H1156 בְּעָא
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 11 KJV occurrences
בְּעָא
bᵉʻâʼ · beh-aw'
Definition
to seek or ask
KJV Renderings
ask, desire, make (petition), pray, request, seek.
Derivation / Etymology
(Aramaic) or בְּעָה; (Aramaic), corresponding to H1158 (בָּעָה);
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 11)
- Daniel 2:13And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.
- Daniel 2:16Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him time, and that he would shew the king the interpretation.
- Daniel 2:18That they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.
- Daniel 2:49Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon: but Daniel sat in the gate of the king.
- Daniel 4:36At the same time my reason returned unto me; and for the glory of my kingdom, mine honour and brightness returned unto me; and my counsellors and my lords sought unto me; and I was established in my kingdom, and excellent majesty was added unto me.
- Daniel 6:7All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.
- Daniel 6:12Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king’s decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a petition of any God or man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
- Daniel 6:13Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, which is of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee, O king, nor the decree that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition three times a day.