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H1245

H1245 — בָּקַשׁ

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewbaqashverbOccurrences: 225TWOT: 276

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H1245
Word:בָּקַשׁ
Part of Speech:verb
Etymology:a primitive root
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:225
Transliteration:baqash
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:baw-kash'
Meaning:1. to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer) 2. (by implication) to strive after
KJV Renderings:ask, beg, beseech, desire, enquire, get, make inquisition, procure, (make) request, require, seek (for).

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[בָּקַשׁ]224 verb seek (Phoenician בקש) —

Pi`el Perfect בִּקֵּשׁ Deut 13:11 + 15 t.; בִּקְשָׁה Eccl 7:28; Esth 2:15 suffix בִּקְשָׁתַם Hos 2:9 בִּקַּשְׁתִּיו Song 3:1; Song 3:2 compare Song 5:6 בִּקְשׁוּ Ezra 2:62 + 12 t.; suffix בִּקְשֻׁנִי Isa 65:1 + 2 t.; Imperfect יְבַקֵשׁ Josh 22:23 + 37 t.; יְבַקֶּשֿׁ Prov 15:14 + 2 t.; אֲבַקְשָׁה Ps 122:9 + 3 t.; suffix יְבַקְשֵׁהוּ 1Sam 23:14 + 7 t.; יְבַקְשׁוּ 1Sam 16:16 + 23 t.; Imperative בַקֵּשׁ 1Sam 9:3 + 3 t.; בַּקְּשׁוּ 1Sam 28:7 + 8 t.; Infinitive לְבַקֵּשׁ 1Sam 10:2 + 29 t.; Participle מְבַקֵּשׁ Gen 37:16 + 23 t.; plural מְבַקְשִׁים Exod 10:11 + 38 t.; —
1. seek to find:
a. absolute Judg 6:29; 2Kgs 2:17; Jer 5:1; Ezek 34:6; Eccl 3:6; Eccl 8:17 (yet see Ew).
b. accusative Gen 37:15; Gen 37:16; Josh 2:22 ( J ) Judg 4:22 ; Judg 14:4 ; 1Sam 9:3 ; 1Sam 10:2; 1Sam 10:14 ; 1Sam 10:21 ; 1Sam 16:16 ; 1Sam 23:14 ; 1Sam 23:25 ; 1Sam 24:3; 1Sam 26:2; 1Sam 27:1; 1Sam 27:4 + 1Sam 26:20 object a flea, but read נַפְשִׁי ᵐ5 Th We Kirkp Klo Dr; 2Sam 17:3; 2Sam 17:20; 1Kgs 1:3; 1Kgs 2:40; 1Kgs 18:10; 2Kgs 2:16; 2Kgs 6:19 ; 1Chr 4:39 ; 2Chr 22:9 ; Ezra 2:62 (= Neh 7:64) Neh 12:27 ; Ps 37:25 ; Ps 37:36 ; Ps 119:176; Prov 2:4; Prov 21:6; Prov 23:35; Prov 7:28 ; Song 3:1 (twice in verse); Song 3:2 (twice in verse); Song 5:6; Song 6:1; Isa 41:12; Isa 41:17; Jer 2:24; Jer 2:33; Lam 1:11; Ezek 7:25; Ezek 22:30 ; Ezek 34:4; Ezek 34:16 ; Hos 2:9; Nah 3:11; Zech 11:16 ; Mal 2:15 .
c. with לְ Job 10:6.
d. accusative of thing לְ person Judg 18:1; 1Sam 13:14; 1Sam 28:7; 1Kgs 1:2; Ruth 3:1; Esth 2:2; Ps 122:9 ; Isa 40:20 ; Lam 1:19 ; Nah 3:7 .
2. seek to secure:
