ζητέω, -ῶ, [in LXX chiefly for בּקשׁ pi., also for דּרשׁ, etc. ;] 1. to seek, seek for: Mat.7:7, 8 Luk.11:9, 10; with accusative of person(s), Mrk.1:37, Luk.2:48, Jhn.6:24, al.; id. before ἐν, Act.9:11; with accusative of thing(s), Mat.13:45, Luk.19:10; before ἐν, Luk.13:6, 7; ψυχήν, of plotting against one's life ( Exo.4:19, al.), Mat.2:20, Rom.11:3" (LXX) . Metaphorical, to seek by thinking, search after, inquire into: Mrk.11:18, Luk.12:28, Jhn.16:19; τ. θεόν, Act.17:27. 2. to seek or strive after, desire: Mat.12:46, Mrk.12:12, Luk.9:9, Jhn.5:18, Rom.10:3, al.; τ. θάνατον, Rev.9:6; τ. βασιλείαν τ. θεοῦ, Mat.6:33 (Dalman, Words, 121f.); τὰ ἄνω, Col.3:1; εἰρήνην, 1Pe.3:11 (LXX). 3. to require, demand: with accusative of thing(s), Mrk.8:12, Luk.11:29, 1Co.1:22, 2Co.13:3; before παρά, Mrk.8:11, al.; ἵνα, 1Co.4:2 (cf. ἀνα-, ἐκ-, ἐπι-, συν-ζητέω). (AS)
STRONG'S WORD STUDY
G2212 — ζητέω
zēteō · to seek · Greek
114 tagged verse occurrences
Matthew 2:13 · ζητεῖνNow when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, “Arise and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.”Matthew 2:20 · ζητοῦντες“Arise and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel, for those who sought the young child’s life are dead.”Matthew 6:33 · ζητεῖτεBut seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.Matthew 7:7 · ζητεῖτε,“Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.Matthew 7:8 · ζητῶνFor everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.Matthew 12:43 · ζητοῦνBut the unclean spirit, when he is gone out of the man, passes through waterless places, seeking rest, and doesn’t find it.Matthew 12:46 · ζητοῦντεςWhile he was yet speaking to the multitudes, behold, his mother and his brothers stood outside, seeking to speak to him.Matthew 12:47 · ζητοῦντέςOne said to him, “Behold, your mother and your brothers stand outside, seeking to speak to you.”Matthew 13:45 · ζητοῦντι“Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a merchant seeking fine pearls,Matthew 18:12 · ζητεῖ“What do you think? If a man has one hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine, go to the mountains, and seek that which has gone astray?Matthew 21:46 · ζητοῦντεςWhen they sought to seize him, they feared the multitudes, because they considered him to be a prophet.Matthew 26:16 · ἐζήτειFrom that time he sought opportunity to betray him.Matthew 26:59 · ἐζήτουνNow the chief priests, the elders, and the whole council sought false testimony against Jesus, that they might put him to death;Matthew 28:5 · ζητεῖτε.The angel answered the women, “Don’t be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus, who has been crucified.Mark 1:37 · ζητοῦσίνand they found him, and told him, “Everyone is looking for you.”Mark 3:32 · ζητοῦσίνA multitude was sitting around him, and they told him, “Behold, your mother, your brothers, and your sisters are outside looking for you.”Mark 8:11 · ζητοῦντεςThe Pharisees came out and began to question him, seeking from him a sign from heaven, and testing him.Mark 8:12 · ζητεῖHe sighed deeply in his spirit, and said, “Why does this generation seek a sign? Most certainly I tell you, no sign will be given to this generation.”Mark 11:18 · ἐζήτουνThe chief priests and the scribes heard it, and sought how they might destroy him. For they feared him, because all the multitude was astonished at his teaching.Mark 12:12 · ἐζήτουνThey tried to seize him, but they feared the multitude; for they perceived that he spoke the parable against them. They left him, and went away.Mark 14:1 · ἐζήτουνIt was now two days before the feast of the Passover and the unleavened bread, and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might seize him by deception, and kill him.Mark 14:11 · ἐζήτειThey, when they heard it, were glad, and promised to give him money. He sought how he might conveniently deliver him.Mark 14:55 · ἐζήτουνNow the chief priests and the whole council sought witnesses against Jesus to put him to death, and found none.Mark 16:6 · ζητεῖτεHe said to them, “Don’t be amazed. You seek Jesus, the Nazarene, who has been crucified. He has risen. He is not here. Behold, the