בְּעָא
bᵉʻâʼ · beh-aw'
to seek or ask
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) or בְּעָה; (Aramaic), corresponding to H1158 (בָּעָה);
to seek or ask
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: ask, desire, make (petition), pray, request, seek.
Letters
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › to see and know › strength, the leader
The house, what is within that works to see and know of strength, the leader.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בְּעָא above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
12 occurrences · 12 OT · 0 NT · 12 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- sought2 · 17%
- and they sought1 · 8%
- and desired1 · 8%
- that they would desire1 · 8%
- what we desired1 · 8%
- requested1 · 8%
- that whosoever shall ask1 · 8%
- praying1 · 8%
- that shall ask1 · 8%
- but maketh1 · 8%
- and asked1 · 8%
Where it is used, by book.
- Daniel12
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.