דָּרַשׁ
to seek
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Verb
- An action or state-of-being word.
Stem
- Qal
- The basic, simple active stem — the plain form of the verb (“he wrote”). Here: ‘seek’
- Niphal
- Usually the simple passive or reflexive of the Qal (“he was written”). Here: ‘let oneself be inquired of’
Form
- Infinitive Construct
- A bound verbal noun, frequently with prepositions (“to write / in writing”).
- Participle Active
- A verbal adjective expressing ongoing or characteristic action (“writing / one who writes”).
- Imperative
- A direct command (“write!”).
- Imperfect
- An incomplete, ongoing, or future action (“he will / would write”).
- Perfect
- A completed action or state — Hebrew marks aspect (completeness) more than strict tense (“he wrote”).
- Sequential Perfect
- A perfect with prefixed waw continuing a preceding imperfect or command (waw-consecutive perfect).
- Cohortative
- A first-person volitional form expressing wish or resolve (“let me / let us write”).
- Sequential Imperfect
- An imperfect with prefixed waw — the standard past-narrative form (waw-consecutive imperfect).
- Infinitive Absolute
- An unbound verbal noun, often intensifying or standing in for a finite verb.
- Jussive
- A third- or second-person volitional form expressing wish or command (“let him write”).
- Participle Passive
- A verbal adjective expressing action received (“written”).
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Person
- 2nd Person
- The one addressed (“you”).
- 1st Person
- The speaker (“I / we”).
- 3rd Person
- The one spoken about (“he / she / it / they”).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
- Common
- Either gender — not distinguished for this form.
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
Grammatical forms 35 distinct
- Verb, Qal, Infinitive Construct 36 times (22%)
- Verb, Qal, Participle Active, Masculine, Singular, Absolute 15 times (9%)
- Verb, Qal, Imperative, 2nd Person, Masculine, Plural 14 times (8%)
- Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Common, Plural 9 times (5%)
- Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 1st Person, Common, Singular 8 times (5%)
- Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular 7 times (4%)
- Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 6 times (4%)
- Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 6 times (4%)
+27 more forms (64 occurrences)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 165 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
Every verse where H1875 appears — 152 distinct verses across 25 books. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Genesis 3 verses
- Genesis 9:5 אֶדְרֹ֔שׁ אֶדְרְשֶׁ֑/נּוּ אֶדְרֹ֖שׁ Qal impf 1cs Qal impf 1cs + sfx pers 3ms Qal impf 1cs I will surely require your blood of your lives. At the hand of every animal I will require it. At the hand of man, even at the hand of every man's brother, I will require the life of man.
- Genesis 25:22 לִ/דְרֹ֥שׁ prep + Qal inf.cs The children struggled together within her. She said, "If it be so, why do I live?" She went to inquire of Yahweh.
- Genesis 42:22 נִדְרָֽשׁ Niphal ptcp.act ms Reuben answered them, saying, "Didn't I tell you, saying, 'Don't sin against the child,' and you wouldn't listen? Therefore also, behold, his blood is required."
Exodus 1 verse
Leviticus 1 verse
Deuteronomy 13 verses
- Deuteronomy 4:29 תִדְרְשֶׁ֔/נּוּ Qal impf 2ms + sfx pers 3ms But from there you shall seek Yahweh your God, and you shall find him, when you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul.
- Deuteronomy 11:12 דֹּרֵ֣שׁ Qal ptcp.act ms a land which Yahweh your God cares for: the eyes of Yahweh your God are always on it, from the beginning of the year even to the end of the year.
- Deuteronomy 12:5 תִדְרְשׁ֖וּ Qal impf 2mp But to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, even to his habitation shall you seek, and there you shall come;
- Deuteronomy 12:30 תִּדְרֹ֨שׁ Qal impf 2ms take heed to yourself that you not be ensnared to follow them, after that they are destroyed from before you; and that you not inquire after their gods, saying, How do these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.
- Deuteronomy 13:14 וְ/דָרַשְׁתָּ֧ conj + Qal wpf 2ms then shall you inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is done in the midst of you,
- Deuteronomy 17:4 וְ/דָרַשְׁתָּ֣ conj + Qal wpf 2ms and it be told you, and you have heard of it, then shall you inquire diligently; and, behold, if it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is done in Israel,
- Deuteronomy 17:9 וְ/דָרַשְׁתָּ֙ conj + Qal wpf 2ms and you shall come to the priests the Levites, and to the judge who shall be in those days: and you shall inquire; and they shall show you the sentence of judgment.
- Deuteronomy 18:11 וְ/דֹרֵ֖שׁ conj + Qal ptcp.act ms or a charmer, or a consulter with a familiar spirit, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
- Deuteronomy 18:19 אֶדְרֹ֥שׁ Qal impf 1cs It shall happen, that whoever will not listen to my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
- Deuteronomy 19:18 וְ/דָרְשׁ֥וּ conj + Qal wpf 3cp and the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness is a false witness, and has testified falsely against his brother;
- Deuteronomy 22:2 דְּרֹ֤שׁ Qal inf.cs If your brother isn't near to you, or if you don't know him, then you shall bring it home to your house, and it shall be with you until your brother seek after it, and you shall restore it to him.
- Deuteronomy 23:6 תִדְרֹ֥שׁ Qal impf 2ms You shall not seek their peace nor their prosperity all your days forever.
- Deuteronomy 23:21 דָּרֹ֨שׁ יִדְרְשֶׁ֜/נּוּ Qal inf.abs Qal impf 3ms + sfx pers 3ms When you shall vow a vow to Yahweh your God, you shall not be slack to pay it: for Yahweh your God will surely require it of you; and it would be sin in you.
Judges 1 verse
1 Samuel 2 verses
- 1 Samuel 9:9 לִ/דְר֣וֹשׁ prep + Qal inf.cs (In earlier times in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, thus he said, Come, and let us go to the seer; for he who is now called a Prophet was before called a Seer.)
