Definition

a request

Etymology

(Aramaic) from H1156 (בְּעָא);

Word family

• בְּעָא bᵉʻâʼ

How the KJV renders it

• petition

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.