Lexical Definition

‎דָּרַשׁ‎ dârash (daw-rash') to seek ^H:V
a primitive root

ask, [idiom] at all, care for, [idiom] diligently, inquire, make inquisition, (necro-) mancer, question, require, search, seek (for, out), [idiom] surely.

• properly, to tread or frequent
• usually to follow (for pursuit or search)
• by implication, to seek or ask
• specifically to worship

1) to resort to, seek, seek with care, enquire, require
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to resort to, frequent (a place), (tread a place)
1a2) to consult, enquire of, seek
1a2a) of God
1a2b) of heathen gods, necromancers
1a3) to seek deity in prayer and worship
1a3a) God
1a3b) heathen deities
1a4) to seek (with a demand), demand, require
1a5) to investigate, enquire
1a6) to ask for, require, demand
1a7) to practice, study, follow, seek with application
1a8) to seek with care, care for
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to allow oneself to be enquired of, consulted (only of God)
1b2) to be sought, be sought out
1b3) to be required (of blood)

See Greek: ἀναζητέω · ἀνετάζω · ἀντέχομαι · ἀποκρίνομαι · ἐκβάλλω · ἐκζητέω · ἐλπίζω · ἐμφανής · ἐξετάζω · ἐπερωτάω · ἐπιζητέω · ἐπισκέπτομαι · ἐπισκοπέω · ζητέω · ζήτημα · προσαγορεύω · πυνθάνομαι · τίθημι

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎דַּרְיוֺשׁ‎ Ezra 10:16 see ‎דרשׁ‎.

‎דָּרַשׁ‎₁₆₂ verb resort to, seek (compare Arabic rub over, efface (a site), tread (wheat), figurative read repeatedly, study; beat (a path), discuss, Pa`el practise in; Late Hebrew search out (a meaning), expound) —

Qal Perfect 1Chr 10:14 Imperfect ‎יִדְרשׁ‎ Ps 10:4 +, ‎אֶדְרְשָׁה‎ 1Sam 28:7, ‎נִדְרְשָׁה‎ 1Kgs 22:7 +, ‎יִדְרְשׁוּן‎ Isa 55:2 Imperative ‎דְּרָשֿׁ‎ 1Kgs 22:5 +; Infinitive absolute ‎דָּרשׁ‎ Lev 10:16; Deut 23:22* construct ‎דְּרשׁ‎ Deut 22:2 + ‎לִדְרָשֿׁ‎ Ezek 14:7, ‎לְדַרְיוֺשׁ‎ (scribal error for ‎לִדְרוֺשׁ‎ Ew^{§ 239a} Ol^{§ 245 g}) Ezra 10:16 Participle ‎דֹּרֵשׁ‎ Deut 11:12 + 10 t., ‎דּוֺרֵשׁ‎ 1Chr 28:9 + 3 t.; passive ‎דְּרוּשִׁים‎ Ps 111:2, ‎דְּרוּשָׁה‎ Isa 62:12 synonym ‎בקשׁ‎; —

1. (tread a place,) resort to, frequent, with religious object, with accusative of location Amos 5:5; 2Chr 1:5, ‎לְ‎ local Deut 12:5.