- 1 Samuel 28:7 וְ/אֶדְרְשָׁה conj + Qal impf 1cs Then said Saul to his servants, Seek me a woman who has a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and inquire of her. His servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman who has a familiar spirit at En-dor.
2 Samuel 1 verse
1 Kings 4 verses
- 1 Kings 14:5 לִ/דְרֹשׁ֩ prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh said to Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam comes to inquire of you concerning her son; for he is sick: thus and thus shall you tell her; for it will be, when she comes in, that she will feign herself to be another woman.
- 1 Kings 22:5 דְּרָשׁ Qal impv 2ms Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, Please inquire first for the word of Yahweh.
- 1 Kings 22:7 וְ/נִדְרְשָׁ֖ה conj + Qal impf 1cp But Jehoshaphat said, Isn't there here a prophet of Yahweh besides, that we may inquire of him?
- 1 Kings 22:8 לִ/דְרֹשׁ֩ prep + Qal inf.cs The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, there is yet one man by whom we may inquire of Yahweh, Micaiah the son of Imlah: but I hate him; for he does not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. Jehoshaphat said, "Don't let the king say so."
2 Kings 8 verses
- 2 Kings 1:2 דִרְשׁ֗וּ Qal impv 2mp Ahaziah fell down through the lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said to them, Go, inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I shall recover of this sickness.
- 2 Kings 1:3 לִ/דְרֹ֕שׁ prep + Qal inf.cs But the angel of Yahweh said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and tell them, Is it because there is no God in Israel, that you go to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron?
- 2 Kings 1:6 לִ/דְרֹ֕שׁ prep + Qal inf.cs They said to him, There came up a man to meet us, and said to us, Go, turn again to the king who sent you, and tell him, Thus says Yahweh, Is it because there is no God in Israel, that you send to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron? therefore you shall not come down from the bed where you are gone up, but shall surely die.
- 2 Kings 1:16 לִ/דְרֹשׁ֮ לִ/דְרֹ֖שׁ prep + Qal inf.cs prep + Qal inf.cs He said to him, Thus says Yahweh, Because you have sent messengers to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron, is it because there is no God in Israel to inquire of his word? therefore you shall not come down from the bed where you are gone up, but shall surely die.
- 2 Kings 3:11 וְ/נִדְרְשָׁ֥ה conj + Qal coh 1cp But Jehoshaphat said, Isn't there here a prophet of Yahweh, that we may inquire of Yahweh by him? One of the king of Israel's servants answered, Elisha the son of Shaphat is here, who poured water on the hands of Elijah.
- 2 Kings 8:8 וְ/דָרַשְׁתָּ֨ conj + Qal wpf 2ms The king said to Hazael, Take a present in your hand, and go, meet the man of God, and inquire of Yahweh by him, saying, Shall I recover of this sickness?
- 2 Kings 22:13 דִרְשׁ֨וּ Qal impv 2mp Go you, inquire of Yahweh 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 Yahweh that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not listened to the words of this book, to do according to all that which is written concerning us.
- 2 Kings 22:18 לִ/דְרֹ֣שׁ prep + Qal inf.cs But to the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of Yahweh, thus shall you tell him, Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel: As touching the words which you have heard,
1 Chronicles 10 verses
- 1 Chronicles 10:13 לִ/דְרֽוֹשׁ prep + Qal inf.cs So Saul died for his trespass which he committed against Yahweh, because of the word of Yahweh, which he didn't keep; and also because he asked counsel of one who had a familiar spirit, to inquire [thereby],
- 1 Chronicles 10:14 דָרַ֥שׁ Qal pf 3ms and didn't inquire of Yahweh: therefore he killed him, and turned the kingdom to David the son of Jesse.
- 1 Chronicles 13:3 דְרַשְׁנֻ֖/הוּ Qal pf 1cp + sfx pers 3ms and let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we didn't seek it in the days of Saul.
- 1 Chronicles 15:13 דְרַשְׁנֻ֖/הוּ Qal pf 1cp + sfx pers 3ms For because you didn't carry it at the first, Yahweh our God made a breach on us, because we didn't seek him according to the ordinance.
- 1 Chronicles 16:11 דִּרְשׁ֤וּ Qal impv 2mp Seek you Yahweh and his strength; Seek his face forever more.
- 1 Chronicles 21:30 לִ/דְרֹ֣שׁ prep + Qal inf.cs But David couldn't go before it to inquire of God; for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of Yahweh.
- 1 Chronicles 22:19 לִ/דְר֖וֹשׁ prep + Qal inf.cs Now set your heart and your soul to seek after Yahweh your God; arise therefore, and build the sanctuary of Yahweh God, to bring the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of Yahweh.
- 1 Chronicles 26:31 נִדְרָ֔שׁוּ Niphal pf 3cp Of the Hebronites was Jerijah the chief, even of the Hebronites, according to their generations by fathers' [houses]. In the fortieth year of the reign of David they were sought for, and there were found among them mighty men of valor at Jazer of Gilead.
- 1 Chronicles 28:8 וְ/דִרְשׁ֔וּ conj + Qal impv 2mp Now therefore, in the sight of all Israel, the assembly of Yahweh, and in the audience of our God, observe and seek out all the commandments of Yahweh your God; that you may possess this good land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children after you forever.
- 1 Chronicles 28:9 דּוֹרֵ֣שׁ תִּדְרְשֶׁ֨/נּוּ֙ Qal ptcp.act ms Qal impf 2ms + sfx pers 3ms You, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Yahweh searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts: if you seek him, he will be found of you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.
2 Chronicles 28 verses
- 2 Chronicles 1:5 וַ/יִּדְרְשֵׁ֥/הוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms + sfx pers 3ms Moreover the brazen altar, that Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, was there before the tent of Yahweh: and Solomon and the assembly sought to it.
