Bau בָּעוּ
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| בָּעוּ | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | bau |
| Strong's number | H1159 |
| Language | Aramaic |
| Part of speech | feminine noun |
| Gloss | petition |
| Occurrences | 2 in 2 verses |
Bau (Aramaic בָּעוּ, Strong's H1159) is an Aramaic feminine noun meaning “petition”. It occurs 2 times in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) petition, request
2) prayer (always in Jewish liturgy)
2) prayer (always in Jewish liturgy)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | petition (2) |
|---|---|
| BSB | his petition (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Bau, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Daniel
- Daniel 6:7All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.All the royal administrators, prefects, satraps, advisers, and governors have agreed that the king should establish an ordinance and enforce a decree that for thirty days anyone who petitions any god or man except you, O king, will be thrown into the den of lions.
- Daniel 6:13Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, which is of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee, O king, nor the decree that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition three times a day.Then they told the king, “Daniel, one of the exiles from Judah, shows no regard for you, O king, or for the decree that you have signed. He still makes his petition three times a day.”
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).