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)
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G2212 — ζητέω
zēteō · to seek · Greek
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Matthew 2:13 · ζητεῖνAnd on their having withdrawn, lo, a messenger of the Lord doth appear in a dream to Joseph, saying, ‘Having risen, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and be thou there till I may speak to thee, for Herod is about to seek the child to destroy him.’Matthew 2:20 · ζητοῦντεςsaying, ‘Having risen, take the child and his mother, and be going to the land of Israel, for they have died—those seeking the life of the child.’Matthew 6:33 · ζητεῖτεbut seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.Matthew 7:7 · ζητεῖτε,‘Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you;Matthew 7:8 · ζητῶνfor every one who is asking doth receive, and he who is seeking doth find, and to him who is knocking it shall be opened.Matthew 12:43 · ζητοῦν‘And, when the unclean spirit may go forth from the man, it doth walk through dry places seeking rest, and doth not find;Matthew 12:46 · ζητοῦντεςAnd while he was yet speaking to the multitudes, lo, his mother and brethren had stood without, seeking to speak to him,Matthew 12:47 · ζητοῦντέςand one said to him, ‘Lo, thy mother and thy brethren do stand without, seeking to speak to thee.’Matthew 13:45 · ζητοῦντι‘Again, the reign of the heavens is like to a man, a merchant, seeking goodly pearls,Matthew 18:12 · ζητεῖ‘What think ye? if a man may have an hundred sheep, and there may go astray one of them, doth he not—having left the ninety-nine, having gone on the mountains—seek that which is gone astray?Matthew 21:46 · ζητοῦντεςand seeking to lay hold on him, they feared the multitudes, seeing they were holding him as a prophet.Matthew 26:16 · ἐζήτειand from that time he was seeking a convenient season to deliver him up.Matthew 26:59 · ἐζήτουνAnd the chief priests, and the elders, and all the council, were seeking false witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death,Matthew 28:5 · ζητεῖτε.And the messenger answering said to the women, ‘Fear not ye, for I have known that Jesus, who hath been crucified, ye seek;Mark 1:37 · ζητοῦσίνand having found him, they say to him,—‘All do seek thee;’Mark 3:32 · ζητοῦσίνand a multitude was sitting about him, and they said to him, ‘Lo, thy mother and thy brethren without do seek thee.’Mark 8:11 · ζητοῦντεςand the Pharisees came forth, and began to dispute with him, seeking from him a sign from the heaven, tempting him;Mark 8:12 · ζητεῖand having sighed deeply in his spirit, he saith, ‘Why doth this generation seek after a sign? Verily I say to you, no sign shall be given to this generation.’Mark 11:18 · ἐζήτουνAnd the scribes and the chief priests heard, and they were seeking how they shall destroy him, for they were afraid of him, because all the multitude was astonished at his teaching;Mark 12:12 · ἐζήτουνAnd they were seeking to lay hold on him, and they feared the multitude, for they knew that against them he spake the simile, and having left him, they went away;Mark 14:1 · ἐζήτουνAnd the passover and the unleavened food were after two days, and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how, by guile, having taken hold of him, they might kill him;Mark 14:11 · ἐζήτειand having heard, they were glad, and promised to give him money, and he was seeking how, conveniently, he might deliver him up.Mark 14:55 · ἐζήτουνAnd the chief priests and all the sanhedrim were seeking against Jesus testimony—to put him to death, and they were not finding,Mark 16:6 · ζητεῖτεAnd he saith to them, ‘Be not amazed, ye seek Jesus the Nazarene, the crucified: he did rise—he is not here; lo, the place where they laid him!Luke 2:48 · ἐζητοῦμένAnd, having seen him, they were amazed, and his mother said unto him, ‘Child, why didst thou thus to us? lo, thy father and I, sorrowing, were seeking thee.’Luke 2:49 · ἐζητεῖτέAnd he said unto them, ‘Why is it that ye were seeking me? did ye not know that in the things of my Father it behoveth me to be?’Luke 5:18 · ἐζήτουνAnd lo, men bearing upon a couch a man, who hath been struck with palsy, and they were seeking to bring him in, and to place before him,Luke 6:19 · ἐζήτουνand all the multitude were seeking to touch him, because power from him was going forth, and he was healing all.Luke 9:9 · ἐζήτειand Herod said, ‘John I did behead, but who is this concerning whom I hear such things?’ and he was seeking to see him.Luke 11:9 · ζητεῖτε,and I say to you, Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you;Luke 11:10 · ζητῶνfor every one who is asking doth receive; and he who is seeking doth find; and to him who is knocking it shall be opened.Luke 11:16 · ἐζήτουνand others, tempting, a sign out of heaven from him were asking.Luke 11:24 · ζητοῦν‘When the unclean spirit may go forth from the man it walketh through waterless places seeking rest, and not finding, it saith, I will turn back to my house whence I came forth;Luke 11:29 · ζητεῖ,And the multitudes crowding together upon him, he began to say, ‘This generation is evil, a sign it doth seek after, and a sign shall not be given to it, except the sign of Jonah the prophet,Luke 12:29 · ζητεῖτε‘And ye—seek not what ye may eat, or what ye may drink, and be not in suspense,Luke 12:31 · ζητεῖτεbut, seek ye the reign of God, and all these things shall be added to you.Luke 12:48 · ζητηθήσεταιand he who, not having known, and having done things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few; and to every one to whom much was given, much shall be required from him; and to whom they did commit much, more abundantly they will ask of him.Luke 13:6 · ζητῶνAnd he spake this simile: ‘A certain one had a fig-tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit in it, and he did not find;Luke 13:7 · ζητῶνand he said unto the vine-dresser, Lo, three years I come seeking fruit in this fig-tree, and do not find, cut it off, why also the ground doth it render useless?Luke 13:24 · ζητήσουσιν‘Be striving to go in through the straight gate, because many, I say to you, will seek to go in, and shall not be able;Luke 15:8 · ζητεῖ‘Or what woman having ten drachms, if she may lose one drachm, doth not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and seek carefully till that she may find?Luke 17:33 · ζητήσῃWhoever may seek to save his life, shall lose it; and whoever may lose it, shall preserve it.Luke 19:3 · ἐζήτειand he was seeking to see Jesus, who he is, and was not able for the multitude, because in stature he was small,Luke 19:10 · ζητῆσαιfor the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.’Luke 19:47 · ἐζήτουνAnd he was teaching daily in the temple, but the chief priests and the scribes were seeking to destroy him—also the chiefs of the people—Luke 20:19 · ἐζήτησανAnd the chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him in that hour, and they feared the people, for they knew that against them he spake this simile.Luke 22:2 · ἐζήτουνand the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how they may take him up, for they were afraid of the people.Luke 22:6 · ἐζήτειand he agreed, and was seeking a favourable season to deliver him up to them without tumult.Luke 24:5 · ζητεῖτεand on their having become afraid, and having inclined the face to the earth, they said to them, ‘Why do ye seek the living with the dead?John 1:38 · ζητεῖτε;And Jesus having turned, and having beheld them following, saith to them, ‘What seek ye?’ and they said to them, ‘Rabbi, (which is, being interpreted, Teacher,) where remainest thou?’John 4:23 · ζητεῖbut, there cometh an hour, and it now is, when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father also doth seek such to worship him;John 4:27 · ζητεῖς,And upon this came his disciples, and were wondering that with a woman he was speaking, no one, however, said, ‘What seekest thou?’ or ‘Why speakest thou with her?’John 5:18 · ἐζήτουνbecause of this, then, were the Jews seeking the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the sabbath, but he also called God his own Father, making himself equal to God.John 5:30 · ζητῶ‘I am not able of myself to do anything; according as I hear I judge, and my judgment is righteous, because I seek not my own will, but the will of the Father who sent me.John 5:44 · ζητεῖτε;¶how are ye able—ye—to believe, glory from one another receiving, and the glory that is from God alone ye seek not?John 6:24 · ζητοῦντεςwhen therefore the multitude saw that Jesus is not there, nor