a. accusative the priesthood Num 16:10 ( P ); David for king 2Sam 3:17 in battle 2Sam 5:17 (= 1Chr 14:8); Ps 27:4; Jer 45:5 (compare v Jer 45:5 ); בקשׁ נפשׁ seek to take one's life Exod 4:19 ( J ) 1Sam 20:1 ; 1Sam 22:23 (twice in verse); 1Sam 23:15; 1Sam 25:29; 2Sam 4:8; 2Sam 16:11; 1Kgs 19:10; 1Kgs 19:14; Ps 35:4; Ps 38:13; Ps 40:15; Ps 54:5 ; Ps 63:10; Ps 70:3 ; Ps 86:14; Prov 29:10 ; Jer 4:30 ; Jer 11:21; Jer 19:7; Jer 19:9; Jer 21:7; Jer 22:25; Jer 34:20; Jer 34:21; Jer 38:16; Jer 44:30 (twice in verse); Jer 46:26; Jer 49:37.
b. aim at, practise: בקשׁ רעה seek hurt of Num 35:23 ( P ) 1Sam 24:10; 1Sam 25:26 (אֶל) 1Kgs 20:7; Ps 71:13; Ps 71:24; Esth 9:2 כזב ׳ ב Ps 4:3 compare Prov 17:11 , שׁבר Prov 17:19 , רצון Prov 11:27 , טובה Neh 2:10 , אמונה Jer 5:1, צדק, ענוה Zeph 2:3 (twice in verse) שׁלום Ps 34:15 , חכמה Prov 14:6 ; Eccl 7:25 , בינה Dan 8:15 , דעת Prov 15:14 ; Prov 18:15, תורה Mal 2:7, אהבה Prov 17:9 , תאוה Prov 18:1 ( ל of direct object), חשׁבנות Eccl 7:29 .
c. Infinitive Exod 4:24 ( J ) Jer 26:21.
d. לְ & Infinitive Gen 43:30 ; Exod 2:15 ; Exod 10:11 ( J E ) Deut 13:11; 1Sam 14:4; 1Sam 19:2; 1Sam 19:10; 1Sam 23:10; 2Sam 20:19; 2Sam 21:2; 1Kgs 11:22; 1Kgs 11:40; Esth 2:21; Esth 3:6; Esth 6:2; Ps 37:22; Eccl 12:10 ; Zech 6:7 ; Zech 12:9.
3. seek the face
a. of rulers 1Kgs 10:24 (= 2Chr 9:23 ) Prov 29:26.
b. of God (from resorting to sacred places) Hos 5:15; 1Chr 16:11 (= Ps 105:4 ) 2Chr 7:14; 2Sam 21:1 ; Ps 24:6 ; Ps 27:8 (twice in verse); without פְּנֵי
c. יהוה Deut 4:29 ; Zeph 1:6; Zeph 2:3; Hos 3:5; Hos 3:5; Hos 5:6; Exod 33:7 ( J ) 1Chr 16:10 (= Ps 105:3) 2Chr 11:16; 2Chr 20:4; Isa 51:1 ; Prov 28:5; Zech 8:21; Zech 8:22; Jer 50:4 אלהים 2Sam 12:16 , compare Ezek 8:22 ; Isa 45:19; Isa 65:1 ; 2Chr 15:4; 2Chr 15:15 ; Hos 7:10 ; Jer 29:13; Mal 3:1 ; Ps 40:17 ; Ps 70:5 ; Ps 69:7 ; Dan 9:3 ׳ דבר י Amos 8:12 שׁמך Ps 83:17 .
d. followed by Infinitive with לְ, of resort to wizards, but object not expressed Lev 19:34 ( H ).
4. desire, demand:
a. accusative 1Chr 21:3.
b. accusative of thing מִן person Ezek 7:26 ; Dan 1:20 .
5.
a. require, exact, accusative of thing מִיַּד person Isa 1:12 מִן person Neh 5:12, accusative of thing Neh 5:18.
b. exact equivalent or penalty for, accusative of thing, מִיַּד person Gen 31:39; Gen 43:9 ( J E ) 1Sam 20:16 ; 2Sam 4:11 ; Ezek 3:18 ; Ezek 3:20; Ezek 33:8, compare דרשׁ; no object expressed Josh 22:23 ( P ).
6. (late) ask, request, accusative of thing Esth 2:15 עַל of thing Neh 2:4 עַל of thing מִן person Esth 7:7; Ezra 8:23 עַל of thing מִלִּפְנֵי person Esth 4:8 accusative of thing מִן person Dan 1:8 (object clause with אשׁר), Ps 104:21 מִן person 2Chr 20:4.
Pu`al Imperfect יְבֻקַּשׁ Jer 50:20 , ׳ וַיְב Esth 2:23 תֲּבֻקְשִׁי Ezek 26:21 be sought.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

