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?
These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.
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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H1245
Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king:
H1245
In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king's gate, two of the king's chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the door, were wroth, and sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.
H1245
And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.
H1245
And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.
H1245
The Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as sought their hurt: and no man could withstand them; for the fear of them fell upon all people.
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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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