2. seek, consult, inquire of:
a. accusative ‎׳‎‎י‎, ‎אֱלֹהִים‎ Gen 25:22 (J) Exod 18:15 (E) 1Sam 9:9; 1Kgs 22:8; 2Kgs 3:11; 2Kgs 8:8; 2Kgs 22:13; 2Kgs 22:18; 1Chr 15:13; 1Chr 21:30; 2Chr 18:7; 2Chr 34:21; Ps 24:6; Ps 78:34; Jer 21:2; Jer 37:7; Ezek 20:1; Ezek 20:3 the ark of God 1Chr 13:3 word of Yahweh 1Kgs 22:5 (= 2Chr 18:4) compare 1Kgs 14:5 with ‎בְּ‎ Yahweh 1Chr 10:14; 2Chr 34:26; Ezek 14:7 his word 2Kgs 1:16 with ‎אֶל‎, ‎אֶלאֵֿל‎ Job 5:8 their God Isa 8:19, Messianic king Isa 11:10 ‎׳‎‎מֵעַלסֵֿפֶר י‎ out of the book of ‎׳‎‎י‎ Isa 34:16 (in gloss, according to Che^{JQ Jan. 1892, 332}); with ‎מֵאוֺתוֺ‎ of a ‎׳‎‎נָבִיא לי‎ 1Kgs 22:7 (= 2Chr 18:6) compare (above) v2Chr 18:8; 2Kgs 3:11 and 1Kgs 14:5 (‎מֵעִמְּךָ‎).
b. heathen gods and necromancers, ‎הַדֹּרֵשׁ‎ the inquirer Ezek 14:10 with ‎בְּ‎, ‎בַּעֲלַת אוֺב‎ 1Sam 28:7, ‎בָּאוֺב‎ 1Chr 10:13, ‎בְּבַעַל זְבוּב‎ 2Kgs 1:2; 2Kgs 1:3; 2Kgs 1:6; 2Kgs 1:16 with ‎אֶל‎, ‎אֶלהָֿאֹבוֺת‎ Isa 8:19, ‎אֶלהַֿמֵּתִים‎ Deut 18:11, ‎אֶלהָֿאֱלִילִים‎ Isa 19:3.

3. seek deity in prayer and worship:
a. the true God (compare ‎בקשׁ‎ 3) ‎׳‎‎דרשׁ י‎ Deut 4:29; Hos 10:12; Amos 5:4; Amos 5:6; Isa 9:12*; Isa 31:1; Isa 55:6; Isa 58:2; Isa 65:10; Isa 29:13; Isa 1:11 (= Ps 105:4) Ps 28:9; 2Chr 12:14; 2Chr 14:3*; 2Chr 14:6*; 2Chr 15:2; 2Chr 15:12; 2Chr 16:12; 2Chr 22:9; 2Chr 26:5; Ps 9:11*; Ps 22:27*; Ps 34:5*; Ps 34:11*; Ps 119:2; Ps 119:10 ‎דרשׁ (ה)אלהים‎ 2Chr 19:3; 2Chr 26:5; 2Chr 30:19; Ps 14:2 (= Ps 53:3*) Ps 69:33* ‎׳‎‎אֲדֹנָי ד‎ Ps 77:3* with ‎לְ‎, only in Chronicler, ‎ליהוה‎ 1Chr 22:19; 2Chr 15:13; 2Chr 20:3; Ezra 6:21 ‎לאלהים‎ 2Chr 17:4; 2Chr 31:21; 2Chr 34:3; Ezra 4:2 Dr^{Intr. 503} finds in Chronicles weakened meaning, revere.
b. seek heathen deities, with accusative Jer 8:2; 2Chr 25:15; 2Chr 25:20 with ‎לְ‎, Deut 12:30; 2Chr 17:3.

4. a. seek, with idea of demanding, require (‎בקשׁ‎ is seek, simply), with accusative lost sheep Deut 22:2; Ezek 34:6; Ezek 34:8; Ezek 34:11 goat Lev 10:16 (twice in verse) (P); with ‎אחר‎, after green fodder Job 39:8.
b. inquire, investigate (a matter), absolute Judg 6:29; Deut 13:15*; Deut 17:4; Deut 17:9; Deut 19:18 with accusative ‎כָּללְֿבָבוֺת‎ ‎׳‎‎דּוֺרֵשׁ י‎ all hearts Yahweh searches 1Chr 28:9 ‎לִדְרשׁ הַמּוֺפֵת‎ to inquire into the wonder 2Chr 32:31 with ‎לְ‎, to inquire about 2Sam 11:3; Job 10:6 followed by ‎עַל‎ person + infinitive 2Chr 24:6 apply to the Levites to bring, etc., compare 2Chr 31:9 (‎עַל‎ both person and thing).

5. ask for, require, demand, with accusative of thing Ezek 20:40 + ‎מִן‎ person Deut 23:22*; Mic 6:8 exact, often with collateral idea of avenging, ‎מֵעִם‎ Deut 18:19, so with ‎מִיַּד‎ Ezek 34:10, ‎דָּרַשׁ‎ ‎דָּם מִיַּד‎ Gen 9:5 (P) Ezek 33:6 accusative only, ‎דֹּרֵשׁ דמים‎ Ps 9:13*, ‎רִשְׁעוֺ‎ ‎׳‎‎ד‎ Ps 10:15 absolute vPs 10:4 vPs 10:13; 2Chr 24:22.

6. seek with application, study, follow, practise, absolute by wisdom Eccl 1:13 with accusative ‎מִשְׁפָּט‎ ‎׳‎‎ד‎ study or practise justice Isa 1:17; Isa 16:5 ‎׳‎‎מַעֲשֵׂי י‎ Ps 111:2 ‎טוֺב וְאַלרַֿע‎ Amos 5:14 commands of God Ps 119:45; Ps 119:94; Ps 119:155; 1Chr 28:8 the law Ear 1Chr 7:10 ‎שׁלום‎ ‎׳‎‎ד‎ seek or study the peace, welfare of any one Deut 23:7*; Jer 29:7; Ezra 9:12, ‎לשׁלום‎ Jer 38:4, ‎טוב‎ ‎׳‎‎ד‎ Esth 10:3, ‎רעה‎ ‎׳‎‎ד‎ Prov 11:27; Ps 38:13* (compare ‎בקשׁ‎ 2, where this use is more common).

7. seek with care, care for, ‎ארץ אשׁר‎ ‎יהוה אלהיך דֹּרֵשׁ אתהּ‎ land which Yahweh thy God careth for Deut 11:12 ‎אַליִֿדְרְשֵׁהוּ אֱלוֺהַּ‎ let not Eloah care for it Job 3:4 ‎׳‎‎אוֺתָךְ לֹא יִד‎ Jer 30:14 ‎דָּֽרְשָׁה צֶמֶר‎ Prov 31:13 with ‎לְ‎ Jer 30:17 ‎אֵין דּוֺרֵשׁ לְנַפְשִׁי‎ no one careth for me Ps 142:5* but in both these ‎לְ‎ perhaps belongs to ‎אֵין‎, compare || ‎אֵין לִי מַכִּיר‎ Ps 142:5*, also Lam 4:4 etc.; ‎דְּרוּשָׁה‎ cared for (of Jerusalem) Isa 62:12. Niph`al Perfect ‎נִדְרָ֑שׁ‎ Gen 42:22, ‎נִדְרַשְׁתִּי‎ Isa 65:1, ‎נִדְרָ֑שׁוּ‎ 1Chr 26:31 Imperfect ‎אִדָּרֵשׁ‎ Ezek 14:3; Ezek 20:3; Ezek 20:31; Ezek 20:31; Ezek 36:37 Infinitive absolute ‎הַאִדָּרשׁ‎ Ezek 14:3 (for ‎ההדרשׁ‎); —

1. let oneself be inquired of, consulted, only of God Ezek 14:3 (twice in verse); Ezek 20:3; Ezek 20:31; Ezek 20:31; Ezek 36:37; Isa 65:1.

2. be sought out 1Chr 26:31.

3. be required, of blood (compare Qal 5) Gen 42:22 (E).

Note. — ‎וְדָרְשׁוּ מֵחָרְבוֺתֵיהֶם‎ and beg out of their desolate places Ps 109:10 (Ki and others wed©ršu, see Baer); many MSS. read ‎דָּֽרְשׁוּ‎, so most interpretations; ᵐ5 Hup Bi Che read ‎גֹּרְשׁוּ‎ be driven from.

Brown-Driver-Briggs References