בקש (bah-kash’)

Numbers 16:10

KJV: And he hath brought thee near to him, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee: and seek ye the priesthood also?
EHCC: and seek ye the priesthood

Deuteronomy 4:29

KJV: But if from thence thou shalt seek the Lord thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.
EHCC: But )/ from thence thou shalt seek

Deuteronomy 13:10

KJV: And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because he hath sought to thrust thee away from the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.bondage: Heb. bondmen
EHCC: (11).becanse he hath sought to thrust thee

2 Chronicles 15:15

KJV: And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them: and the Lord gave them rest round about.
EHCC: sought him with their whole desire ;

Nehemiah 5:18

KJV: Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this required not I the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people.
EHCC: for all this required not J the

Psalms 54:3

KJV: For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.
EHCC: (5). oppressors seek after my soul:

Proverbs 14:6

KJV: A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.
EHCC: A scorner seeketh wisdom,

Ecclesiastes 7:28

KJV: Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.
EHCC: Which yet my soul seeketh,

Song of Songs 8:1

KJV: O that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised.I should not…: Heb. they should not despise me
EHCC: By night on my bed I sought

Isaiah 1:12

KJV: When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts?to appear: Heb. to be seen
EHCC: who hath required this

Jeremiah 29:13

KJV: And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
EHCC: And ye shall seek me,

Lamentations 1:19

KJV: I called for my lovers, but they deceived me: my priests and mine elders gave up the ghost in the city, while they sought their meat to relieve their souls.
EHCC: while they sought their meat

Lamentations 34:4

EHCC: neither have ye sought 1

Hosea 2:7

KJV: And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now.
EHCC: (9).and she shall seek them, but shall oot

Hosea 3:5

KJV: Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the Lord their God, and David their king; and shall fear the Lord and his goodness in the latter days.
EHCC: and seek the Lord their God,

Hosea 5:15

KJV: I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.acknowledge…: Heb. be guilty
EHCC: and seek my face:

Hosea 7:10

KJV: And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face: and they do not return to the Lord their God, nor seek him for all this.
EHCC: nor seek his for all this.

Zephaniah 1:6

KJV: And them that are turned back from the Lord; and those that have not sought the Lord, nor enquired for him.
EHCC: that have not sought the Lord,

Zephaniah 188:10

EHCC: 2.which thou wentest fo seek are food:

Zephaniah 23:15

EHCC: Saul was come out )0 seek

Zephaniah 24:2

EHCC: (8). went to seek David

Zephaniah 25:29

EHCC: and to seek thy soul:

Zephaniah 26:2

EHCC: to seek David in the wilderness

Zephaniah 27:1

EHCC: to seek me any more

2 Samuel 5:17

KJV: But when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines came up to seek David; and David heard of it, and went down to the hold.
EHCC: the Philistines came up fo seek

1 Kings 2:40

KJV: And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to Achish to seek his servants: and Shimei went, and brought his servants from Gath.
EHCC: to Achish fo seek his servants:

1 Kings 18:10

KJV: As the Lord thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when they said, He is not there; he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not.
EHCC: my lord hath not sent fo seek thee:

1 Chronicles 4:89

EHCC: to seek pasture for their flocks.

1 Chronicles 14:6

KJV: And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
EHCC: Philistines went up £0 seek

2 Chronicles 11:16

KJV: And after them out of all the tribes of Israel such as set their hearts to seek the Lord God of Israel came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice unto the Lord God of their fathers.
EHCC: to seek the Lord God of Israel

2 Chronicles 20:4

KJV: And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the Lord: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the Lord.
EHCC: to ask (help) of the Lord: |

Nehemiah 2:10

KJV: When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.
EHCC: fo seek the welfare of the children of

Esther 4:8

KJV: Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given at Shushan to destroy them, to shew it unto Esther, and to declare it unto her, and to charge her that she should go in unto the king, to make supplication unto him, and to make request before him for her people.
EHCC: and to make request before him

Esther 7:7

KJV: And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath went into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king.
EHCC: Haman stood up to make request

Psalms 104:21

KJV: The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.
EHCC: and seek their meat from God.

