H7592 שָׁאַל
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 172 KJV occurrences
שָׁאַל
shâʼal · shaw-al'
Definition
to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand
KJV Renderings
ask (counsel, on), beg, borrow, lay to charge, consult, demand, desire, [idiom] earnestly, enquire, [phrase] greet, obtain leave, lend, pray, request, require, [phrase] salute, [idiom] straitly, [idiom] surely, wish.
Derivation / Etymology
or שָׁאֵל; a primitive root;
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 172)
- Genesis 24:47And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor’s son, whom Milcah bare unto him: and I put the earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands.
- Deuteronomy 4:32For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it?
- Judges 18:5And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.
- 1 Samuel 20:6If thy father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Beth-lehem his city: for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family.
- 2 Samuel 14:18Then the king answered and said unto the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, the thing that I shall ask thee. And the woman said, Let my lord the king now speak.
- 2 Kings 4:3Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.
- Job 38:3Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
- Isaiah 41:28For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.