Words the Bible translates as request
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 9 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- baqashבָּקַשׁto seek: to go after something or someone you want, whether by looking for it, working to get it, or asking for it
- sha'alשָׁאַלto ask for something: to request a gift, a favor, or a grant from someone who can give it
+3 more meanings
- to ask a question: to put a question to someone in order to find something out
- to inquire of God: to put a question to God, or to some other unseen source, and wait for the answer
- to borrow: to ask for the use of something belonging to someone else, expecting to return it
- deēsisδέησιςa need-driven petition: an urgent request to God that rises from a specific lack, brought to the one who can supply it
- aitēmaαἴτημαrequestnot studied yet
- she'elahשְׁאֵלָהa request or petition: something asked of another, whether a person in power or God, and by extension the thing that is asked for.
- be'aבְּעָאto be after something: to search for it, or to ask the one who can give it.
- baqqashahבַּקָּשָׁהa request laid before a king: the particular thing a petitioner is after, asked with the expectation that it will be granted.
- mishalahמִשְׁאָלָהa petition: a specific thing asked of God, which he grants
- areshetאֲרֶשֶׁתrequestnot studied yet
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