Ecclesiastes 8:4

KJV: Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?
EHCC: br) to get, and a time to lose; (may.

Ecclesiastes 7:95

EHCC: and to seek out wisdom, |

Ecclesiastes 8:17

KJV: Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea further; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.
EHCC: though a man labour to seck

Jeremiah 2:33

KJV: Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love? therefore hast thou also taught the wicked ones thy ways.
EHCC: Why trimmest thou thy way fo seck

Daniel 9:3

KJV: And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:
EHCC: éo seek by prayer and supplicatiors,

Hosea 5:6

KJV: They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the Lord; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them.
EHCC: with their herds fo seek the Lord;

Amos 8:12

KJV: And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the Lord, and shall not find it.
EHCC: to seek the word of the Lord,

Zechariah 8:21

KJV: And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to pray before the Lord, and to seek the Lord of hosts: I will go also.speedily: or, continually: Heb. goingto pray…: Heb. to intreat the face of
EHCC: and to seck the Lord of hosts:

Zechariah 28:7

EHCC: Seek me a woman that hath

1 Chronicles 16:11

KJV: seek the Lord and his strength, seek his face continually.
EHCC: seek his face continually,

Psalms 27:8

KJV: When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, Lord, will I seek.When…: or, My heart said unto thee, Let my face seek thy face, etc
EHCC: Seek ye my face ;

Psalms 105:4

KJV: seek the Lord, and his strength: seek his face evermore.
EHCC: seek his face evermore.

Psalms 119:176

KJV: I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.
EHCC: seek thy servant ;

Isaiah 45:19

KJV: I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the Lord speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
EHCC: Seek ye me in vain:

Jeremiah 5:1

KJV: Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.
EHCC: and seek in the broad places

Zephaniah 2:3

KJV: seek ye the Lord, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the Lord’s anger.
EHCC: Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek

Genesis 31:39

KJV: That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day, or stolen by night.
EHCC: 0f my hand didst thou require it,

Exodus 2:15

KJV: Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.
EHCC: he soughé to slay Moses,

Exodus 4:24

KJV: And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the Lord met him, and sought to kill him.
EHCC: and sought to kill him.

Exodus 22:93

EHCC: let the Lord himself require

Judges 6:29

KJV: And they said one to another, Who hath done this thing? And when they enquired and asked, they said, Gideon the son of Joash hath done this thing.
EHCC: And when they enquired ond ested,

Judges 16:16

KJV: And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death;vexed: Heb. shortened
EHCC: to seek cian

Judges 19:10

KJV: But the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up and departed, and came over against Jebus, which is Jerusalem; and there were with him two asses saddled, his concubine also was with him.over against: Heb. to over against
EHCC: And Saul sought to smite David .

Judges 22:23

EHCC: for he that seeketh my life eceketh thy life:

Judges 23:14

EHCC: And Saul soughi him every dey,

Judges 12:16

EHCC: David therefore besought

Judges 17:20

EHCC: And when they had sought and could not find

Judges 11:40

KJV: That the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.yearly: Heb. from year to yearto lament: or, to talk with
EHCC: sought therefore to kill Jeroboam.

Judges 19:10

KJV: But the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up and departed, and came over against Jebus, which is Jerusalem; and there were with him two asses saddled, his concubine also was with him.over against: Heb. to over against
EHCC: 14. and they seek my life, to tabe it away-

2 Kings 2:16

KJV: And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest peradventure the Spirit of the Lord hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send.strong…: Heb. sons of strengthsome mountain: Heb. one of the mountains
EHCC: and seek thy master:

2 Kings 6:19

KJV: And Elisha said unto them, This is not the way, neither is this the city: follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom ye seek. But he led them to Samaria.follow…: Heb. come ye after me
EHCC: bring you to the man whom ye seek.