place where they laid him!Luke 2:48 · ἐζητοῦμένWhen they saw him, they were astonished, and his mother said to him, “Son, why have you treated us this way? Behold, your father and I were anxiously looking for you.”Luke 2:49 · ἐζητεῖτέHe said to them, “Why were you looking for me? Didn’t you know that I must be in my Father’s house?”Luke 5:18 · ἐζήτουνBehold, men brought a paralyzed man on a cot, and they sought to bring him in to lay before Jesus.Luke 6:19 · ἐζήτουνAll the multitude sought to touch him, for power came out from him and healed them all.Luke 9:9 · ἐζήτειHerod said, “John I beheaded, but who is this, about whom I hear such things?” He sought to see him.Luke 11:9 · ζητεῖτε,“I tell you, keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep seeking, and you will find. Keep knocking, and it will be opened to you.Luke 11:10 · ζητῶνFor everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.Luke 11:16 · ἐζήτουνOthers, testing him, sought from him a sign from heaven.Luke 11:24 · ζητοῦνThe unclean spirit, when he has gone out of the man, passes through dry places, seeking rest, and finding none, he says, ‘I will turn back to my house from which I came out.’Luke 11:29 · ζητεῖ,When the multitudes were gathering together to him, he began to say, “This is an evil generation. It seeks after a sign. No sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah, the prophet.Luke 12:29 · ζητεῖτεDon’t seek what you will eat or what you will drink; neither be anxious.Luke 12:31 · ζητεῖτεBut seek God’s Kingdom, and all these things will be added to you.Luke 12:48 · ζητηθήσεταιbut he who didn’t know, and did things worthy of stripes, will be beaten with few stripes. To whomever much is given, of him will much be required; and to whom much was entrusted, of him more will be asked.Luke 13:6 · ζητῶνHe spoke this parable. “A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it, and found none.Luke 13:7 · ζητῶνHe said to the vine dresser, ‘Behold, these three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and found none. Cut it down. Why does it waste the soil?’Luke 13:24 · ζητήσουσιν“Strive to enter in by the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek to enter in, and will not be able.Luke 15:8 · ζητεῖOr what woman, if she had ten drachma coins, if she lost one drachma coin, wouldn’t light a lamp, sweep the house, and seek diligently until she found it?Luke 17:33 · ζητήσῃWhoever seeks to save his life loses it, but whoever loses his life preserves it.Luke 19:3 · ἐζήτειHe was trying to see who Jesus was, and couldn’t because of the crowd, because he was short.Luke 19:10 · ζητῆσαιFor the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost.”Luke 19:47 · ἐζήτουνHe was teaching daily in the temple, but the chief priests and the scribes and the leading men among the people sought to destroy him.Luke 20:19 · ἐζήτησανThe chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him that very hour, but they feared the people—for they knew he had spoken this parable against them.Luke 22:2 · ἐζήτουνThe chief priests and the scribes sought how they might put him to death, for they feared the people.Luke 22:6 · ἐζήτειHe consented, and sought an opportunity to deliver him to them in the absence of the multitude.Luke 24:5 · ζητεῖτεBecoming terrified, they bowed their faces down to the earth. They said to them, “Why do you seek the living among the dead?John 1:38 · ζητεῖτε;Jesus turned, and saw them following, and said to them, “What are you looking for?” They said to him, “Rabbi” (which is to say, being interpreted, Teacher), “where are you staying?”John 4:23 · ζητεῖBut the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such to be his worshippers.John 4:27 · ζητεῖς,At this, his disciples came. They marveled that he was speaking with a woman; yet no one said, “What are you looking for?” or, “Why do you speak with her?”John 5:18 · ἐζήτουνFor this cause therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the Sabbath, but also called God his own Father, making himself equal with God.John 5:30 · ζητῶI can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous; because