Genesis 43:30
And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there.
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Sought
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Hebrews 12:17
For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.
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15 occurrences in 12 verses.
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This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.
Genesis
11 verses
Exodus
44 verses
Leviticus
11 verses
Numbers
11 verses
Deuteronomy
11 verses
Joshua
11 verses
Judges
22 verses
1 Samuel
66 verses
2 Samuel
44 verses
1 Kings
44 verses
2 Kings
11 verses
1 Chronicles
22 verses
2 Chronicles
1512 verses
Ezra
11 verses
Nehemiah
22 verses
Esther
55 verses
Psalms
88 verses
Ecclesiastes
44 verses
Song of Solomon
43 verses
Isaiah
43 verses
Jeremiah
55 verses
Lamentations
11 verses
Ezekiel
33 verses
Daniel
44 verses
Obadiah
11 verses
Zephaniah
11 verses
Zechariah
11 verses
Matthew
44 verses
Mark
55 verses
Luke
1313 verses
John
99 verses
Acts
22 verses
Romans
22 verses
1 Thessalonians
11 verses
2 Timothy
11 verses
Hebrews
22 verses
Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?
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בָּקַשׁ
bâqash · baw-kash'
53 times translated as this KJV form225 total Strong's occurrences
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
Strong's KJV usage: ask, beg, beseech, desire, enquire, get, make inquisition, procure, (make) request, require, seek (for).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 43:30Strong's last: Zechariah 6:7
Open full H1245 profile →ζητέω
zētéō · dzay-teh'-o
31 times translated as this KJV form124 total Strong's occurrences
to seek (literally or figuratively); specially, (by Hebraism) to worship (God), or (in a bad sense) to plot (against life)
Strong's KJV usage: :--be (go) about, desire, endeavour, enquire (for), require, (X will) seek (after, for, means).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 2:20Strong's last: Hebrews 8:7
Open full G2212 profile →דָּרַשׁ
dârash · daw-rash'
23 times translated as this KJV form163 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship
Strong's KJV usage: ask, × at all, care for, × diligently, inquire, make inquisition, (necro-) mancer, question, require, search, seek (for, out), × surely.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Leviticus 10:16Strong's last: Jeremiah 10:21
Open full H1875 profile →בְּעָא
bᵉʻâʼ · beh-aw'
2 times translated as this KJV form11 total Strong's occurrences
to seek or ask
Strong's KJV usage: ask, desire, make (petition), pray, request, seek.
Strong's first: Daniel 2:13Strong's last: Daniel 4:36
Open full H1156 profile →ἀναζητέω
anazētéō · an-ad-zay-teh'-o
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
to search out
Strong's KJV usage: :--seek.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Luke 2:44Strong's last: Luke 2:44
Open full G327 profile →ἐκζητέω
ekzētéō · ek-zay-teh'-o
1 times translated as this KJV form8 total Strong's occurrences
to search out, i.e. (figuratively)investigate, crave, demand, (by Hebraism) worship
Strong's KJV usage: :--en- (re-)quire, seek after (carefully, diligently).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Hebrews 12:17Strong's last: Hebrews 12:17
Open full G1567 profile →ἐπιζητέω
epizētéō · ep-eed-zay-teh'-o
1 times translated as this KJV form17 total Strong's occurrences
to search (inquire) for; intensively, to demand, to crave
Strong's KJV usage: :--desire, enquire, seek (after, for).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Acts 12:19Strong's last: Acts 12:19
Open full G1934 profile →הָוָא
hâvâʼ · hav-aw'
1 times translated as this KJV form66 total Strong's occurrences
to exist; used in a great variety of applications (especially in connection with other words)
Strong's KJV usage: be, become, behold, came (to pass), cease, cleave, consider, do, give, have, judge, keep, labour, mingle (self), put, see, seek, set, slay, take heed, tremble, walk, would.
Strong's first: Daniel 6:4Strong's last: Daniel 6:4
Open full H1934 profile →תּוּר
tûwr · toor
1 times translated as this KJV form21 total Strong's occurrences
to meander (causatively, guide) about, especially for trade or reconnoitring
Strong's KJV usage: chap(-man), sent to descry, be excellent, merchant(-man), search (out), seek, (e-) spy (out).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Ecclesiastes 2:3Strong's last: Ecclesiastes 2:3
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H1875
Moreover the brasen altar, that Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, he put before the tabernacle of the LORD: and Solomon and the congregation sought unto it.
H1245
And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, that God had put in his heart.
H1875
Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars, while the land is yet before us; because we have sought the LORD our God, we have sought him, and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered.
H1875
Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars, while the land is yet before us; because we have sought the LORD our God, we have sought him, and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered.
H1245
But when they in their trouble did turn unto the LORD God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them.
H1245
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.
H1875
And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he sought not to the LORD, but to the physicians.
H1875
And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim;
H1875
But sought to the LORD God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.
H1245
And he sought Ahaziah: and they caught him, (for he was hid in Samaria,) and brought him to Jehu: and when they had slain him, they buried him: Because, said they, he is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart. So the house of Ahaziah had no power to keep still the kingdom.
H1875
And he sought Ahaziah: and they caught him, (for he was hid in Samaria,) and brought him to Jehu: and when they had slain him, they buried him: Because, said they, he is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart. So the house of Ahaziah had no power to keep still the kingdom.
H1875
Wherefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent unto him a prophet, which said unto him, Why hast thou sought after the gods of the people, which could not deliver their own people out of thine hand?
H1875
But Amaziah would not hear; for it came of God, that he might deliver them into the hand of their enemies, because they sought after the gods of Edom.
H1875
And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God: and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him to prosper.
H1875
And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God: and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him to prosper.
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sought
SOUGHT, pret and participle passive of seek, pron, sawt. I am found of them who sought me not. Isaiah 65:1.
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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