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Deuteronomy 19:18
“And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother;” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
דָּרַשׁdârash · daw-rash'
H1875 · Hebrew
H1875 · Hebrew
- Definition
- properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- ask, [idiom] at all, care for, [idiom] diligently, inquire, make inquisition, (necro-) mancer, question, require, search, seek (for, out), [idiom] surely.
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- דָרְשׁ֥וּ — verb Qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, common, plural
- Usage
- Occurs 165 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 9:5Genesis 9:5Genesis 9:5Genesis 25:22Genesis 42:22
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read דָּרַשׁ here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.