Definition
a primitive root; properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship
Traditional renderings: ask, × at all, care for, × diligently, inquire, make inquisition, (necro-) mancer, question, require, search, seek (for, out), × surely.
Traditional renderings: ask, × at all, care for, × diligently, inquire, make inquisition, (necro-) mancer, question, require, search, seek (for, out), × surely.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders דָּרַשׁ:
- ἐκζητέωekzēteō“to seek out”43%
- ζητέωzēteō“to seek”34%
- ἐπερωτάωeperōtaō“to question”8%
- ἀποκρίνωapokrinō“to answer”5%
- πυνθάνομαιpunthanomai“to inquire”3%
- ἐπισκέπτομαιepiskeptomai“to visit/care for”2%
Usage patterns
Occurrences
164 total
- Ezekiel 20:40אֶדְר֣וֹשׁ · and will requireFor on My holy mountain, the high mountain of Israel, declares the Lord GOD, there the whole house of Israel, all of them, will serve Me in the land. There I will accept them and will require your offerings and choice gifts, along with all your holy sacrifices.
- Ezekiel 33:6אֶדְרֹֽשׁ׃ס · accountableBut if the watchman sees the sword coming and fails to blow the horn to warn the people, and the sword comes and takes away a life, then that one will be taken away in his iniquity, but I will hold the watchman accountable for his blood.’
- Ezekiel 34:6דּוֹרֵ֖שׁ · to search [for them]My flock went astray on all the mountains and every high hill. They were scattered over the face of all the earth, with no one to search for them or seek them out.’
- Ezekiel 34:8דָרְשׁ֥וּ · search‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because My flock lacks a shepherd and has become prey and food for every wild beast, and because My shepherds did not search for My flock but fed themselves instead,
- Ezekiel 34:10וְֽדָרַשְׁתִּ֧י · and I will demandThis is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will demand from them My flock and remove them from tending the flock, so that they can no longer feed themselves. For I will deliver My flock from their mouths, and it will no longer be food for them.’
- Ezekiel 34:11וְדָרַשְׁתִּ֥י · will search forFor this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I Myself will search for My flock and seek them out.
- Ezekiel 36:37אִדָּרֵ֥שׁ · I will hear the pleaThis is what the Lord GOD says: Once again I will hear the plea of the house of Israel and do for them this: I will multiply their people like a flock.
- Hosea 10:12לִדְר֣וֹשׁ · to seekSow for yourselves righteousness and reap the fruit of loving devotion; break up your unplowed ground. For it is time to seek the LORD until He comes and sends righteousness upon you like rain.
- Amos 5:4דִּרְשׁ֖וּנִי · Seek MeFor this is what the LORD says to the house of Israel: “Seek Me and live!
- Amos 5:5תִּדְרְשׁוּ֙ · seekDo not seek Bethel or go to Gilgal; do not journey to Beersheba, for Gilgal will surely go into exile, and Bethel will come to nothing.
- Amos 5:6דִּרְשׁ֥וּ · SeekSeek the LORD and live, or He will sweep like fire through the house of Joseph; it will devour everything, with no one at Bethel to extinguish it.
- Amos 5:14דִּרְשׁוּ־ · SeekSeek good, not evil, so that you may live. And the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be with you, as you have claimed.
- Micah 6:8דּוֹרֵ֣שׁ · requireHe has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
- Zephaniah 1:6דְרָשֻֽׁהוּ׃ · inquiring of Him…and those who turn back from following the LORD, neither seeking the LORD nor inquiring of Him.”