- 2 Chronicles 12:14 לִ/דְר֖וֹשׁ prep + Qal inf.cs He did that which was evil, because he didn't set his heart to seek Yahweh.
- 2 Chronicles 14:4 לִ/דְר֕וֹשׁ prep + Qal inf.cs and commanded Judah to seek Yahweh, the God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment.
- 2 Chronicles 14:7 דָרַ֨שְׁנוּ֙ דָּרַ֕שְׁנוּ Qal pf 1cp Qal pf 1cp For he said to Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars; the land is yet before us, because we have sought Yahweh our God; we have sought him, and he has given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered.
- 2 Chronicles 15:2 תִּדְרְשֻׁ֨/הוּ֙ Qal impf 2mp + sfx pers 3ms and he went out to meet Asa, and said to him, Hear you me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: Yahweh is with you, while you are with him; and if you seek him, he will be found of you; but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.
- 2 Chronicles 15:12 לִ/דְר֕וֹשׁ prep + Qal inf.cs They entered into the covenant to seek Yahweh, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul;
- 2 Chronicles 15:13 יִדְרֹ֛שׁ Qal impf 3ms and that whoever would not seek Yahweh, the God of Israel, should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.
- 2 Chronicles 16:12 דָרַ֣שׁ Qal pf 3ms In the thirty-ninth year of his reign Asa was diseased in his feet; his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he didn't seek Yahweh, but to the physicians.
- 2 Chronicles 17:3 דָרַ֖שׁ Qal pf 3ms Yahweh was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and didn't seek the Baals,
- 2 Chronicles 17:4 דָּרָ֔שׁ Qal pf 3ms but sought to the God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 18:4 דְּרָשׁ Qal impv 2ms Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, Please inquire first for the word of Yahweh.
- 2 Chronicles 18:6 וְ/נִדְרְשָׁ֖ה conj + Qal coh 1cp But Jehoshaphat said, Isn't there here a prophet of Yahweh besides, that we may inquire of him?
- 2 Chronicles 18:7 לִ/דְרוֹשׁ֩ prep + Qal inf.cs The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of Yahweh: but I hate him; for he never prophesies good concerning me, but always evil: the same is Micaiah the son of Imla. Jehoshaphat said, Don't let the king say so.
- 2 Chronicles 19:3 לִ/דְרֹ֥שׁ prep + Qal inf.cs Nevertheless there are good things found in you, in that you have put away the Asheroth out of the land, and have set your heart to seek God.
- 2 Chronicles 20:3 לִ/דְר֣וֹשׁ prep + Qal inf.cs Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek to Yahweh; and he proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
- 2 Chronicles 22:9 דָּרַ֥שׁ Qal pf 3ms He sought Ahaziah, and they caught him (now he was hiding in Samaria), and they brought him to Jehu, and killed him; and they buried him, for they said, He is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought Yahweh with all his heart. The house of Ahaziah had no power to hold the kingdom.
- 2 Chronicles 24:6 דָרַ֣שְׁתָּ Qal pf 2ms The king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said to him, Why haven't you required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the tax of Moses the servant of Yahweh, and of the assembly of Israel, for the tent of the testimony?
- 2 Chronicles 24:22 וְ/יִדְרֹֽשׁ conj + Qal impf 3ms Thus Joash the king didn't remember the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but killed his son. When he died, he said, Yahweh look on it, and require it.
- 2 Chronicles 25:15 דָרַ֨שְׁתָּ֙ Qal pf 2ms Therefore the anger of Yahweh was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent to him a prophet, who said to him, Why have you sought after the gods of the people, which have not delivered their own people out of your hand?
- 2 Chronicles 25:20 דָֽרְשׁ֔וּ Qal pf 3cp But Amaziah would not hear; for it was of God, that he might deliver them into the hand [of their enemies], because they had sought after the gods of Edom.
- 2 Chronicles 26:5 לִ/דְרֹ֣שׁ דָּרְשׁ֣/וֹ prep + Qal inf.cs Qal inf.cs + sfx pers 3ms He set himself to seek God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the vision of God: and as long as he sought Yahweh, God made him to prosper.
- 2 Chronicles 30:19 לִ/דְר֛וֹשׁ prep + Qal inf.cs who sets his heart to seek God, Yahweh, the God of his fathers, though not [cleansed] according to the purification of the sanctuary.
- 2 Chronicles 31:9 וַ/יִּדְרֹ֣שׁ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Then Hezekiah questioned the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps.
- 2 Chronicles 31:21 לִ/דְרֹ֖שׁ prep + Qal inf.cs In every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.
- 2 Chronicles 32:31 לִ/דְרֹ֗שׁ prep + Qal inf.cs However in [the business of] the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent to him to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.
- 2 Chronicles 34:3 לִ/דְר֕וֹשׁ prep + Qal inf.cs For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father; and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the Asherim, and the engraved images, and the molten images.
- 2 Chronicles 34:21 דִרְשׁ֨וּ Qal impv 2mp Go you, inquire of Yahweh for me, and for those who are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found; for great is the wrath of Yahweh that is poured out on us, because our fathers have not kept the word of Yahweh, to do according to all that is written in this book.
- 2 Chronicles 34:26 לִ/דְר֣וֹשׁ prep + Qal inf.cs But to the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of Yahweh, thus shall you tell him, Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel: As touching the words which you have heard,
Ezra 5 verses
- Ezra 4:2 נִדְר֖וֹשׁ Qal impf 1cp then they drew near to Zerubbabel, and to the heads of fathers' [houses], and said to them, Let us build with you; for we seek your God, as you do; and we sacrifice to him since the days of Esar Haddon king of Assyria, who brought us up here.
- Ezra 6:21 לִ/דְרֹ֕שׁ prep + Qal inf.cs The children of Israel who had come again out of the captivity, and all such as had separated themselves to them from the filthiness of the nations of the land, to seek Yahweh, the God of Israel, ate,
- Ezra 7:10 לִ/דְר֛וֹשׁ prep + Qal inf.cs For Ezra had set his heart to seek the law of Yahweh, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and ordinances.
