To enquire
בְּקַרStrong’s H1240beqar (be-qar)
Appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Beqar is the Aramaic word usually translated “searched”, “search” and “let it be searched”. It appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
“That search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time: for which cause was this city destroyed.”
Meaning
- To seek, enquire(Pael) to enquire · (Ithpael) to let search be made
How it's translated
- and they searched 2
- he will search 1
- let it be searched 1
- to enquire 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezra 5
1 book in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Ezra 4:19And I commanded, and search hath been made, and it is found that this city of old time hath made insurrection against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made therein.
- Ezra 5:17Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let there be search made in the king’s treasure house, which is there at Babylon, whether it be so, that a decree was made of Cyrus the king to build this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter.
- Ezra 6:1Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.
- Ezra 7:14Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king, and of his seven counsellors, to enquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of thy God which is in thine hand;
Aramaic dictionary
בְּקַר beqar · to enquire
1) to seek, enquire 1a) (Pael) to enquire 1b) (Ithpael) to let search be made
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “searched” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SEARCHED, participle passive
serch'ed. Looked over carefully; explored; examined.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Aramaic, not from any one translation.