Strong's #1246: baqqashah (pronounced bak-kaw-shaw')
from 1245; a petition:--request.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:
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baqqâshâh
1) request, entreaty, petition
Part of Speech: noun masculine
Relation: from H1245
Usage:
This word is used 8 times:
Ezra 7:6: "had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD his God"
Esther 5:3: "wilt thou, queen Esther? and what is thy request? it shall be even given thee to the half of the kingdom."
Esther 5:6: "is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed."
Esther 5:7: "Esther, and said, My petition and my request"
Esther 5:8: "my petition, and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come"
Esther 7:2: "Esther? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? and it shall be performed, even to of the kingdom."
Esther 7:3: "let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request:"
Esther 9:12: "is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: or what is thy request further? and it shall be done."