- Ezra 9:12 תִדְרְשׁ֧וּ Qal impf 2mp now therefore don't give your daughters to their sons, neither take their daughters to your sons, nor seek their peace or their prosperity forever; that you may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children forever.
- Ezra 10:16 לְ/דַרְי֖וֹשׁ prep + Qal inf.cs The children of the captivity did so. Ezra the priest, [with] certain heads of fathers' [houses], after their fathers' houses, and all of them by their names, were set apart; and they sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.
Esther 1 verse
Job 4 verses
- Job 3:4 יִדְרְשֵׁ֣/הוּ Qal juss 3ms + sfx pers 3ms Let that day be darkness; Don't let God from above seek for it, Neither let the light shine on it.
- Job 5:8 אֶדְרֹ֣שׁ Qal impf 1cs "But as for me, I would seek God, To God would I commit my cause;
- Job 10:6 תִדְרֽוֹשׁ Qal impf 2ms That you inquire after my iniquity, And search after my sin?
- Job 39:8 יִדְרֽוֹשׁ Qal impf 3ms The range of the mountains is his pasture, He searches after every green thing.
Psalms 24 verses
- Psalms 9:10 דֹרְשֶׁ֣י/ךָ Qal ptcp.act mp cs + sfx pers 2ms Those who know your name will put their trust in you, For you, Yahweh, have not forsaken those who seek you.
- Psalms 9:12 דֹרֵ֣שׁ Qal ptcp.act ms For he who avenges blood remembers them. He doesn't forget the cry of the afflicted.
- Psalms 10:4 יִדְרֹ֑שׁ Qal impf 3ms The wicked, in the pride of his face, Has no room in his thoughts for God.
- Psalms 10:13 תִּדְרֹֽשׁ Qal impf 2ms Why does the wicked person condemn God, And say in his heart, "God won't call me into account?"
- Psalms 10:15 תִּֽדְרוֹשׁ Qal impf 2ms Break the arm of the wicked. As for the evil man, seek out his wickedness until you find none.
- Psalms 14:2 דֹּ֝רֵשׁ Qal ptcp.act ms Yahweh looked down from heaven on the children of men, To see if there were any who did understand, Who did seek after God.
- Psalms 22:26 דֹּ֣רְשָׁ֑י/ו Qal ptcp.act mp cs + sfx pers 3ms The humble shall eat and be satisfied. They shall praise Yahweh who seek after him. Let your hearts live forever.
- Psalms 24:6 דרש/ו דֹּרְשָׁ֑י/ו Qal ptcp.act ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Qal ptcp.act mp cs + sfx pers 3ms This is the generation of those who seek Him, Who seek your face--even Jacob. Selah.
- Psalms 34:4 דָּרַ֣שְׁתִּי Qal pf 1cs I sought Yahweh, and he answered me, And delivered me from all my fears.
- Psalms 34:10 וְ/דֹרְשֵׁ֥י conj + Qal ptcp.act mp cs The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger, But those who seek Yahweh shall not lack any good thing.
- Psalms 38:12 וְ/דֹרְשֵׁ֣י conj + Qal ptcp.act mp cs They also who seek after my life lay snares. Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, And meditate deceits all day long.
- Psalms 53:2 דֹּ֝רֵ֗שׁ Qal ptcp.act ms God looks down from heaven on the children of men, To see if there are any who understood, Who seek after God.
- Psalms 69:32 דֹּרְשֵׁ֥י Qal ptcp.act mp cs The humble have seen it, and are glad. You who seek after God, let your heart live.
- Psalms 77:2 דָּ֫רָ֥שְׁתִּי Qal pf 1cs In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord. My hand was stretched out in the night, and didn't get tired. My soul refused to be comforted.
- Psalms 78:34 וּ/דְרָשׁ֑וּ/הוּ conj + Qal wpf 3cp + sfx pers 3ms When he killed them, then they inquired after him. They returned and sought God earnestly.
- Psalms 105:4 דִּרְשׁ֣וּ Qal impv 2mp Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more.
- Psalms 109:10 וְ֝/דָרְשׁ֗וּ conj + Qal wpf 3cp Let his children be wandering beggars. Let them be sought from their ruins.
- Psalms 111:2 דְּ֝רוּשִׁ֗ים Qal ptcp.pass mp Yahweh's works are great, Pondered by all those who delight in them.
- Psalms 119:2 יִדְרְשֽׁוּ/הוּ Qal impf 3mp + sfx pers 3ms Blessed are those who keep his statutes, Who seek him with their whole heart.
- Psalms 119:10 דְרַשְׁתִּ֑י/ךָ Qal pf 1cs + sfx pers 2ms With my whole heart, I have sought you. Don't let me wander from your commandments.
- Psalms 119:45 דָרָֽשְׁתִּי Qal pf 1cs I will walk in liberty, For I have sought your precepts.
- Psalms 119:94 דָרָֽשְׁתִּי Qal pf 1cs I am yours. Save me, for I have sought your precepts.
- Psalms 119:155 דָרָֽשׁוּ Qal pf 3cp Salvation is far from the wicked, For they don't seek your statutes.
- Psalms 142:4 דּוֹרֵ֣שׁ Qal ptcp.act ms Look on my right, and see; For there is no one who is concerned for me. Refuge has fled from me. No one cares for my soul.
Proverbs 2 verses
Ecclesiastes 1 verse
Isaiah 13 verses
- Isaiah 1:17 דִּרְשׁ֥וּ Qal impv 2mp Learn to do well. Seek justice, Relieve the oppressed, Judge the fatherless, Plead for the widow."
- Isaiah 8:19 דִּרְשׁ֤וּ יִדְרֹ֔שׁ Qal impv 2mp Qal impf 3ms When they shall tell you, "Consult with those who have familiar spirits and with the wizards, who chirp and who mutter:" shouldn't a people consult with their God? on behalf of the living [should they consult] with the dead?
