Definition
a primitive root; to gush over, i.e. to swell; (figuratively) to desire earnestly; by implication to ask
Traditional renderings: cause, inquire, seek up, swell out.
Traditional renderings: cause, inquire, seek up, swell out.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders בָּעָה:
- ζητέωzēteō“to seek”always
Usage patterns
Occurrences
5 total
- Isaiah 21:12תִּבְעָי֥וּן · you would inquire; בְּעָ֖יוּ · then inquireThe watchman replies, “Morning has come, but also the night. If you would inquire, then inquire. Come back yet again.”
- Isaiah 30:13נִבְעֶ֖ה · a bulge…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 64:2תִּבְעֶה־ · to boil…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 1:6נִבְע֖וּ · sought outBut how Esau will be pillaged, his hidden treasures sought out!