King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H1156
Transliteration: bea
Phonetic Spelling: (beh-aw')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to ask, seek
Meaning: to seek, ask
Word Summary
bea: to ask, seek
Original Word: בְּעָאTransliteration: bea
Phonetic Spelling: (beh-aw')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to ask, seek
Meaning: to seek, ask
Strong's Concordance
ask, desire, make petition, pray, request, seek (Aramaic) or b ah (Aramaic) {beh-aw'}; corresponding to ba'ah; to seek or ask -- ask, desire, make (petition), pray, request, seek.
see HEBREW ba'ah
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H1156. bea
בְּעָא verb ask, seek, only Daniel (Biblical Hebrew בעה (rare)); —
Pe`al Perfect3masculine singular ׳ב Daniel 2:16, 49; 3masculine plural בְּעוֺ 2:13; 1plural בְּעֵ֫ינָא 2:23; Imperfect3masculine singular יִבְעֵא 6:8; 6:13; 1singular אֶבְעֵאֿ 7:16; Infinitive לְמִבְעֵא 2:18; Participle בָּעֵא 6:12; 6:14, plural בָּעַ֫יִן 6:5; —
1 ask, request, with מִן person Daniel 2:16 (object clause with דִּי), 2:49; 7:16 (+ accusative of thing); ask of God 2:23 (+ id.), of God or man 6:8 (+ accusative of congnate meaning with verb), 6:13; with מִןקֳֿדָם of God 2:18 (accusative of thing); = pray, ׳ב א ׳וּמִתְחַנֵּקֳדָם 6:12, ׳ב 6:14.
2 seek, accusative of person Daniel 2:13, accusative of thing 6:5.
Pa`el Imperfect3masculine plural יְבַעוֺן (K§ 47, 3); Mon the passage conjecture יִבְעוֺן) Daniel 4:33 resort (for favours) to, ל person