- Isaiah 9:13 דָרָֽשׁוּ Qal pf 3cp Yet the people have not turned to him who struck them, neither have they sought Yahweh of Hosts.
- Isaiah 11:10 יִדְרֹ֑שׁוּ Qal impf 3mp It shall happen in that day, that the root of Jesse, who stands for an ensign of the peoples, to him shall the nations seek; and his resting-place shall be glorious.
- Isaiah 16:5 וְ/דֹרֵ֥שׁ conj + Qal ptcp.act ms A throne shall be established in loving kindness; and one shall sit thereon in truth, in the tent of David, judging, and seeking justice, and swift to do righteousness.
- Isaiah 19:3 וְ/דָרְשׁ֤וּ conj + Qal wpf 3cp The spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst of it; and I will destroy the counsel of it: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to those who have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.
- Isaiah 31:1 דָרָֽשׁוּ Qal pf 3cp Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, and rely on horses, and trust in chariots because they are many, and in horsemen because they are very strong, but they don't look to the Holy One of Israel, neither seek Yahweh!
- Isaiah 34:16 דִּרְשׁ֨וּ Qal impv 2mp Seek you out of the book of Yahweh, and read: no one of these shall be missing, none shall want her mate; for my mouth, it has commanded, and his Spirit, it has gathered them.
- Isaiah 55:6 דִּרְשׁ֥וּ Qal impv 2mp Seek you Yahweh while he may be found; call you on him while he is near:
- Isaiah 58:2 יִדְרֹשׁ֔וּ/ן Qal impf 3mp + sfx n Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways: as a nation that did righteousness, and didn't forsake the ordinance of their God, they ask of me righteous judgments; they delight to draw near to God.
- Isaiah 62:12 דְרוּשָׁ֔ה Qal ptcp.pass fs They shall call them The holy people, The redeemed of Yahweh: and you shall be called Sought out, A city not forsaken.
- Isaiah 65:1 נִדְרַ֨שְׁתִּי֙ Niphal pf 1cs I am inquired of by those who didn't ask; I am found by those who didn't seek me: I said, See me, see me, to a nation that was not called by my name.
- Isaiah 65:10 דְּרָשֽׁוּ/נִי Qal pf 3cp + sfx pers 1cs Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down in, for my people who have sought me.
Jeremiah 9 verses
- Jeremiah 8:2 דְּרָשׁ֔וּ/ם Qal pf 3cp + sfx pers 3mp and they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of the sky, which they have loved, and which they have served, and after which they have walked, and which they have sought, and which they have worshiped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried, they shall be for dung on the surface of the earth.
- Jeremiah 10:21 דָרָ֑שׁוּ Qal pf 3cp For the shepherds are become brutish, and have not inquired of Yahweh: therefore they have not prospered, and all their flocks are scattered.
- Jeremiah 21:2 דְּרָשׁ Qal impv 2ms Please inquire of Yahweh for us; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon makes war against us: peradventure Yahweh will deal with us according to all his wondrous works, that he may go up from us.
- Jeremiah 29:7 וְ/דִרְשׁ֞וּ conj + Qal impv 2mp Seek the peace of the city where I have caused you to be carried away captive, and pray to Yahweh for it; for in the peace of it shall you have peace.
- Jeremiah 29:13 תִדְרְשֻׁ֖/נִי Qal impf 2mp + sfx pers 1cs You shall seek me, and find me, when you shall search for me with all your heart.
- Jeremiah 30:14 יִדְרֹ֑שׁוּ Qal impf 3mp All your lovers have forgotten you; they don't seek you: for I have wounded you with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the greatness of your iniquity, because your sins were increased.
- Jeremiah 30:17 דֹּרֵ֖שׁ Qal ptcp.act ms For I will restore health to you, and I will heal you of your wounds, says Yahweh; because they have called you an outcast, [saying], It is Zion, whom no man seeks after.
- Jeremiah 37:7 לְ/דָרְשֵׁ֑/נִי prep + Qal inf.cs + sfx pers 1cs Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, Thus shall you tell the king of Judah, who sent you to me to inquire of me: Behold, Pharaoh's army, which is come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land.
- Jeremiah 38:4 דֹרֵ֧שׁ Qal ptcp.act ms Then the princes said to the king, Let this man, we pray you, be put to death; because he weakens the hands of the men of war who remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words to them: for this man doesn't seek the welfare of this people, but the hurt.
Lamentations 1 verse
Ezekiel 13 verses
- Ezekiel 14:3 הַ/אִדָּרֹ֥שׁ אִדָּרֵ֖שׁ ptcl inter + Niphal inf.abs Niphal impf 1cs Son of man, these men have taken their idols into their heart, and put the stumbling block of their iniquity before their face: should I be inquired of at all by them?
- Ezekiel 14:7 לִ/דְרָשׁ prep + Qal inf.cs For everyone of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who sojourn in Israel, who separates himself from me, and takes his idols into his heart, and puts the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and comes to the prophet to inquire for himself of me; I Yahweh will answer him by myself:
- Ezekiel 14:10 הַ/דֹּרֵ֔שׁ ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act ms They shall bear their iniquity: the iniquity of the prophet shall be even as the iniquity of him who seeks [to him];
- Ezekiel 20:1 לִ/דְרֹ֣שׁ prep + Qal inf.cs It happened in the seventh year, in the fifth [month], the tenth [day] of the month, that certain of the elders of Israel came to inquire of Yahweh, and sat before me.
- Ezekiel 20:3 הֲ/לִ/דְרֹ֥שׁ אִדָּרֵ֣שׁ ptcl inter + prep + Qal inf.cs Niphal impf 1cs Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel, and tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Is it to inquire of me that you have come? As I live, says the Lord Yahweh, I will not be inquired of by you.
