87 occurrences

'Searching' in the Bible

Now Rachel had taken the images, and had put them in the camels' basket, and was seated on them. And Laban, searching through all the tent, did not come across them.

And she said to her father, Let not my lord be angry because I do not get up before you, for I am in the common condition of women. And with all his searching, he did not come across the images.

Benjamin is a wolf, searching for meat: in the morning he takes his food, and in the evening he makes division of what he has taken.

But if in those lands you are turned again to the Lord your God, searching for him with all your heart and soul, he will not keep himself from you.

Give thought now to the days which are past, before your time, from the day when God first gave life to man on the earth, and searching from one end of heaven to the other, see if such a great thing as this has ever been, or if anything like it has been talked of in story.

Then Joshua, the son of Nun, sent two men from Shittim secretly, with the purpose of searching out the land, and Jericho. So they went and came to the house of a loose woman of the town, named Rahab, where they took their rest for the night.

And it was said to the king of Jericho, See, some men have come here tonight from the children of Israel with the purpose of searching out the land.

Then the king of Jericho sent to Rahab, saying, Send out the men who have come to you and are in your house; for they have come with the purpose of searching out all the land.

And they went into the hill-country and were there three days, till the men who had gone after them had come back; and those who went after them were searching for them everywhere without coming across them.

Then Jael went out, and meeting Barak going after Sisera, said to him, Come, and I will let you see the man you are searching for. So he came into her tent and saw, and there was Sisera stretched out dead with the tent-pin in his head.

And they said to one another, Who has done this thing? And after searching with care, they said, Gideon, the son of Joash, has done this thing.

And the ark was in Kiriath-jearim for a long time, as much as twenty years: and all Israel was searching after the Lord with weeping.

And Saul's father's brother said to him and his servant, Where have you been? And he said, Searching for the asses: and when we saw no sign of them, we came to Samuel.

But now, your authority will not go on: the Lord, searching for a man who is pleasing to him in every way, has given him the place of ruler over his people, because you have not done what the Lord gave you orders to do.

And David kept in the waste land, in safe places, waiting in the hill-country in the waste land of Ziph. And Saul was searching for him every day, but God did not give him up into his hands

After whom has the king of Israel come out? for whom are you searching? for a dead dog, an insect.

And Absalom's servants came to the woman at the house and said, Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said to them, They have gone from here to the stream. And after searching for them, and seeing nothing of them, they went back to Jerusalem.

So after searching through all the land of Israel for a fair young girl, they saw Abishag the Shunammite, and took her to the king.

But when they kept on requesting him, he was shamed and said, Send, then. So they sent fifty men; but after searching for three days, they came back without having seen him.

And Elisha said to them, This is not the way, and this is not the town: come after me so that I may take you to the man you are searching for. And he took them to Samaria.

Have glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who are searching after the Lord be glad.

But when in their trouble they were turned to the Lord, the God of Israel, searching after him, he let their search be rewarded.

He gave himself to searching after God in the days of Zechariah, who made men wise in the fear of God; and as long as he was true to the Lord, God made things go well for him.

To those whose desire is for death, but it comes not; who are searching for it more than for secret wealth;

The camel-trains of Tema were searching with care, the bands of Sheba were waiting for them:

And why do you not take away my sin, and let my wrongdoing be ended? for now I go down to the dust, and you will be searching for me with care, but I will be gone.

That you take note of my sin, searching after my wrongdoing,

Man puts an end to the dark, searching out to the farthest limit the stones of the deep places of the dark.

Then he saw it, and put it on record; he gave it its fixed form, searching it out completely.

I was waiting for your words, I was giving ear to your wise sayings; while you were searching out what to say,

He sends the strong to destruction without searching out their cause, and puts others in their place.

There is no searching out of the Ruler of all: his strength and his judging are great; he is full of righteousness, doing no wrong.

Who gives in the evening the meat he is searching for, when his young ones are crying to God; when the young lions with loud noise go wandering after their food?

He goes looking for his grass-lands in the mountains, searching out every green thing.

Let the arm of the sinner and the evil-doer be broken; go on searching for his sin till there is no more.

The Lord was looking down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any who had wisdom, searching after God.

For in a short time the evil-doer will be gone: you will go searching for his place, and it will not be there.

God was looking down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any who had wisdom, searching after God.

The memory of my song comes back to me in the night; my thoughts are moving in my heart; my spirit is searching with care.

