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Strong’s H7596 · Hebrew

שְׁאֵלָה

shᵉʼêlâh · sheh-ay-law'

Origin or שֵׁלָה; (1 Samuel 1:17), from שָׁאַל (H7592);

Meaning a petition; by implication, a loan

In the King James Version loan, petition, request.

In 14 verses of the King James Version

  1. Judges 8:24And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you, that ye would give me every man the earrings of his prey. (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.)
  2. 1 Samuel 1:17Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him.
  3. 1 Samuel 1:27For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition which I asked of him:
  4. 1 Samuel 2:20And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The LORD give thee seed of this woman for the loan which is lent to the LORD. And they went unto their own home.
  5. 1 Kings 2:16And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on.
  6. 1 Kings 2:20Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray thee, say me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not say thee nay.
  7. Esther 5:6And the king said unto Esther at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.
  8. Esther 5:7Then answered Esther, and said, My petition and my request is;
  9. Esther 5:8If I have found favour in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do to morrow as the king hath said.
  10. Esther 7:2And the king said again unto Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition, queen Esther? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? and it shall be performed, even to the half of the kingdom.
  11. Esther 7:3Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request:
  12. Esther 9:12And the king said unto Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the palace, and the ten sons of Haman; what have they done in the rest of the king’s provinces? now what is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: or what is thy request further? and it shall be done.
  13. Job 6:8Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!
  14. Psalms 106:15And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul.

From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.

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