his disciples, they also themselves did enter into the boats, and came to Capernaum seeking Jesus;John 6:26 · ζητεῖτέJesus answered them and said, ‘Verily, verily, I say to you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw signs, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were satisfied;John 7:1 · ἐζήτουνAnd Jesus was walking after these things in Galilee, for he did not wish to walk in Judea, because the Jews were seeking to kill him,John 7:4 · ζητεῖfor no one in secret doth anything, and himself seeketh to be in public; if thou dost these things—manifest thyself to the world;’John 7:11 · ἐζήτουνthe Jews, therefore, were seeking him, in the feast, and said, ‘Where is that one?’John 7:18 · ζητεῖ· · ζητῶν‘He who is speaking from himself his own glory doth seek, but he who is seeking the glory of him who sent him, this one is true, and unrighteousness is not in him;John 7:19 · ζητεῖτεhath not Moses given you the law? and none of you doth the law; why me do ye seek to kill?’John 7:20 · ζητεῖThe multitude answered and said, ‘Thou hast a demon, who doth seek to kill thee?’John 7:25 · ζητοῦσινCertain, therefore, of the Jerusalemites said, ‘Is not this he whom they are seeking to kill?John 7:30 · ἐζήτουνThey were seeking, therefore, to seize him, and no one laid the hand on him, because his hour had not yet come,John 7:34 · ζητήσετέye will seek me, and ye shall not find; and where I am, ye are not able to come.’John 7:36 · ζητήσετέwhat is this word that he said, Ye will seek me, and ye shall not find? and, Where I am, ye are not able to come?’John 8:21 · ζητήσετέtherefore said Jesus again to them, ‘I go away, and ye will seek me, and in your sin ye shall die; whither I go away, ye are not able to come.’John 8:37 · ζητεῖτέ‘I have known that ye are seed of Abraham, but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you;John 8:40 · ζητεῖτέand now, ye seek to kill me—a man who hath spoken to you the truth I heard from God; this Abraham did not;John 8:50 · ζητῶ · ζητῶνand I do not seek my own glory; there is who is seeking and is judging;John 10:39 · ἘζήτουνTherefore were they seeking again to seize him, and he went forth out of their hand,John 11:8 · ἐζήτουνthe disciples say to him, ‘Rabbi, now were the Jews seeking to stone thee, and again thou dost go thither!’John 11:56 · ἐζήτουνthey were seeking, therefore, Jesus, and said one with another, standing in the temple, ‘What doth appear to you—that he may not come to the feast?’John 13:33 · ζητήσετέLittle children, yet a little am I with you; ye will seek me, and, according as I said to the Jews—Whither I go away, ye are not able to come, to you also I do say it now.John 16:19 · ζητεῖτεJesus, therefore, knew that they were wishing to ask him, and he said to them, ‘Concerning this do ye seek one with another, because I said, A little while, and you do not behold me, and again a little while, and ye shall see me?John 18:4 · ζητεῖτε;Jesus, therefore, knowing all things that are coming upon him, having gone forth, said to them, ‘Whom do ye seek?’John 18:7 · ζητεῖτε;Again, therefore, he questioned them, ‘Whom do ye seek?’ and they said, ‘Jesus the Nazarene;’John 18:8 · ζητεῖτε,Jesus answered, ‘I said to you that I am he; if, then, me ye seek, suffer these to go away;’John 19:12 · ἐζήτειFrom this time was Pilate seeking to release him, and the Jews were crying out, saying, ‘If this one thou mayest release, thou art not a friend of Caesar; every one making himself a king, doth speak against Caesar.’John 20:15 · ζητεῖς;Jesus saith to her, ‘Woman, why dost thou weep? whom dost thou seek;’ she, supposing that he is the gardener, saith to him, ‘Sir, if thou didst carry him away, tell me where thou didst lay him, and I will take him away;’Acts 9:11 · ζήτησονand the Lord saith unto him, ‘Having risen, go on unto the street that is called Straight, and seek in the house of Judas, one by name Saul of Tarsus, for, lo, he doth pray,Acts 10:19 · ζητοῦντέςAnd Peter thinking about the vision, the Spirit said to him, ‘Lo, three men do seek thee;Acts 10:21 · ζητεῖτε·and Peter having come down unto the men who have been sent from Cornelius unto him, said, ‘Lo, I am he whom ye seek, what is the cause for which ye are present?’Acts 13:8 · ζητῶνand there withstood them Elymas the magian—for