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Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the LORD, and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking you a king.
Read in context →If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, and ye be disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake.
Read in context →2 occurrences in 2 verses.
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shâʼal · shaw-al'
to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand
Strong's KJV usage: ask (counsel, on), beg, borrow, lay to charge, consult, demand, desire, × earnestly, enquire, greet, obtain leave, lend, pray, request, require, salute, × straitly, × surely, wish.
Strong's first: 1 Samuel 12:17Strong's last: Psalms 78:18
Open full H7592 profile →anakrínō · an-ak-ree'-no
properly, to scrutinize, i.e. (by implication) investigate, interrogate, determine
Strong's KJV usage: :--ask, question, discern, examine, judge, search.
Strong's first: 1 Corinthians 10:25Strong's last: 1 Corinthians 10:27
Open full G350 profile →eperōtáō · ep-er-o-tah'-o
to ask for, i.e. inquire, seek
Strong's KJV usage: :--ask (after, questions), demand, desire, question.
Strong's first: Luke 2:46Strong's last: Luke 2:46
Open full G1905 profile →erōtáō · er-o-tah'-o
to interrogate; by implication, to request
Strong's KJV usage: :--ask, beseech, desire, intreat, pray.
Strong's first: John 8:7Strong's last: John 8:7
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So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to inquire of it;
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'ASKING, participle present tense
1. Requesting; petitioning; interrogating; inquiring.
2. Silently expressing request or desire.
Explain the asking eye.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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