Definition

to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after

Etymology

a primitive root;

Where the KJV renders it

• ask
• beg
• beseech
• desire
• enquire
• get
• make inquisition
• procure
• (make) request
• require
• seek (for)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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