The young lions go thundering after their food; searching for their meat from God.

Have glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who are searching after the Lord be glad.

Happy are they who keep his unchanging word, searching after him with all their heart.

O Lord, you have knowledge of me, searching out all my secrets.

He who, with all his heart, goes after what is good is searching for grace; but he who is looking for trouble will get it.

The hater of authority, searching for wisdom, does not get it; but knowledge comes readily to the open-minded man.

The heart of the man of good sense gets knowledge; the ear of the wise is searching for knowledge.

And I gave my heart to searching out in wisdom all things which are done under heaven: it is a hard thing which God has put on the sons of men to do.

I gave my mind to knowledge and to searching for wisdom and the reason of things, and to the discovery that sin is foolish, and that to be foolish is to be without one's senses.

For which my soul is still searching, but I have it not; one man among a thousand have I seen; but a woman among all these I have not seen.

This only have I seen, that God made men upright, but they have been searching out all sorts of inventions.

And because the Preacher was wise he still gave the people knowledge; searching out, testing, and putting in order a great number of wise sayings.

In the night the desire of my soul has been for you; early will my spirit be searching for you; for when your punishments come on the earth, the people of the world will get the knowledge of righteousness.

Give ear to me, you who are searching for righteousness, who are looking for the Lord: see the rock from which you were cut out, and the hole out of which you were taken.

I have been ready to give an answer to those who did not make prayer to me; I have been offering myself to those who were not searching for me; I said, Here am I, here am I, to a nation which gave no respect to my name.

But you, O Lord, have knowledge of me; you see me, searching and testing how my heart is with you: let them be pulled out like sheep to be put to death, make them ready for the day of death.

In that day I gave my oath to take them out of the land of Egypt into a land which I had been searching out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the glory of all lands:

For this is what the Lord has said: Truly, I, even I, will go searching and looking for my sheep.

Then Daniel said in answer to the king, No wise men, or users of secret arts, or wonder-workers, or readers of signs, are able to make clear to the king the secret he is searching for;

And it will come about at that time, that I will go searching through Jerusalem with lights; and I will send punishment on the men who have become like wine stored over-long, who say to themselves, The Lord will not do good and will not do evil.

And when they had gone, an angel of the Lord came to Joseph in a dream, saying, Get up and take the young child and his mother, and go into Egypt, and do not go from there till I give you word; for Herod will be searching for the young child to put him to death.

Because to everyone who makes a request, it will be given; and he who is searching will get his desire, and to him who gives the sign, the door will be open.

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a trader searching for beautiful jewels.

And the angel said to the women, Have no fear: for I see that you are searching for Jesus, who was put to death on the cross.

And I say to you, Make requests, and they will be answered; what you are searching for, you will get; when you give the sign, the door will be open to you.

For to everyone who makes a request, it will be given; and he who is searching will get his desire; and to him who gives the sign, the door will be open.

Or what woman, having ten bits of silver, if one bit has gone from her hands, will not get a light, and go through her house, searching with care till she sees it?

I, however, am not in search of glory for myself: there is One who is searching for it and he is judge.

Why? Because they were not searching for it by faith, but by works. They came up against the stone which was in the way;

And Isaiah says without fear, Those who were not searching for me made discovery of me; and I was seen by those whose hearts were turned away from me.

Lord, they have put your prophets to death, and made waste your altars, and now I am the last, and they are searching for me to take away my life.

What then? That which Israel was searching for he did not get, but those of the selection got it and the rest were made hard.

And that because of the false brothers let in secretly, who came searching out our free condition which we have in Christ Jesus, so that they might make servants of us;

For those who say such things make it clear that they are searching for a country for themselves.

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
חפשׂ 
Chaphas 
Usage: 23

חקר 
Chaqar 
Usage: 27

חקר 
Cheqer 
Usage: 12

תּוּר 
Tuwr 
Usage: 23

בּקר 
Baqar 
Usage: 7

בּקר 
B@qar (Aramaic) 
Usage: 5

דּרשׁ 
Darash 
Usage: 164

חפר 
Chaphar 
Usage: 22

מחתּרת 
Machtereth 
Usage: 2

משׁשׁ 
Mashash 
Usage: 9

ἀνακρίνω 
Anakrino 
Usage: 16

ἐξερευνάω 
Exereunao 
Usage: 1

ἐξετάζω 
Exetazo 
Usage: 2

ἐρευνάω 
Ereunao 
Usage: 4

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