- Ezekiel 20:31 אִדָּרֵ֥שׁ אִדָּרֵ֖שׁ Niphal impf 1cs Niphal impf 1cs and when you offer your gifts, when you make your sons to pass through the fire, do you pollute yourselves with all your idols to this day? and shall I be inquired of by you, house of Israel? As I live, says the Lord Yahweh, I will not be inquired of by you;
- Ezekiel 20:40 אֶדְר֣וֹשׁ Qal impf 1cs For in my holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, says the Lord Yahweh, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them, serve me in the land: there will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the first fruits of your offerings, with all your holy things.
- Ezekiel 33:6 אֶדְרֹֽשׁ Qal impf 1cs But if the watchman sees the sword come, and doesn't blow the trumpet, and the people aren't warned, and the sword comes, and take any person from among them; he is taken away in his iniquity, but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.
- Ezekiel 34:6 דּוֹרֵ֖שׁ Qal ptcp.act ms My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and on every high hill: yes, my sheep were scattered on all the surface of the earth; and there was none who searched or sought.
- Ezekiel 34:8 דָרְשׁ֥וּ Qal pf 3cp As I live, says the Lord Yahweh, surely because my sheep became a prey, and my sheep became food to all the animals of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my sheep, but the shepherds fed themselves, and didn't feed my sheep;
- Ezekiel 34:10 וְֽ/דָרַשְׁתִּ֧י conj + Qal wpf 1cs Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my sheep at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the sheep; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; and I will deliver my sheep from their mouth, that they may not be food for them.
- Ezekiel 34:11 וְ/דָרַשְׁתִּ֥י conj + Qal wpf 1cs For thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I myself, even I, will search for my sheep, and will seek them out.
- Ezekiel 36:37 אִדָּרֵ֥שׁ Niphal impf 1cs Thus says the Lord Yahweh: For this, moreover, will I be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them: I will increase them with men like a flock.
Hosea 1 verse
Amos 4 verses
- Amos 5:4 דִּרְשׁ֖וּ/נִי Qal impv 2mp + sfx pers 1cs For thus says Yahweh to the house of Israel: "Seek me, and you will live;
- Amos 5:5 תִּדְרְשׁוּ֙ Qal juss 2mp But don't seek Bethel, Nor enter into Gilgal, And don't pass to Beersheba: For Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, And Bethel shall come to nothing.
- Amos 5:6 דִּרְשׁ֥וּ Qal impv 2mp Seek Yahweh, and you will live; Lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, And it devour, and there be no one to quench it in Bethel.
- Amos 5:14 דִּרְשׁוּ Qal impv 2mp Seek good, and not evil, That you may live; And so Yahweh, the God of hosts, will be with you, As you say.
Micah 1 verse
Zephaniah 1 verse
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
The Hebrew verb דרש centers on the idea of “to seek.” The King James Version also renders it “enquire,” a usage modern versions have dropped for “seek” — see the renderings breakdown. It appears 152 verses across 25 books of the Hebrew Bible, among its common vocabulary. Debuting at Genesis 9:5, it then recurs through the corpus. Across 2 stems, its meaning turns on the binyan (Qal, Niphal). For the data behind this summary, explore the sense tree and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H1875 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 152
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 152 distinct verses.
- 25 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 25 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #277
- by frequency
- Top 500 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 277 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 152 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- 2 Chronicles 28 verses 18%
- Psalms 24 verses 16%
- Deuteronomy 13 verses 9%
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 152 distinct verses.
- Writings (Ketuvim) 76 verses · 50%
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 58 verses · 38%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 18 verses · 12%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
BDB lists this Strong’s number as 2 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: Seek 34×, Enquire 21×, Sought 5×
- American Standard Version†: Seek 32×, Inquire 16×, Sought 4×
- Berean Standard Bible†: Seek 27×, Inquire 20×, Seeking 5×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Seek 46×, Inquire 7×, Seeking 6×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H1875 across 163† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 63 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 1 further occurrence.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H1875 across 164† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 73 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H1875 across 160† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 73 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 4 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H1875 across 185† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 65 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
18 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
Hebrew verbs can shift meaning by stem (binyan): Qal is the basic action, Niphal is often passive or reflexive, Piel often intensifies or makes it factitive, and Hiphil is typically causative. The senses below are grouped under the stem BDB assigns to each.
