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Lexicon :: Strong's G2212 - zēteō

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ζητέω
Transliteration
zēteō (Key)
Pronunciation
dzay-teh'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain affinity
mGNT
117x in 32 unique form(s)
TR
119x in 35 unique form(s)
LXX
243x in 48 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:892,300

Strong’s Definitions

ζητέω zētéō, dzay-teh'-o; of uncertain affinity; to seek (literally or figuratively); specially, (by Hebraism) to worship (God), or (in a bad sense) to plot (against life):—be (go) about, desire, endeavour, enquire (for), require, (X will) seek (after, for, means). Compare G4441.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 119x

The KJV translates Strong's G2212 in the following manner: seek (100x), seek for (5x), go about (4x), desire (3x), miscellaneous (7x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 119x
The KJV translates Strong's G2212 in the following manner: seek (100x), seek for (5x), go about (4x), desire (3x), miscellaneous (7x).
  1. to seek in order to find

    1. to seek a thing

    2. to seek [in order to find out] by thinking, meditating, reasoning, to enquire into

    3. to seek after, seek for, aim at, strive after

  2. to seek i.e. require, demand

    1. to crave, demand something from someone

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ζητέω zētéō, dzay-teh'-o; of uncertain affinity; to seek (literally or figuratively); specially, (by Hebraism) to worship (God), or (in a bad sense) to plot (against life):—be (go) about, desire, endeavour, enquire (for), require, (X will) seek (after, for, means). Compare G4441.
STRONGS G2212:
ζητέω, ζητῶ; imperfect 3 person singular ἐζήτει, plural ἐζήτουν; future ζητήσω; 1 aorist ἐζήτησα; passive, present ζητοῦμαι; imperfect 3 person singular ἐζητεῖτο (Hebrews 8:7); 1 future ζητηθήσομαι (Luke 12:48); (from Homer on); the Sept. for דָּרַשׁ, and much more often for בִּקֵשׁ; to seek, i. e.
1. to seek in order to find;
a. universally and absolutely: Matthew 7:7; Luke 11:9f (see εὑρίσκω, 1 a); τινα, Mark 1:37; Luke 2:48 (Luke 2:45 R L marginal reading), (Luke 4:42 Rec.); John 6:24; John 18:4, 7; Acts 10:19, and often; followed by ἐν with the dative of place, Acts 9:11; with the accusative of the thing (μαργαρίτας), of buyers, Matthew 13:45; something lost, Matthew 18:12; Luke 19:10; τί ἐν τίνι, as fruit on a tree, Luke 13:6f; ἀνάπαυσιν, a place of rest, Matthew 12:43; Luke 11:24; after the Hebrew (פּ אֶת־נֶפֶשׁ בִּקֵּשׁ... (cf. Winer's Grammar, 33 (32); 18)) ψυχήν τίνος, to seek, plot against, the life of one, Matthew 2:20; Romans 11:3, (Exodus 4:19, etc.); universally, τί ζητεῖς; what dost thou seek? what dost thou wish? John 1:38 (39); (John 4:27).
b. to seek (i. e. in order to find out) by thinking, meditating, reasoning; to inquire into: περί τίνος ζητεῖτε μετ' ἀλλήλων; John 16:19; followed by indirect discourse, πῶς, τί, τινα: Mark 11:18; Mark 14:1, 11; Luke 12:29; Luke 22:2; 1 Peter 5:8; τόν Θεόν, to follow up the traces of divine majesty and power, Acts 17:27 (universally, to seek the knowledge of God, Wis. 1:1 Wis. 13:6; (Philo, monarch. i. § 5)).
c. to seek after, seek for, aim at, strive after: εὐκαιρίαν, Matthew 26:16; Luke 22:6; ψευδομαρτυρίαν, Matthew 26:59; Mark 14:55; τόν θάνατον, an opportunity to die, Revelation 9:6; λύσιν, 1 Corinthians 7:27; τήν βασιλείαν τοῦ Θεοῦ, Matthew 6:33; Luke 12:31; τά ἄνω, Colossians 3:1; εἰρήνην, 1 Peter 3:11; ἀφθαρσίαν etc. Romans 2:7; δόξαν ἐκ τίνος, 1 Thessalonians 2:6; τήν δόξαν τήν παρά τίνος, John 5:44; τά τίνος, the property of one, 2 Corinthians 12:14; τήν δόξαν Θεοῦ, to seek to promote the glory of God, John 7:18; John 8:50; τό θέλημα τίνος, to attempt to establish, John 5:30; τό σύμφορον τίνος, to seek to further the profit or advantage of one, 1 Corinthians 10:33, equivalent to ζητεῖν τά τίνος, 1 Corinthians 