Definition

to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand

Etymology

or שָׁאֵל; a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

• ask (counsel
• on)
• beg
• borrow
• lay to charge
• consult
• demand
• desire
• earnestly
• enquire
• greet
• obtain leave
• lend
• pray
• request
• require
• salute
• straitly
• surely
• wish

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.