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 18 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
דרש I Ezr 10
דרש II resort to, seek (cf. Arabic دَرَسَ rub over, efface (a site), tread (wheat), fig. read repeatedly, study
Qal
- Pf. 1 Ch 10:14; Impf. יִדְרֹשׁ ψ 10:4 +, אֶדְרְשָׁה 1 S 28:7, נִדְרְשָׁה 1 K 22:7 +, יִדְרְשׁוּן Is 55:2; Imv. דְּרָשׁ־ 1 K 22:5 +; Inf. abs. דָּרֹשׁ Lv 10:16 Dt 23:22; cstr. דְּרֹשׁ Dt 22:2 + לִדְרָשׁ־ Ez 14:7, לְדַרְיוֹשׁ (scribal error for לִדְרוֹשׁ Ew§ 239 a Ol§ 245 g) Ezr 10:16; Pt. דֹּרֵשׁ Dt 11:12 + 10 times, דּוֹרֵשׁ 1 Ch 28:9 + 3 times; pass. דְּרוּשִׁים ψ 111:2, דְּרוּשָׁה Is 62:12; syn. בקשׁ;— e.g. 1 Chronicles 10:14
- 1. (tread a place,) resort to, frequent, with religious obj., c. acc. loc. Am 5:5 2 Ch 1:5, אֶל־ loc. Dt 12:5. e.g. Amos 5:5
- 2. seek, consult, inquire of:
- a. acc. י׳, אֱלֹהִים Gn 25:22 (J) Ex 18:15 (E) 1 S 9:9 1 K 22:8 2 K 3:11; 8:8; 22:13, 18 1 Ch 15:13; 21:30 2 Ch 18:7; 34:21 ψ 24:6; 78:34 Je 21:2; 37:7 Ez 20:1, 3; the ark of God 1 Ch 13:3; word of Yahweh 1 K 22:5 (= 2 Ch 18:4) cf. 1 K 14:5; with בְּ Yahweh 1 Ch 10:14 2 Ch 34:26 Ez 14:7; his word 2 K 1:16; with אֶל, אֶל־אֵל Jb 5:8; their God Is 8:19, Messianic king Is 11:10; מֵעַל־סֵפֶר י׳ out of the book of י׳ Is 34:16 (in gloss, according to CheJQ Jan. 1892, 332); c. מֵאוֹתוֹ of a נָבִיא לי׳ 1 K 22:7 (= 2 Ch 18:6) cf. (supr.) v 8 2 K 3:11 and 1 K 14:5 (מֵעִמְּךָ). e.g. Genesis 25:22
- b. heathen gods and necromancers, הַדֹּרֵשׁ the inquirer Ez 14:10; with בְּ, בַּעֲלַת אוֹב 1 S 28:7, בָּאוֹב 1 Ch 10:13, בְּבַעַל זְבוּב 2 K 1:2, 3, 6, 16; with אֶל, אֶל־הָאֹבוֹת Is 8:19, אֶל־הַמֵּתִים Dt 18:11, אֶל־הָאֱלִילִים Is 19:3. e.g. Ezekiel 14:10
- 3. seek deity in prayer and worship:
- a. the true God (cf. בקשׁ 3) דרשׁ י׳ Dt 4:29; Ho 10:12; Am 5:4, 6; Is 9:12; 31:1; 55:6; 58:2; 65:10; Je 10:21; 29:13; Zp 1:6; La 3:25; 1 Ch 16:11 (= ψ 105:4) 28:9; 2 Ch 12:14; 14:3, 6; 15:2, 12; 16:12; 22:9; 26:5; ψ 9:11; 22:27; 34:5, 11; 119:2, 10; דרשׁ (ה)אלהים 2 Ch 19:3; 26:5; 30:19 ψ 14:2 (= 53:3) 69:33; אֲדֹנָי ד׳ ψ 77:3; with לְ, only in Chronicler, ליהוה 1 Ch 22:19 2 Ch 15:13; 20:3 Ezr 6:21; לאלהים 2 Ch 17:4; 31:21; 34:3 Ezr 4:2; DrIntr. 503 finds in Chr weakened meaning, revere. e.g. Deuteronomy 4:29
- b. seek heathen deities, c. acc. Je 8:2 2 Ch 25:15, 20; with לְ, Dt 12:30 2 Ch 17:3. e.g. Jeremiah 8:2
- 4.
- a. seek, with idea of demanding, require (בקשׁ is seek, simply), with acc. lost sheep Dt 22:2 Ez 34:6, 8, 11; goat Lv 10:16(×2) (P); with אחר, after green fodder Jb 39:8. e.g. Deuteronomy 22:2
- b. inquire, investigate, abs. Ju 6:29 Dt 13:15; 17:4, 9; 19:18; with acc. Ezr 10:16; כָּל־לְבָבוֹת דּוֹרֵשׁ י׳ all hearts Yahweh searches 1 Ch 28:9, לִדְרשׁ הַמּוֹפֵת to inquire into the wonder 2 Ch 32:31; with לְ, to inquire about 2 S 11:3 Jb 10:6; sq. עַל pers. + inf. 2 Ch 24:6 apply to the Levites to bring, etc., cf. 31:9 (עַל both pers. and rei). e.g. Judges 6:29
- 5. ask for, require, demand, c. acc. rei Ez 20:40; + מִן pers. Dt 23:22 Mi 6:8; exact, often with collat. idea of avenging, מֵעִם Dt 18:19, so with מִיַּד Ez 34:10, דָּרַשׁ דָּם מִיַּד Gn 9:5 (P) Ez 33:6; acc. only, דֹּרֵשׁ דמים ψ 9:13, ד׳ רִשְׁעוֹ 10:15; abs. v 4, 13 2 Ch 24:22. e.g. Ezekiel 20:40
- 6. seek with application, study, follow, practise, abs. by wisdom Ec 1:13; with acc. ד׳ מִשְׁפָּט study or practise justice Is 1:17; 16:5; מַעֲשֵׂי י׳ ψ 111:2; טוֹב וְאַל־רַע Am 5:14; commands of God ψ 119:45, 94, 155 1 Ch 28:8; the law Ezr 7:10; †ד׳ שׁלום seek or study the peace, welfare of any one Dt 23:7 Je 29:7 Ezr 9:12, לשׁלום Je 38:4, ד׳ טוב Est 10:3, ד׳ רעה Pr 11:27 ψ 38:13 (cf. בקשׁ 2, where this use is more common). e.g. Ecclesiastes 1:13
- 7. seek with care, care for, ארץ אשׁר יהוה אלהיך דֹּרֵשׁ אתהּ land which Yahweh thy God careth for Dt 11:12; אַל־יִדְרְשֵׁהוּ אֱלוֹהַּ let not Eloah care for it Jb 3:4; אוֹתָךְ לֹא יִד׳ Je 30:14; דָּֽרְשָׁה צֶמֶר Pr 31:13; with לְ Je 30:17; אֵין דּוֹרֵשׁ לְנַפְשִׁי no one careth for me ψ 142:5; but in both these לְ perhaps belongs to אֵין, cf. ‖ אֵין לִי מַכִּיר ψ 142:5, also La 4:4 etc.; דְּרוּשָׁה cared for (of Jerus.) Is 62:12. e.g. Deuteronomy 11:12
Niphal
- Pf. נִדְרָ֑שׁ Gn 42:22, נִדְרַשְׁתִּי Is 65:1, נִדְרָ֑שׁוּ 1 Ch 26:31; Impf. אִדָּרֵשׁ Ez 14:3; 20:3, 31(×2); 36:37; Inf. abs. הַאִדָּרֹשׁ Ez 14:3 (for ההדרשׁ);— e.g. Genesis 42:22
- 1. let oneself be inquired of, consulted, only of God Ez 14:3(×2); 20:3, 31(×2); 36:37 Is 65:1. e.g. Ezekiel 14:3
- 2. be sought out 1 Ch 26:31. e.g. 1 Chronicles 26:31
- 3. be required, of blood (cf. Qal 5 Gn 42:22 (E). e.g. Genesis 42:22
- —וְדָרְשׁוּ מֵחָרְבוֹתֵיהֶם and beg out of their desolate places ψ 109:10 (Ki al. wedŏršu, vid. Baer); many MSS. read דָּֽרְשׁוּ, so most interpr.; 𝔊 Hup Bi Che read גֹּרְשׁוּ be driven from. e.g. Psalms 109:10
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
vb. resort to, seek (cf. Arabic دَرَسَ rub over, efface (a site), tread (wheat), fig. read repeatedly, study; ܕܪܰܫ beat (a path), discuss, Pa. practise in; NH search out (a meaning), expound)—
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Origin: a primitive root
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
דָּרַשׁ
- (b. h.)