Nehemiah 5:12

KJV: Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of them; so will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise.
EHCC: We will restore (them), and will require

Job 10:6

KJV: That thou enquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin?
EHCC: thow enquirest after mine iniquity,

Proverbs 2:4

KJV: If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
EHCC: 1f thou seekest her as silver,

Song of Songs 3:2

KJV: I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
EHCC: J will seek him whom my soul loveth:

Isaiah 4:90

EHCC: he seebeth unto him a cunning

Isaiah 5:21

KJV: Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!in their own sight: Heb. before their face
EHCC: 4ad when Jeboiakim...heard his words,

Nahum 3:7

KJV: And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee?
EHCC: shall J seek comforters for thee?

Malachi 2:7

KJV: For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.
EHCC: they should seek the law

Genesis 37:16

KJV: And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks.
EHCC: 1 seek my brethren:

Exodus 4:19

KJV: And the Lord said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought thy life.
EHCC: are dead which sought thy life,

1 Kings 10:24

KJV: And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.sought to: Heb. sought the face of
EHCC: a0ught to Solomon,

1 Chronicles 16:10

KJV: Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord.
EHCC: rejoice that seek the Lord.

Exodus 4:49

EHCC: for good that seek him

Nehemiah 2:4

KJV: Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
EHCC: what dost thou make request?

Proverbs 17:9

KJV: He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.seeketh: or, procureth
EHCC: covereth a transgression seeketh love ;

Proverbs 21:6

KJV: The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
EHCC: to and fro of them that seck death.

Proverbs 29:26

KJV: Many seek the ruler’s favour; but every man’s judgment cometh from the Lord.the ruler’s…: Heb. the face of a ruler
EHCC: Many seck the ruler's favour;

Isaiah 41:17

KJV: When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
EHCC: poor and needy seek water,

Jeremiah 2:24

KJV: A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.A wild…: or, O wild ass, etcused: Heb. taughther pleasure: Heb. the desire of her heartturn…: or, reverse it?
EHCC: all they that seek her will not

Jeremiah 11:21

KJV: Therefore thus saith the Lord of the men of Anathoth, that seek thy life, saying, Prophesy not in the name of the Lord, that thou die not by our hand:
EHCC: that seek thy life,

Jeremiah 19:7

KJV: And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and their carcases will I give to be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.
EHCC: the hands of them that seek

Jeremiah 21:7

KJV: And afterward, saith the Lord, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life: and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy.
EHCC: the hand of those that seek their life:

Jeremiah 22:25

KJV: And I will give thee into the hand of them that seek thy life, and into the hand of them whose face thou fearest, even into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans.
EHCC: the hand of them that seek thy life,

Jeremiah 34:20

KJV: I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life: and their dead bodies shall be for meat unto the fowls of the heaven, and to the beasts of the earth.
EHCC: 21.the hand of them that seek their life:

Jeremiah 88:16

EHCC: these men that seek thy life.

Jeremiah 44:30

KJV: Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will give Pharaoh–hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life; as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, his enemy, and that sought his life.
EHCC: the hand of them that seek his life ;

Jeremiah 46:26

KJV: And I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants: and afterward it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, saith the Lord.
EHCC: the hand of those that seck their lives,

Jeremiah 49:37

KJV: For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them, even my fierce anger, saith the Lord; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them:
EHCC: before them that seck their life:

Lamentations 1:11

KJV: All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their pleasant things for meat to relieve the soul: see, O Lord, and consider; for I am become vile.to…: or, to make the soul to come again
EHCC: they seek bread ;

Ezekiel 34:6

KJV: My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek after them.
EHCC: none did search or seek

Malachi 2:15

KJV: And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.residue: or, excellencygodly…: Heb. seed of Godtreacherously: or, unfaithfully
EHCC: That he might seek a godly seed.

Malachi 3:1

KJV: Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts.
EHCC: the Lord, whom ye seek,

Esther 2:23

KJV: And when inquisition was made of the matter, it was found out; therefore they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the book of the chronicles before the king.
EHCC: And when inquisition was made of the

Jeremiah 50:20

KJV: In those days, and in that time, saith the Lord, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I reserve.
EHCC: iniquity of Israel shall be sought for,
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