bea · ask, seek

What it means

bea (בְּעָא) is an Aramaic word of the Bible that means “ask, seek”.

To ask, to request; to seek (Aramaic).

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To ask for something, or pray to God.
2. To look for someone or something.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• makes ×3
• asked ×2
• sought ×2
• made a request ×1
• making a request ×1
• told them to ask ×1
• was asking ×1
• were seeking ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Daniel 2:13

  And the law went out, and the wise men were being killed; and they sought Daniel and his companions to be killed.

• Daniel 2:16

  And Daniel went in and asked of the king that he would give him time, and he would declare the interpretation to the king.

• Daniel 2:18

  and told them to ask for compassion from before the Elah of the heavens concerning this mystery, so that they would not destroy Daniel and his companions with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

• Daniel 2:23

  To you, Elah of my fathers, I give thanks and praise, for wisdom and power you have given me, and now you have made known to me what we asked of you, for the king’s matter you have made known to us.”

• Daniel 2:49

  And Daniel made a request of the king, and he appointed over the administration of the province of Babylon Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; and Daniel was at the gate of the king.

• Daniel 4:36

  At that time my understanding returned to me, and for the honor of my kingdom, my majesty and my splendor returned to me; and my advisers and my nobles sought me, and I was reestablished over my kingdom, and extraordinary greatness was added to me.

• Daniel 6:4

  Then the supervisors and the satraps were seeking to find a pretext against Daniel in regard to the kingdom; but they could find no pretext or fault, because he was faithful, and no negligence or fault was found in him.

• Daniel 6:7

  All the supervisors of the kingdom, the prefects and the satraps, the advisers and the governors, have agreed to establish a royal statute and to enforce a prohibition, that whoever makes a request of any god or man for thirty days, except of you, O king, shall be thrown into the den of the lions.

• Daniel 6:11

  Then these men came thronging and found Daniel making a request and pleading before his Elah.

• Daniel 6:12

  Then they came near and said before the king concerning the prohibition of the king, “Did you not sign a prohibition, that any man who makes a request of any god or man for thirty days, except of you, O king, shall be thrown into the den of the lions?” The king answered and said, “The matter is certain, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be revoked.”

• Daniel 6:13

  Then they answered and said before the king, “Daniel, who is of the sons of the exile of Judah, has paid no attention to you, O king, or to the prohibition that you signed; but three times a day he makes his request.”

• Daniel 7:16

  I came near to one of those standing there and was asking him the truth about all this; and he spoke to me and made known to me the interpretation of the matters: