- Original: שׁאל שׁאל - Transliteration: Sha'al - Phonetic: shaw-al' - Definition: 1. to ask, enquire, borrow, beg a. (Qal) 1. to ask, ask for 2. to ask (as a favour), borrow 3. to enquire, enquire of 4. to enquire of, consult (of deity, oracle) 5. to seek b. (Niphal) to ask for oneself, ask leave of absence c. (Piel) 1. to enquire, enquire carefully 2. to beg, practise beggary d. (Hiphil) 1. to be given on request 2. to grant, make over to, let (one) ask (successfully) or give or lend on request (then) grant or make over to - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 2303 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; to inquire; by implication to request; by extension to demand: - ask (counsel on) beg borrow lay to charge consult demand desire X earnestly enquire + greet obtain leave lend pray request require + salute X straitly X surely wish. Total KJV Occurrences: 172 • ask, 39 Genesis 32:29; Numbers 27:21; Deuteronomy 4:32; Deuteronomy 13:14; Deuteronomy 32:7; Joshua 4:6; Joshua 4:21; Joshua 15:18; Judges 1:14; 1 Samuel 12:19; 1 Samuel 25:8; 1 Samuel 28:16; 2 Samuel 14:18; 2 Samuel 20:18(2); 1 Kings 2:16; 1 Kings 2:22(2); 1 Kings 3:5; 2 Kings 2:9; 2 Chronicles 1:7; Job 12:7; Psalm 2:8; Isaiah 7:11(2); Isaiah 7:12; Isaiah 45:11; Isaiah 58:2; Jeremiah 6:16; Jeremiah 15:5; Jeremiah 18:13; Jeremiah 23:33; Jeremiah 30:6; Jeremiah 38:14; Jeremiah 48:19; Jeremiah 50:5; Lamentations 4:4; Haggai 2:11; Zechariah 10:1 • asked, 47 Genesis 24:47; Genesis 26:7; Genesis 32:29; Genesis 37:15; Genesis 38:21; Genesis 40:7; Genesis 43:27; Genesis 44:19; Exodus 18:7; Joshua 9:14; Joshua 19:50; Judges 1:1; Judges 5:25; Judges 13:6; 1 Samuel 1:17; 1 Samuel 1:20; 1 Samuel 1:27; 1 Samuel 8:10; 1 Samuel 19:22; 1 Samuel 20:6(2); 1 Samuel 20:28(2); 1 Kings 3:10; 1 Kings 3:11(5); 1 Kings 3:13; 1 Kings 10:13; 2 Kings 2:10; 2 Kings 8:6; 2 Chronicles 1:11(3); 2 Chronicles 9:12; Nehemiah 1:2; Job 21:29; Psalm 21:4; Psalm 105:40; Isaiah 30:2; Isaiah 41:28; Isaiah 65:1; Jeremiah 36:17; Jeremiah 37:17; Jeremiah 38:27 • askest, 1 Judges 13:18 • asketh, 4 Genesis 32:17; Exodus 13:14; Deuteronomy 6:20; Micah 7:3 • asking, 3 1 Samuel 12:17; 1 Chronicles 10:13; Psalm 78:18 • beg, 2 Psalm 109:10; Proverbs 20:4 • borrow, 4 Exodus 3:22; Exodus 11:2; Exodus 22:14; 2 Kings 4:3 • borrowed, 2 Exodus 12:35; 2 Kings 6:5 • charge, 1 Psalm 35:11 • consulted, 1 Ezekiel 21:21 • consulter, 1 Deuteronomy 18:11 • counsel, 5 Judges 18:5; Judges 20:18; Judges 20:23; 1 Samuel 14:37; Hosea 4:12 • demand, 3 Job 38:3; Job 40:7; Job 42:4 • demanded, 1 2 Samuel 11:7 • desire, 3 Judges 8:24; 1 Kings 2:20; 2 Kings 4:28 • desired, 4 1 Samuel 12:13; 2 Chronicles 11:23; Psalm 27:4; Ecclesiastes 2:10 • desiredst, 1 Deuteronomy 18:16 • desireth, 1 Deuteronomy 14:26 • greet, 1 1 Samuel 25:5 • inquire, 7 Genesis 24:57; Judges 4:20; 1 Samuel 17:56; 1 Samuel 22:15; 1 Chronicles 18:10; Job 8:8; Ecclesiastes 7:10 • inquired, 15 Judges 8:14; Judges 20:27; 1 Samuel 10:22; 1 Samuel 22:10; 1 Samuel 22:13; 1 Samuel 23:2; 1 Samuel 23:4; 1 Samuel 28:6; 1 Samuel 30:8; 2 Samuel 2:1; 2 Samuel 5:19; 2 Samuel 5:23; 2 Samuel 16:23; 1 Chronicles 14:10; 1 Chronicles 14:14 • leave, 1 Nehemiah 13:6 • lent, 4 Exodus 12:36; 1 Samuel 1:28(2); 1 Samuel 2:20 • on, 1 1 Kings 2:20 • Pray, 1 Psalm 122:6 • requested, 3 Judges 8:26; 1 Kings 19:4; 1 Chronicles 4:10 • require, 3 Deuteronomy 10:12; 2 Samuel 3:13; Ezra 8:22 • required, 4 2 Samuel 12:20; Psalm 40:6; Psalm 137:3; Proverbs 30:7 • salute, 2 1 Samuel 10:4; 2 Samuel 8:10 • saluted, 3 Judges 18:15; 1 Samuel 17:22; 1 Samuel 30:21 • straitly, 2 Genesis 43:7(2) • wished, 1 Jonah 4:8 • wishing, 1 Job 31:30 """