and sword and famine, to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and to their enemies who seek their lives. He will put them to the sword; he will not spare them or show pity or compassion.’

Jeremiah 21:7

• מְבַקְשֵׁ֣יmevaksheiverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: seek

In fact, I will hand you over to those you dread, who want to take your life—to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and to the Chaldeans.

Jeremiah 22:25

• מְבַקְשֵׁ֣יmevaksheiverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: seek

King Jehoiakim and all his mighty men and officials heard his words, and the king sought to put him to death. But when Uriah found out about it, he fled in fear and went to Egypt.

Jeremiah 26:21

• וַיְבַקֵּ֥שׁvayvakeshHc/Vpw3mstagged: and he sought

You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.

Jeremiah 29:13

• וּבִקַּשְׁתֶּ֥םuvikashtemHc/Vpq2mptagged: and you will seek

I will deliver into the hands of their enemies who seek their lives. Their corpses will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth.

Jeremiah 34:20

• מְבַקְשֵׁ֣יmevaksheiverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: seek

And I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah and his officials into the hands of their enemies who seek their lives, to the army of the king of Babylon that had withdrawn from you.

Jeremiah 34:21

• מְבַקְשֵׁ֣יmevaksheiverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: seek

But King Zedekiah swore secretly to Jeremiah, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has given us this life, I will not kill you, nor will I deliver you into the hands of these men who are seeking your life.”

Jeremiah 38:16

• מְבַקְשִׁ֖יםmevakshimverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine pluraltagged: seeking

This is what the LORD says: Behold, I will deliver Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hands of his enemies who seek his life, just as I delivered Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the enemy who was seeking his life.”

Jeremiah 44:30

• מְבַקְשֵׁ֣יmevaksheiverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: seek
• וּמְבַקֵּ֥שׁumevakeshconjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and sought

But as for you, do you seek great things for yourself? Stop seeking! For I will bring disaster on every living creature, declares the LORD, but wherever you go, I will grant your life as a spoil of war.”

Jeremiah 45:5

• תְּבַקֶּשׁ־tevakesh-verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you are seeking
• תְּבַקֵּ֑שׁtevakeshverb · intensive (piel), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you seek

I will deliver them into the hands of those who seek their lives—of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and his officers. But after this, Egypt will be inhabited as in days of old, declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 46:26

• מְבַקְשֵׁ֣יmevaksheiverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: seek

So I will shatter Elam before their foes, before those who seek their lives. I will bring disaster upon them, even My fierce anger,” declares the LORD. “I will send out the sword after them until I finish them off.

Jeremiah 49:37

• מְבַקְשֵׁ֣יmevaksheiverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: seek

“In those days and at that time, declares the LORD, the children of Israel and the children of Judah will come together, weeping as they come, and will seek the LORD their God.

Jeremiah 50:4

• יְבַקֵּֽשׁוּ׃yevakeshuverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will seek

In those days and at that time, declares the LORD, a search will be made for Israel’s guilt, but there will be none, and for Judah’s sins, but they will not be found; for I will forgive the remnant I preserve.

Jeremiah 50:20

• יְבֻקַּ֞שׁyevukashverb · intensive passive (pual), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be sought

All her people groan as they search for bread. They have traded their treasures for food to keep themselves alive. Look, O LORD, and consider, for I have become despised.

Lamentations 1:11

• מְבַקְּשִׁ֣יםmevakeshimverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine pluraltagged: seeking

I called out to my lovers, but they have betrayed me. My priests and elders perished in the city while they searched for food to keep themselves alive.

Lamentations 1:19

• בִקְשׁ֥וּvikshuverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they sought

If I say to the wicked man, ‘You will surely die,’ but you do not warn him or speak out to warn him from his wicked way to save his life, that wicked man will die in his iniquity, and I will hold you responsible for his blood.

Ezekiel 3:18

• אֲבַקֵּֽשׁ׃ʾavakeshverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will require

Now if a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I put a stumbling block before him, he will die. If you did not warn him, he will die in his sin, and the righteous acts he did will not be remembered. And I will hold you responsible for his blood.

Ezekiel 3:20

• אֲבַקֵּֽשׁ׃ʾavakeshverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will require

Anguish is coming! They will seek peace, but find none.

Ezekiel 7:25

• וּבִקְשׁ֥וּuvikshuHc/Vpq3cptagged: and they will seek

Disaster upon disaster will come, and rumor after rumor. Then they will seek a vision from a prophet, but instruction from the priests will perish, as will counsel from the elders.

Ezekiel 7:26

• וּבִקְשׁ֤וּuvikshuHc/Vpq3cptagged: and they will seek

I searched for a man among them to repair the wall and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, so that I should not destroy it. But I found no one.

Ezekiel 22:30

• וָאֲבַקֵּ֣שׁvaavakeshHc/Vpw1cstagged: and I sought

I will make you an object of horror, and you will be no more. You will be sought, but will never be found,’ declares the Lord GOD.”

Ezekiel 26:21

• וּֽתְבֻקְשִׁ֗יutevukshiHC/VPu2fstagged: so you may be sought

If I say to the wicked, ‘O wicked man, you will surely die,’ but you do not speak out to dissuade him from his way, then that wicked man will die in his iniquity, yet I will hold you accountable for his blood.

