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 the Gentiles seek after all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.Matthew 12:39 · ἐπιζητεῖ·But he answered them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, but no sign will be given it but the sign of Jonah the prophet.Matthew 16:4 · ἐπιζητεῖ·An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and there will be no sign given to it, except the sign of the prophet Jonah.” He left them, and departed.Luke 4:42 · ἐπεζήτουνWhen it was day, he departed and went into an uninhabited place, and the multitudes looked for him, and came to him, and held on to him, so that he wouldn’t go away from them.Luke 12:30 · ἐπιζητοῦσιν·For the nations of the world seek after all of these things, but your Father knows that you need these things.Acts 12:19 · ἐπιζητήσαςWhen Herod had sought for him, and didn’t find him, he examined the guards, and commanded that they should be put to death. He went down from Judea to Caesarea, and stayed there.Acts 13:7 · ἐπεζήτησενwho was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of understanding. This man summoned Barnabas and Saul, and sought to hear the word of God.Acts 19:39 · ἐπιζητεῖτε,But if you seek anything about other matters, it will be settled in the regular assembly.Romans 11:7 · ἐπιζητεῖWhat then? That which Israel seeks for, that he didn’t obtain, but the chosen ones 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 increases to your account.Hebrews 11:14 · ἐπιζητοῦσιν.For those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a country of their own.Hebrews 13:14 · ἐπιζητοῦμεν.For we don’t have here an enduring city, but we seek that which is to come.