H1246 בַּקָּשָׁה (baqqâshâh) bak-kaw-shaw'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

request

Strong's Definition

a petition

Derivation: from H1245 (בָּקַשׁ);

KJV Usage: request.

TWOT Reference: 276a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) request, entreaty, petition

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G2212

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

בַּקָּשָׁה (baq.qa.shah) — request. request, entreaty, petition

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

בַּקָּשָׁה (H1246)

noun f · בקשׁ

Wish | Speak | ≈ שְׁאֵלָה

request = action by which humans communicate with other humans to request a favor for themselves or someone else

EZR 7:6 · EST 5:3 · EST 5:6 · EST 5:7 · EST 5:8 · EST 7:2 · EST 7:3 · EST 9:12

Enio R. Mueller

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[בַּקָּשָׁה] n.m. request, entreaty base

Bible Occurrences (8)

7:6

5:3 5:6 5:7 5:8 7:2 7:3 9:12

Ezra 7:6

this Ezra came up from Babylon. He [was] a scribe skilled in the Law of Moses, which the LORD, the God of Israel, had given. The king had granted [Ezra] all his requests, for the hand of the LORD his God was upon him.

Esther 5:3

What is it, Queen Esther? the king inquired. What [is] your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be given to you.

Esther 5:6

And as they drank their wine, the king said to Esther, What is your petition? It will be given to you. What [is] your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be fulfilled.

Esther 5:7

Esther... replied, This is my petition and my request:

Esther 5:8

If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it pleases the king... to grant my petition and fulfill my request, may the king and Haman come tomorrow to the banquet I will prepare for them. Then I will answer the king’s question.

Esther 7:2

and as they drank their wine on that second day, the king asked once more -, Queen Esther, what [is] your petition? It will be given to you. What [is] your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be fulfilled.

Esther 7:3

Queen Esther replied, If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it pleases the king, grant me my life as my petition, and [the lives of] my people as my request.

Esther 9:12

who said to Queen Esther, In the citadel of Susa the Jews have killed and destroyed five hundred men, including Haman’s ten sons. What have they done in the rest of the royal provinces? Now what [is] your petition? It will be given to you. And what further do you request? It will be fulfilled.