ἐπι-ζητέω, -ῶ [in LXX chiefly for דָּרַשׁ, 4Ki.8:8, Isa.62:12, al.; also for בָּקַשׁ, 3Ki.20:1, Ecc.7:28), Hos.3:5; פָּקַד, 4Ki.3:8 ;] "directive" of ζητέω (MM, Exp., xiv), to inquire for, seek after, wish for: with accusative of thing(s), Mat.6:32 12:39 16:4, Luk.12:30, Act.19:39, Rom.11:7, Php.4:17, Heb.11:14 13:14; with accusative of person(s), Luk.4:42, Act.12:19; with inf., Act.13:7.† (AS)
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G1934 — ἐπιζητέω
epizēteō · to seek after · Greek
12 tagged verse occurrences
Matthew 6:32 · ἐπιζητοῦσιν·For after all these things do the Gentiles seek; for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.Matthew 12:39 · ἐπιζητεῖ·But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it but the sign of Jonah the prophet:Matthew 16:4 · ἐπιζητεῖ·An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of Jonah. And he left them, and departed.Luke 4:42 · ἐπεζήτουνAnd when it was day, he came out and went into a desert place: and the multitudes sought after him, and came unto him, and would have stayed him, that he should not go from them.Luke 12:30 · ἐπιζητοῦσιν·For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: but your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.Acts 12:19 · ἐπιζητήσαςAnd when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the guards, and commanded that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judæa to Cæsarea, and tarried there.Acts 13:7 · ἐπεζήτησενwho was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of understanding. The same called unto him Barnabas and Saul, and sought to hear the word of God.Acts 19:39 · ἐπιζητεῖτε,But if ye seek anything about other matters, it shall be settled in the regular assembly.Romans 11:7 · ἐπιζητεῖWhat then? That which Israel seeketh for, that he obtained not; but the election obtained it, and the rest were hardened:Philippians 4:17 · ἐπιζητῶ · ἐπιζητῶNot that I seek for the gift; but I seek for the fruit that increaseth to your account.Hebrews 11:14 · ἐπιζητοῦσιν.For they that say such things make it manifest that they are seeking after a country of their own.Hebrews 13:14 · ἐπιζητοῦμεν.For we have not here an abiding city, but we seek after the city which is to come.