Baah בָּעָה
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| בָּעָה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | baah |
| Strong's number | H1158 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to enquire |
| Occurrences | 5 in 4 verses |
| Most frequent in | Isaiah (3) |
Baah (Hebrew בָּעָה, Strong's H1158) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to enquire”. It occurs 5 times in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) to seek out, swell, cause to swell, boil up, enquire
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to seek, enquire
1a2) to cause to boil up
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be searched out
1b2) to be swelling, bulging, swelling out
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to seek, enquire
1a2) to cause to boil up
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be searched out
1b2) to be swelling, bulging, swelling out
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | enquire enquire (1), out (1), boil (1), up (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | you would inquire (1), inquire (1), bulge (1), boil (1), sought out (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Baah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Isaiah
- Isaiah 21:12The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will enquire, enquire ye: return, come.The watchman replies, “Morning has come, but also the night. If you would inquire, then inquire. Come back yet again.”
- Isaiah 30:13Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant.this iniquity of yours is like a breach about to fail, a bulge in a high wall, whose collapse will come suddenly— in an instant!
- Isaiah 64:2As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence!as fire kindles the brushwood and causes the water to boil, to make Your name known to Your enemies, so that the nations will tremble at Your presence!
Obadiah
- Obadiah 1:6How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things sought up!But how Esau will be pillaged, his hidden treasures sought out!
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).