Ezekiel 33:8

• אֲבַקֵּֽשׁ׃ʾavakeshverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will require

You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bound up the injured, brought back the strays, or searched for the lost. Instead, you have ruled them with violence and cruelty.

Ezekiel 34:4

• בִקַּשְׁתֶּ֑םvikashtemverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you have sought

My flock went astray on all the mountains and every high hill. They were scattered over the face of all the earth, with no one to search for them or seek them out.’

Ezekiel 34:6

• מְבַקֵּֽשׁ׃mevakeshverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singulartagged: seeks

I will seek the lost, bring back the strays, bind up the broken, and strengthen the weak; but the sleek and strong I will destroy. I will shepherd them with justice.’

Ezekiel 34:16

• אֲבַקֵּשׁ֙ʾavakeshverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will seek

But Daniel made up his mind that he would not defile himself with the king’s food or wine. So he asked the chief official for permission not to defile himself.

Daniel 1:8

• וַיְבַקֵּשׁ֙vayvakeshHc/Vpw3mstagged: and he requested

In every matter of wisdom and understanding about which the king consulted them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters in his entire kingdom.

Daniel 1:20

• בִּקֵּ֥שׁbikeshverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he sought

While I, Daniel, was watching the vision and trying to understand it, there stood before me one having the appearance of a man.

Daniel 8:15

• וָאֲבַקְשָׁ֣הvaavakshahHc/Vpw1cs/Shtagged: and I sought

So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.

Daniel 9:3

• לְבַקֵּ֥שׁlevakeshpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to seek

She will pursue her lovers but not catch them; she will seek them but not find them. Then she will say, ‘I will return to my first husband, for then I was better off than now.’

Hosea 2:7

• וּבִקְשָׁ֖תַםuvikshatamHc/Vpq3fs/Sp3mptagged: and she will seek them

Afterward, the people of Israel will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the LORD and to His goodness in the last days.

Hosea 3:5

• וּבִקְשׁוּ֙uvikshuHc/Vpq3cptagged: and they will seek

They go with their flocks and herds to seek the LORD, but they do not find Him; He has withdrawn Himself from them.

Hosea 5:6

• לְבַקֵּ֥שׁlevakeshpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to seek

Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”

Hosea 5:15

• וּבִקְשׁ֣וּuvikshuHc/Vpq3cptagged: and they will seek

Israel’s arrogance testifies against them, yet they do not return to the LORD their God; despite all this, they do not seek Him.

Hosea 7:10

• בִקְשֻׁ֖הוּvikshuhuverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: they have sought him

People will stagger from sea to sea and roam from north to east, seeking the word of the LORD, but they will not find it.

Amos 8:12

• לְבַקֵּ֥שׁlevakeshpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to seek

Then all who see you will recoil from you and say, ‘Nineveh is devastated; who will grieve for her?’ Where can I find comforters for you?”

Nahum 3:7

• אֲבַקֵּ֥שׁʾavakeshverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: will I seek

You too will become drunk; you will go into hiding and seek refuge from the enemy.

Nahum 3:11

• תְּבַקְשִׁ֥יtevakshiverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: you will seek

and those who turn back from following the LORD, neither seeking the LORD nor inquiring of Him.”

Zephaniah 1:6

• בִקְשׁ֥וּvikshuverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have sought

Seek the LORD, all you humble of the earth who carry out His justice. Seek righteousness; seek humility. Perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the LORD’s anger.

Zephaniah 2:3

• בַּקְּשׁ֤וּbakeshuverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: seek
• בַּקְּשׁוּ־bakeshu-verb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: seek
• בַּקְּשׁ֣וּbakeshuverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: seek

As the strong horses went out, they were eager to go and patrol the earth; and the LORD said, “Go and patrol the earth.” So they patrolled the earth.

Zechariah 6:7

• וַיְבַקְשׁוּ֙vayvakshuHc/Vpw3mptagged: and they have sought

and the residents of one city will go to another, saying: ‘Let us go at once to plead before the LORD and to seek the LORD of Hosts. I myself am going.’

Zechariah 8:21

• וּלְבַקֵּ֖שׁulevakeshconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: and to seek

And many peoples and strong nations will come to seek the LORD of Hosts in Jerusalem and to plead before the LORD.”

Zechariah 8:22

• לְבַקֵּ֛שׁlevakeshpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to seek

For behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land who will neither care for the lost, nor seek the young, nor heal the broken, nor sustain the healthy, but he will devour the flesh of the choice sheep and tear off their hooves.

Zechariah 11:16

• יְבַקֵּ֔שׁyevakeshverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will seek

So on that day I will set out to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.

Zechariah 12:9

• אֲבַקֵּ֗שׁʾavakeshverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will seek

For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the LORD of Hosts.

Malachi 2:7

• יְבַקְשׁ֣וּyevakshuverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: people will seek

Has not the LORD made them one, having a portion of the Spirit? And why one? Because He seeks godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith with the wife of your youth.

Malachi 2:15

• מְבַקֵּ֖שׁmevakeshverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singulartagged: seeking

“Behold, I will send My messenger, who will prepare the way before Me. Then the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to His temple—the Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight—see, He is coming,” says the LORD of Hosts.

Malachi 3:1

• מְבַקְשִׁ֗יםmevakshimverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine pluraltagged: seeking