Strong's Hebrew · H1158
בָּעָה
bâʻâh · baw-aw'
Definitionto gush over, i.e. to swell; (figuratively) to desire earnestly; by implication to ask
Derivationa primitive root;
KJV usagecause, inquire, seek up, swell out.
Occurrences5 in the KJV · 4 verses
בָּעָה in Scripture
Isaiah 21:12
The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will enquire, enquire ye: return, come.
Isaiah 30:13
Therefore 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.
Isaiah 64:2
As 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!
Obadiah 1:6
How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things sought up!