I don’t seek my own will, but the will of my Father who sent me.John 5:44 · ζητεῖτε;¶How can you believe, who receive glory from one another, and you don’t seek the glory that comes from the only God?John 6:24 · ζητοῦντεςWhen the multitude therefore saw that Jesus wasn’t there, nor his disciples, they themselves got into the boats, and came to Capernaum, seeking Jesus.John 6:26 · ζητεῖτέJesus answered them, “Most certainly I tell you, you seek me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate of the loaves, and were filled.John 7:1 · ἐζήτουνAfter these things, Jesus was walking in Galilee, for he wouldn’t walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him.John 7:4 · ζητεῖFor no one does anything in secret, and himself seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, reveal yourself to the world.”John 7:11 · ἐζήτουνThe Jews therefore sought him at the feast, and said, “Where is he?”John 7:18 · ζητεῖ· · ζητῶνHe who speaks from himself seeks his own glory, but he who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.John 7:19 · ζητεῖτεDidn’t Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keeps the law? Why do you seek to kill me?”John 7:20 · ζητεῖThe multitude answered, “You have a demon! Who seeks to kill you?”John 7:25 · ζητοῦσινTherefore some of them of Jerusalem said, “Isn’t this he whom they seek to kill?John 7:30 · ἐζήτουνThey sought therefore to take him; but no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come.John 7:34 · ζητήσετέYou will seek me, and won’t find me; and where I am, you can’t come.”John 7:36 · ζητήσετέWhat is this word that he said, ‘You will seek me, and won’t find me; and where I am, you can’t come’?”John 8:21 · ζητήσετέJesus said therefore again to them, “I am going away, and you will seek me, and you will die in your sins. Where I go, you can’t come.”John 8:37 · ζητεῖτέI know that you are Abraham’s seed, yet you seek to kill me, because my word finds no place in you.John 8:40 · ζητεῖτέBut now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth, which I heard from God. Abraham didn’t do this.John 8:50 · ζητῶ · ζητῶνBut I don’t seek my own glory. There is one who seeks and judges.John 10:39 · ἘζήτουνThey sought again to seize him, and he went out of their hand.John 11:8 · ἐζήτουνThe disciples told him, “Rabbi, the Jews were just trying to stone you, and are you going there again?”John 11:56 · ἐζήτουνThen they sought for Jesus and spoke one with another, as they stood in the temple, “What do you think—that he isn’t coming to the feast at all?”John 13:33 · ζητήσετέLittle children, I will be with you a little while longer. You will seek me, and as I said to the Jews, ‘Where I am going, you can’t come,’ so now I tell you.John 16:19 · ζητεῖτεTherefore Jesus perceived that they wanted to ask him, and he said to them, “Do you inquire among yourselves concerning this, that I said, ‘A little while, and you won’t see me, and again a little while, and you will see me?’John 18:4 · ζητεῖτε;Jesus therefore, knowing all the things that were happening to him, went forth, and said to them, “Who are you looking for?”John 18:7 · ζητεῖτε;Again therefore he asked them, “Who are you looking for?” They said, “Jesus of Nazareth.”John 18:8 · ζητεῖτε,Jesus answered, “I told you that I am he. If therefore you seek me, let these go their way,”John 19:12 · ἐζήτειAt this, Pilate was seeking to release him, but the Jews cried out, saying, “If you release this man, you aren’t Caesar’s friend! Everyone who makes himself a king speaks against Caesar!”John 20:15 · ζητεῖς;Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Who are you looking for?” She, supposing him to be the gardener, said to him, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.”Acts 9:11 · ζήτησονThe Lord said to him, “Arise, and go to the street which is called Straight, and inquire in the house of Judah for one named Saul, a man of Tarsus. For behold, he is praying,Acts 10:19 · ζητοῦντέςWhile Peter was pondering the vision, the Spirit said to him, “Behold, three men seek you.Acts 10:21 · ζητεῖτε·Peter went down to the men, and said, “Behold, I am he whom you seek. Why