Strong's #7592: sha'al (pronounced shaw-al')
or shael {shaw-ale'}; a primitive root; to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand:--ask (counsel, on), beg, borrow, lay to charge, consult, demand, desire, X earnestly, enquire, + greet, obtain leave, lend, pray, request, require, + salute, X straitly, X surely, wish.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:
ׁ / ׁ
shâ'al / shâ'êl
1) to ask, enquire, borrow, beg
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to ask, ask for
1a2) to ask (as a favour), borrow
1a3) to enquire, enquire of
1a4) to enquire of, consult (of deity, oracle)
1a5) to seek
1b) (Niphal) to ask for oneself, ask leave of absence
1c) (Piel)
1c1) to enquire, enquire carefully
1c2) to beg, practise beggary
1d) (Hiphil)
1d1) to be given on request
1d2) to grant, make over to, let (one) ask (successfully) or give or lend on request (then) grant or make over to
Part of Speech: verb
Relation: a primitive root
Usage:
This word is used 172 times:
1 Kings 3:11: "neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked"
1 Kings 3:11: "for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment;"
1 Kings 3:13: "given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches, and honor:"
1 Kings 10:13: "all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that which Solomon"
1 Kings 19:4: "under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said,"
2 Kings 2:9: "said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away"
2 Kings 2:10: "And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from"
2 Kings 4:3: "Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of"
2 Kings 4:28: "Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say,"
2 Kings 6:5: "Alas, master! for it was borrowed."
2 Kings 8:6: "And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed unto her a certain officer,"
1 Chronicles 4:10: "me! And God granted him that which he requested."
1 Chronicles 10:13: "he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to inquire"
1 Chronicles 14:10: "And David inquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? and wilt thou deliver"
1 Chronicles 14:14: "Therefore David inquired again of God; and God said unto him Go not up"
1 Chronicles 18:10: "to king David, to inquire of his welfare, and to congratulate him, because"
2 Chronicles 1:7: "appear unto Solomon, and said unto him, Ask what I shall give"
2 Chronicles 1:11: "was in thine heart, and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honor,"
2 Chronicles 1:11: "nor the life of thine enemies, neither yet hast asked long life; but hast asked"
2 Chronicles 1:11: "neither yet hast asked long life; but hast asked wisdom and knowledge"
2 Chronicles 9:12: "all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that which she had brought"
2 Chronicles 11:23: "city: and he gave them victual in abundance. And he desired many wives."
Ezra 8:22: "For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help"
Nehemiah 1:2: "came, he and certain men of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews"
Nehemiah 13:6: "the king, and after certain days obtained I leave of the king:"
Job 8:8: "For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:"
Job 12:7: "But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell"
Job 21:29: "Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens,"
Job 31:30: "have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul."
Job 38:3: "now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer"
Job 40:7: "thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare"
Job 42:4: "I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare"
Psalms 2:8: " Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession."
Psalms 21:4: " He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days forever and ever."
Psalms 27:4: "One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house"
Psalms 35:11: "False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not."
Psalms 40:6: "burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required."
Psalms 78:18: "And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust."
Psalms 105:40: " The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven."
Psalms 109:10: "Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places."
Psalms 122:6: " Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love"
Psalms 137:3: "For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth,"
Proverbs 20:4: "will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing."
Proverbs 30:7: "Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before"
Ecclesiastes 2:10: "And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld"
Ecclesiastes 7:10: "were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely"
Isaiah 7:11: " Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth,"
Isaiah 7:11: "of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height"
Isaiah 7:12: "But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD."
Isaiah 30:2: "to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh,"
