Quick Definition
to enquire
Strong's Definition
to gush over, i.e. to swell; (figuratively) to desire earnestly; by implication to ask
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: cause, inquire, seek up, swell out.
TWOT Reference: 259
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) to seek out, swell, cause to swell, boil up, enquire
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to seek, enquire
1a2) to cause to boil up
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be searched out
1b2) to be swelling, bulging, swelling out
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
1) to seek out, swell, cause to swell, boil up, enquire
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to seek, enquire
1a2) to cause to boil up
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be searched out
1b2) to be swelling, bulging, swelling out
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
בָּעָה
bâ‛âh
BDB Definition:
1) to seek out, swell, cause to swell, boil up, enquire
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to seek, enquire
1a2) to cause to boil up
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be searched out
1b2) to be swelling, bulging, swelling out
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 259
Total KJV Occurrences: 7