have you come?”Acts 13:8 · ζητῶνBut Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn aside the proconsul from the faith.Acts 13:11 · ἐζήτειNow, behold, the hand of the Lord is on you, and you will be blind, not seeing the sun for a season!” Immediately a mist and darkness fell on him. He went around seeking someone to lead him by the hand.Acts 16:10 · ἐζητήσαμενWhen he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go out to Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had called us to preach the Good News to them.Acts 17:5 · ἐζήτουνBut the unpersuaded Jews took along some wicked men from the marketplace, and gathering a crowd, set the city in an uproar. Assaulting the house of Jason, they sought to bring them out to the people.Acts 17:27 · ζητεῖνthat they should seek the Lord, if perhaps they might reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.Acts 21:31 · ζητούντωνAs they were trying to kill him, news came up to the commanding officer of the regiment that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.Acts 27:30 · ζητούντωνAs the sailors were trying to flee out of the ship, and had lowered the boat into the sea, pretending that they would lay out anchors from the bow,Romans 2:7 · ζητοῦσινto those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory, honor, and incorruptibility, eternal life;Romans 10:3 · ζητοῦντεςFor being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they didn’t subject themselves to the righteousness of God.Romans 10:20 · ζητοῦσιν,Isaiah is very bold, and says, “I was found by those who didn’t seek me. I was revealed to those who didn’t ask for me.”Romans 11:3 · ζητοῦσιν“Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have broken down your altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.”1 Corinthians 1:22 · ζητοῦσιν,For Jews ask for signs, Greeks seek after wisdom,1 Corinthians 4:2 · ζητεῖταιHere, moreover, it is required of stewards, that they be found faithful.1 Corinthians 7:27 · ζήτει · ζήτειAre you bound to a wife? Don’t seek to be freed. Are you free from a wife? Don’t seek a wife.1 Corinthians 10:24 · ζητείτωLet no one seek his own, but each one his neighbor’s good.1 Corinthians 10:33 · ζητῶνeven as I also please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit, but the profit of the many, that they may be saved.1 Corinthians 13:5 · ζητεῖdoesn’t behave itself inappropriately, doesn’t seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil;1 Corinthians 14:12 · ζητεῖτεSo also you, since you are zealous for spiritual gifts, seek that you may abound to the building up of the assembly.2 Corinthians 12:14 · ζητῶBehold, this is the third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden to you; for I seek not your possessions, but you. For the children ought not to save up for the parents, but the parents for the children.2 Corinthians 13:3 · ζητεῖτεseeing that you seek a proof of Christ who speaks in me; who toward you is not weak, but is powerful in you.Galatians 1:10 · ζητῶFor am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? For if I were still pleasing men, I wouldn’t be a servant of Christ.Galatians 2:17 · ζητοῦντεςBut if, while we sought to be justified in Christ, we ourselves also were found sinners, is Christ a servant of sin? Certainly not!Philippians 2:21 · ζητοῦσιν,For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ.Colossians 3:1 · ζητεῖτε,If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.1 Thessalonians 2:6 · ζητοῦντεςnor seeking glory from men (neither from you nor from others), when we might have claimed authority as apostles of Christ.2 Timothy 1:17 · ἐζήτησένbut when he was in Rome, he sought me diligently, and found meHebrews 8:7 · ἐζητεῖτοFor if that first covenant had been faultless, then no place would have been sought for a second.1 Peter 3:11 · ζητησάτωLet him turn away from evil, and do good. Let him seek peace, and pursue it.1 Peter 5:8 · ζητῶνBe sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.Revelation 9:6 · ζητήσουσινIn those days people will seek death, and will in no way find it. They will desire to die, and death will flee from them.