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דָּרַשׁ H1875

H1875 is the Hebrew word דָּרַשׁ, transliterated dârash and said daw-rash'. The King James Version most often renders it seek.

Word: דָּרַשׁTransliteration: dârashSaid: daw-rash'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 143 verses

What it means

properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship.

Where it comes from

a primitive root.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 117 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

seek 42×enquire 27×sought 19×require 8×enquired 6×seeketh 3×if thou seek 2×you to enquire 2×searcheth 2×seeking 2×sought out 2×search 2×

Strong's own list of renderings: ask, [idiom] at all, care for, [idiom] diligently, inquire, make inquisition, (necro-) mancer, question, require, search, seek (for, out), [idiom] surely.

Verses using דָּרַשׁ

The first 40 of 143 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 9:5 · KJV

And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man’s brother will I require the life of man.

Genesis 25:22 · KJV

And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to enquire of the LORD.

Exodus 18:15 · KJV

And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to enquire of God:

Leviticus 10:16 · KJV

And Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin offering, and, behold, it was burnt: and he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron which were left alive, saying,

Deuteronomy 4:29 · KJV

But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.

Deuteronomy 11:12 · KJV

A land which the LORD thy God careth for: the eyes of the LORD thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year.

Deuteronomy 12:5 · KJV

But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:

Deuteronomy 12:30 · KJV

Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou enquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.

Deuteronomy 13:14 · KJV

Then shalt thou enquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought among you;

Deuteronomy 17:4 · KJV

And it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and enquired diligently, and, behold, it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in Israel:

Deuteronomy 17:9 · KJV

And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days, and enquire; and they shall shew thee the sentence of judgment:

Deuteronomy 18:11 · KJV

Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.

Deuteronomy 19:18 · KJV

And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother;

Deuteronomy 22:2 · KJV

And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him not, then thou shalt bring it unto thine own house, and it shall be with thee until thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore it to him again.

Deuteronomy 23:6 · KJV

Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.

Deuteronomy 23:21 · KJV

When thou shalt vow a vow unto the LORD thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it: for the LORD thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee.

Judges 6:29 · KJV

And they said one to another, Who hath done this thing? And when they enquired and asked, they said, Gideon the son of Joash hath done this thing.

1 Samuel 9:9 · KJV

(Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to enquire of God, thus he spake, Come, and let us go to the seer: for he that is now called a Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.)

1 Samuel 28:7 · KJV

Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and enquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at Endor.

2 Samuel 11:3 · KJV

And David sent and enquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?

1 Kings 14:5 · KJV

And the LORD said unto Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam cometh to ask a thing of thee for her son; for he is sick: thus and thus shalt thou say unto her: for it shall be, when she cometh in, that she shall feign herself to be another woman.

1 Kings 22:5 · KJV

And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD to day.

1 Kings 22:7 · KJV

And Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD besides, that we might enquire of him?

1 Kings 22:8 · KJV

And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.

2 Kings 1:2 · KJV

And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this disease.

2 Kings 1:3 · KJV

But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron?

2 Kings 1:6 · KJV

And they said unto him, There came a man up to meet us, and said unto us, Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that thou sendest to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.

2 Kings 1:16 · KJV

And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron, is it not because there is no God in Israel to enquire of his word? therefore thou shalt not come down off that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.

2 Kings 3:11 · KJV

But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD, that we may enquire of the LORD by him? And one of the king of Israel’s servants answered and said, Here is Elisha the son of Shaphat, which poured water on the hands of Elijah.

2 Kings 8:8 · KJV

And the king said unto Hazael, Take a present in thine hand, and go, meet the man of God, and enquire of the LORD by him, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?

2 Kings 22:13 · KJV

Go ye, enquire of the LORD for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not hearkened unto the words of this book, to do according unto all that which is written concerning us.

2 Kings 22:18 · KJV

But to the king of Judah which sent you to enquire of the LORD, thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, As touching the words which thou hast heard;

1 Chronicles 10:13 · KJV

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 enquire of it;

1 Chronicles 10:14 · KJV

And enquired not of the LORD: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.

1 Chronicles 13:3 · KJV

And let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we enquired not at it in the days of Saul.

1 Chronicles 15:13 · KJV

For because ye did it not at the first, the LORD our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.

1 Chronicles 16:11 · KJV

Seek the LORD and his strength, seek his face continually.

1 Chronicles 21:30 · KJV

But David could not go before it to enquire of God: for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of the LORD.

1 Chronicles 22:19 · KJV

Now set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God; arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the LORD God, to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of the LORD.

1 Chronicles 26:31 · KJV

Among the Hebronites was Jerijah the chief, even among the Hebronites, according to the generations of his fathers. In the fortieth year of the reign of David they were sought for, and there were found among them mighty men of valour at Jazer of Gilead.

Common questions

What does Strong's H1875 mean?

H1875 is the Hebrew word דָּרַשׁ (dârash), meaning properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship.

How is H1875 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it seek (42 times), enquire (27 times), sought (19 times), require (8 times), enquired (6 times), among others.

How many times does H1875 appear in the Bible?

דָּרַשׁ (dârash) is tagged in 143 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H1875 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.

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