1875 – דָּרַשׁ (darash)

to seek

Type:	Verb Verb   Rootword
Category:	Religious terms  Prayer
Hebrew:	דָּרַשׁ (darash)
Pronunciation:	da-rash    Listen
Gematria:	504(4 + 200 + 300)    words with the same gematria
Origin:	a primitive root
Usage:	164 times in OT

Description

1) to resort to, seek, seek with care, enquire, require
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to resort to, frequent (a place), (tread a place)
1a2) to consult, enquire of, seek
1a2a) of God
1a2b) of heathen gods, necromancers
1a3) to seek deity in prayer and worship
1a3a) God
1a3b) heathen deities
1a4) to seek (with a demand), demand, require
1a5) to investigate, enquire
1a6) to ask for, require, demand
1a7) to practice, study, follow, seek with application
1a8) to seek with care, care for
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to allow oneself to be enquired of, consulted (only of God)
1b2) to be sought, be sought out
1b3) to be required (of blood)

Synonyms

דָּרַשׁ	darash		H1875	(164 ggr)	to seek
בָּקַשׁ	baqash		H1245	(225 ggr)	to seek
שָׁאַל	shaal		H7592	(173 ggr)	to ask

*The bars show how many times the word is used in the Old Testament.

Word root

Word with darash as root:

מִדְרָשׁ

midrash

H4097

story

Equivalent Greek words

In the greek translation Septuagint (LXX) the Hebrew word darash was translated to the following:

ἀναζητέω	anazeteo	G0327	seek
ἀνετάζω	anetazo	G0426	examine
ἀντέχομαι	antechomai	G0472	hold to
ἀποκρίνομαι	apokrinomai	G0611	answer
ἐκβάλλω	ekballo	G1544	cast out
ἐκζητέω	ekzeteo	G1567	require
ἐλπίζω	elpizo	G1679	trust
ἐμφανής	emphanes	G1717	show openly
ἐξετάζω	exetazo	G1833	search
ἐπερωτάω	eperotao	G1905	ask
ἐπιζητέω	epizeteo	G1934	seek after
ἐπισκέπτομαι	episkeptomai	G1980	visit
ἐπισκοπέω	episkopeo	G1983	look diligently
ζητέω	zeteo	G2212	seek
ζήτημα	zetema	G2213	question
προσαγορεύω	prosagoreuo	G4316	call
πυνθάνομαι	punthanomai	G4441	ask
τίθημι	tithemi	G5087	lay

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