so is his name interpreted—seeking to pervert the proconsul from the faith.Acts 13:11 · ἐζήτειand now, lo, a hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season;’ and presently there fell upon him a mist and darkness, and he, going about, was seeking some to lead him by the hand;Acts 16:10 · ἐζητήσαμενand when he saw the vision, immediately we endeavoured to go forth to Macedonia, assuredly gathering that the Lord hath called us to preach good news to them,Acts 17:5 · ἐζήτουνAnd the unbelieving Jews, having been moved with envy, and having taken to them of the loungers certain evil men, and having made a crowd, were setting the city in an uproar; having assailed also the house of Jason, they were seeking them to bring them to the populace,Acts 17:27 · ζητεῖνto seek the Lord, if perhaps they did feel after Him and find,—though, indeed, He is not far from each one of us,Acts 21:31 · ζητούντωνand they seeking to kill him, a rumour came to the chief captain of the band that all Jerusalem hath been thrown into confusion,Acts 27:30 · ζητούντωνAnd the sailors seeking to flee out of the ship, and having let down the boat to the sea, in pretence as if out of the foreship they are about to cast anchors,Romans 2:7 · ζητοῦσινto those, indeed, who in continuance of a good work, do seek glory, and honour, and incorruptibility—life age-during;Romans 10:3 · ζητοῦντεςfor not knowing the righteousness of God, and their own righteousness seeking to establish, to the righteousness of God they did not submit.Romans 10:20 · ζητοῦσιν,and Isaiah is very bold, and saith, ‘I was found by those not seeking Me; I became manifest to those not inquiring after Me;’Romans 11:3 · ζητοῦσιν‘Lord, Thy prophets they did kill, and Thy altars they dug down, and I was left alone, and they seek my life;’1 Corinthians 1:22 · ζητοῦσιν,Since also Jews ask a sign, and Greeks seek wisdom,1 Corinthians 4:2 · ζητεῖταιand as to the rest, it is required in the stewards that one may be found faithful,1 Corinthians 7:27 · ζήτει · ζήτειHast thou been bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed; hast thou been loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.1 Corinthians 10:24 · ζητείτωlet no one seek his own—but each another’s.1 Corinthians 10:33 · ζητῶνas I also in all things do please all, not seeking my own profit, but that of many—that they may be saved.1 Corinthians 13:5 · ζητεῖdoth not act unseemly, doth not seek its own things, is not provoked, doth not impute evil,1 Corinthians 14:12 · ζητεῖτεso also ye, since ye are earnestly desirous of spiritual gifts, for the building up of the assembly seek that ye may abound;2 Corinthians 12:14 · ζητῶLo, a third time I am ready to come unto you, and I will not be a burden to you, for I seek not yours, but you, for the children ought not for the parents to lay up, but the parents for the children,2 Corinthians 13:3 · ζητεῖτεsince a proof ye seek of the Christ speaking in me, who to you is not infirm, but is powerful in you,Galatians 1:10 · ζητῶfor now men do I persuade, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if yet men I did please—Christ’s servant I should not be.Galatians 2:17 · ζητοῦντεςAnd if, seeking to be declared righteous in Christ, we ourselves also were found sinners, is then Christ a ministrant of sin? let it not be!Philippians 2:21 · ζητοῦσιν,for the whole seek their own things, not the things of the Christ Jesus,Colossians 3:1 · ζητεῖτε,If, then, ye were raised with the Christ, the things above seek ye, where the Christ is, on the right hand of God seated,1 Thessalonians 2:6 · ζητοῦντεςnor seeking of men glory, neither from you nor from others, being able to be burdensome, as Christ’s apostles.2 Timothy 1:17 · ἐζήτησένbut being in Rome, very diligently he sought me, and found;Hebrews 8:7 · ἐζητεῖτοfor if that first were faultless, a place would not have been sought for a second.1 Peter 3:11 · ζητησάτωlet him turn aside from evil, and do good, let him seek peace and pursue it;1 Peter 5:8 · ζητῶνBe sober, vigilant, because your opponent the devil, as a roaring lion, doth walk about, seeking whom he may swallow up,Revelation 9:6 · ζητήσουσινand in those days shall men seek the death, and they shall not find it, and they shall desire to die, and the death shall flee from them.