- 1. to examine, question. Denom. דְּרִישָׁה.
- 2. to expound, interpret. Ber. I, 5 עד שדְּרָשָׁהּ בן זומא until Ben Zoma found an intimation of it in the Biblical wording. Taan. 5ᵇ מקרא אני דוֹרֵשׁ I find it intimated in a Bible verse. B. Mets. 104ᵃ היה ד׳ לשון הדיוט interpreted the popular (Chaldaic) wording used in documents. Pes. 22ᵇ, v. אֵת; a. v. fr.—Part. pass. דָּרוּשׁ, f. דְּרוּשָׁה. Y. Yeb. VIII, 8ᵈ top והלא ד׳ הוא has not the word ממנו been employed for interpretation?, opp. מופנה.—Denom. דְּרִישָׁה, מִדְרָשׁ.
- 3. (in gen.) to teach, lecture. Ḥag. II, 1 אין דֹּורְשִׁין ב־ you must not lecture on &c. Snh. 99ᵇ ודורש בהגדות וכ׳ lectured on topics with the object of fault-finding; a. v. fr.—דֹּורֵשׁ lecturer. Ex. R. s. 42, beg. אבא הַדֹּ׳ Abba, the lecturer. Ex. R. s. 8, end, v. אֲמוֹרָא.—Pl. דֹּורְשִׁים. Snh. 38ᵇ; Ab. Zar. 5ᵃ דור דור ודוֹרְשָׁיו every generation with its preachers. דֹּורְשֵׁי חמורות, v. חוֹמֶר; ד׳ רשומות, v. רְשׁוּמָה. [M. Kat. II, 5 (13ᵇ) דורשין Ms. M. (ed. עושין), read דֹּושְׁשִׁין.]
- to be interpreted, expounded. Sifra, introd. rules שהתורה נִדְרֶשֶׁת בהן by which the Law is interpreted. Y. Peah II, 17ᵃ דברים הַנִּדְרָשִׁין מן הכתב things which are derived by interpretation from the written code (Torah); הנדרשין מן הפה derived from the oral code (Mishnah). Y. Meg. I, 70ᵃ top נתנה להִידָּרֵשׁ is a legitimate object of interpretation.
- same. Y. Keth. III, 27ᵈ top מִתְדָּרֵשׁ (מִתְדָּרְשָׁה) ולו וכ׳ the words v’lo &c. are open for interpretation, v. גְּזֵרָה.
דְּרַשׁ
- [Targ. Jer. XLVIII, 26, some ed., ידרשון, v. דְּשַׁשׁ.] Targ. Jud. V, 9.—Succ. 51ᵇ bot. קרא אשכחו ודָרוּשׁ they found a Bible verse and interpreted it. Arakh. 30ᵇ איכא למִידְרְשִׁינְהוּ וכ׳ it may be interpreted in favor of a lenient practice &c.—Sot. 21ᵃ דַּרְשַׁיה … להאי קרא R. … interpreted this verse. Ib. מאי דָרוּשׁ what verse did they interpret (to guide them in their action)?—Bets. 28ᵃ דַּרְשִׁינָן משמך we taught in thy name. Yeb. 94ᵃ הוה ליה … למִידְרַשׁ וכ׳ R. El. might have given a valuable interpretation &c., v. מַרְגְּנִיתָא. Lev. R. s. 9 עד דיחסל מִמִּדְרַשׁ until he ended his lecture. Ber. 28ᵃ נִדְרוֹשׁ מר וכ׳ shall this teacher lecture one Sabbath, and the other &c.? Ib. לִדְרוֹשׁ ר׳ (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note); a. v. fr.—דָּרֵישׁ lecturer. Y. Yeb. XII, 13ᵃ top ד׳ ודיין וכ׳ to serve as lecturer, judge &c.
- to be interpreted. Ber. 63ᵃ האי קרא … מִדְּרִישׁ וכ׳ this verse (Ps. CXIX, 126) can be interpreted in its regular order (it is time to work &c., because people neglect the law) or in inverted order (the teachers ignore the letter of the law, because it is time to work for the Lord by guarding its spirit); ib. 60ᵃ; Snh. 70ᵃ e.g. Psalms 119:126
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Forms in the corpus
The 132 distinct written forms H1875 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that stem’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 72 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H1875, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derived from this word
Compare all same-root words → They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 141 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 152 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 9:5
- Exodus 18:15
- Leviticus 10:16
- Deuteronomy 4:29
- Judges 6:29
- 1 Samuel 9:9
- 2 Samuel 11:3
- 1 Kings 14:5
- 2 Kings 1:2
- 1 Chronicles 10:13
- 2 Chronicles 1:5
- Ezra 4:2
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
