Strong's Hebrew · H1159
H1159 bâʻûw
בָּעוּ
baw-oo'
petition
Looking for Greek G1159 dapanáō? It has the same number in Strong's Greek lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of H1159. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.
bâʻûw appears twice in Scripture, in Daniel 6:7 and Daniel 6:13. In the Doxa app, open each of these verses, keep your notes on them, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
a request
In the King James Version
petition.
Derivation
(Aramaic) from H1156 (בְּעָא);
Appears 2 times in Scripture
“Then they told the king, “Daniel, one of the exiles from Judah, shows no regard for you, O king, or for the decree that you have signed. He still makes his petition three times a day.””
“All the royal administrators, prefects, satraps, advisers, and governors have agreed that the king should establish an ordinance and enforce a decree that for thirty days anyone who petitions any god or man except you, O king, will be thrown into the den of lions.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
