בָּקַשׁ (bāqaš) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning seek. It appears
225 times
in 33 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H1245).
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 276)
Root family 276: בָּקַשׁbāqaš — to seek, require, desire (Piel and Pual only.) ASV and RSV the same, except at I Sam 20:16 (RSV inferior); Est 2:21 (RSV superior); Dan 1:8 (no preference). Both are inadequate at Zeph 1:6 (“have not sought Jehovah, indeed have not sought him”; cf. Deut 4:29)