dāraš דָּרַשׁ ‘to seek’ (Hebrew)
Etymology?:
a primitive root
dāraš v
1) to resort to, seek, seek with care, enquire, require
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to resort to, frequent (a place), (tread a place)
1a2) to consult, enquire of, seek
1a2a) of God
1a2b) of heathen gods, necromancers
1a3) to seek deity in prayer and worship
1a3a) God
1a3b) heathen deities
1a4) to seek (with a demand), demand, require
1a5) to investigate, enquire
1a6) to ask for, require, demand
1a7) to practice, study, follow, seek with application
1a8) to seek with care, care for
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to allow oneself to be enquired of, consulted (only of God)
1b2) to be sought, be sought out
1b3) to be required (of blood)
Mentioned in Genesis 9:5, 42:22, 25:22 Exodus 18:15 Codex Leviticus 10:16 Deuteronomy 18:11, 19:18, 22:2, 23:22, 12:30, 11:12, 18:19, 12:5, 17:9, 4:29, 13:15, 17:4, 23:7 Judges 6:29 1 Samuel 28:7, 9:9 2 Samuel 11:3 1 Kings 22:8, 14:5, 22:7, 22:5 2 Kings 22:13, 3:11, 1:2, 1:3, 1:6, 1:16, 8:8, 22:18 Isaiah 16:5, 8:19, 19:3, 34:16, 11:10, 65:1, 58:2, 1:17, 65:10, 9:12, 31:1, 62:12, 55:6 Jeremiah 8:2, 30:14, 21:2, 30:17, 38:4, 29:7, 37:7, 10:21, 29:13 Ezekiel 14:3, 20:3, 36:37, 20:31, 20:40, 34:8, 34:10, 34:11, 14:7, 34:6, 20:1, 33:6, 14:10 Hosea 10:12 Amos 5:5, 5:6, 5:14, 5:4 Micah 6:8 Zephaniah 1:6 Psalms 142:5, 14:2, 53:3, 77:3, 10:4, 22:27, 119:10, 78:34, 10:13, 69:33, 119:94, 119:2, 9:13, 34:5, 9:11, 10:15, 109:10, 24:6, 38:13, 105:4, 111:2, 34:11, 119:45, 119:155 Proverbs 11:27, 31:13 Job 5:8, 39:8, 3:4, 10:6 Lamentations 3:25 Ecclesiastes 1:13 Esther 10:3 Ezra 4:2, 10:16, 6:21, 9:12, 7:10 1 Chronicles 26:31, 28:9, 10:13, 28:8, 13:3, 15:13, 21:30, 22:19, 10:14, 16:11 2 Chronicles 14:3, 15:12, 17:3, 17:4, 24:22, 30:19, 34:3, 34:21, 19:3, 25:20, 24:6, 1:5, 18:7, 22:9, 18:6, 15:13, 18:4, 25:15, 34:26, 14:6, 26:5, 31:21, 32:31, 15:2, 16:12, 12:14, 20:3, 31:9