Strong H7593שְׁאֵל

to ask

Transliteration
she'êl
Pronunciation
sheh-ale'
Morphology
Aramaic Verb

Definition

(Chaldee); corresponding to H7592 : - {ask} {demand} require.

Detailed definition

1) to ask
1a) (P'al)
1a1) to ask for, request
1a2) to enquire for or about

In the Bible

Strong H7593 appears in 6 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • ask3
  • demand1
  • require1
  • requireth1

First verses

  1. Ezra 5:9
    Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who commanded you to build this house, and to make up these walls?
  2. Ezra 5:10
    We asked their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names of the men that were the chief of them.
  3. Ezra 7:21
    And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers which are beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done speedily,
  4. Daniel 2:10
    The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king’s matter: therefore there is no king, lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean.
  5. Daniel 2:11
    And it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is none other that can shew it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.
  6. Daniel 2:27
    Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret which the king hath demanded cannot the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers, shew unto the king;
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