10:24; 1 Corinthians 13:5; Philippians 2:21; ὑμᾶς, to seek to win your souls, 2 Corinthians 12:14; τόν Θεόν, to seek the favor of God (see ἐκζητέω, a.), Romans 10:20; (Romans 3:11 Tr marginal reading WH marginal reading). followed by an infinitive (Buttmann, 258 (222); Winers Grammar, § 44, 3) to seek i. e. desire, endeavor: Matthew 12:46 (Matthew 12:47 (WH in marginal reading only)); Matthew 21:46; Mark 4:19 (L Tr marginal reading); Mark 12:12; Luke 5:18; Luke 6:19; Luke 9:9; John 5:18; John 7:4 (Buttmann, § 142, 4); John 5:19; Acts 13:8; Acts 16:10; Romans 10:3; Galatians 1:10; Galatians 2:17; followed by ἵνα (Buttmann, 237 (205)), 1 Corinthians 14:12.
2. to seek i. e. require, demand: (σημεῖον, Mark 8:12 L T Tr WH; Luke 11:29 T Tr WH); σοφίαν, 1 Corinthians 1:22; δοκιμήν, 2 Corinthians 13:3; τί παρά τίνος, to crave, demand something from someone, Mark 8:11; Luke 11:16; Luke 12:48; ἐν τίνι, the dative of person, to seek in one, i. e. to require of him, followed by ἵνα, 1 Corinthians 4:2. (Compare: ἀναζητέω, ἐκζητέω, ἐπιζητέω, συζητέω.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Exodus
4:19
Matthew
2:20; 6:33; 7:7; 12:43; 12:46; 12:47; 13:45; 18:12; 21:46; 26:16; 26:59
Mark
1:37; 4:19; 8:11; 8:12; 11:18; 12:12; 14:1; 14:11; 14:55
Luke
2:45; 2:48; 4:42; 5:18; 6:19; 9:9; 11:9; 11:16; 11:24; 11:29; 12:29; 12:31; 12:48; 12:48; 13:6; 19:10; 22:2; 22:6
John
1:38; 4:27; 5:18; 5:19; 5:30; 5:44; 6:24; 7:4; 7:18; 8:50; 16:19; 18:4; 18:7
Acts
9:11; 10:19; 13:8; 16:10; 17:27
Romans
2:7; 3:11; 10:3; 10:20; 11:3
1 Corinthians
1:22; 4:2; 7:27; 10:24; 10:33; 13:5; 14:12
2 Corinthians
12:14; 12:14; 13:3
Galatians
1:10; 2:17
Philippians
2:21
Colossians
3:1
1 Thessalonians
2:6
Hebrews
8:7
1 Peter
3:11; 5:8
Revelation
9:6

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2212 matches the Greek ζητέω (zēteō),
which occurs 117 times in 114 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Page 2 / 3 (Jhn 4:23–1Co 10:33)

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“But an hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in Spirit and in truth.[fn] Yes, the Father wants such people to worship him.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:27 -

Just then his disciples arrived, and they were amazed that he was talking with a woman. Yet no one said, “What do you want? ” or “Why are you talking with her? ”

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:18 -

This is why the Jews began trying all the more to kill him: Not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal to God.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:30 -

“I can do nothing on my own. I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, because I do not seek my own will, but the will of him who sent me.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:44 -

“How can you believe, since you accept glory from one another but don’t seek the glory that comes from the only God?

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:24 -

When the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into the boats and went to Capernaum looking for Jesus.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:26 -

Jesus answered, “Truly I tell you, you are looking for me, not because you saw[fn] the signs, but because you ate the loaves and were filled.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:1 -

After this, Jesus traveled in Galilee, since he did not want to travel in Judea because the Jews were trying to kill him.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:4 -

“For no one does anything in secret while he’s seeking public recognition. If you do these things, show yourself to the world.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:11 -

The Jews were looking for him at the festival and saying, “Where is he? ”

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:18 -

“The one who speaks on his own seeks his own glory; but he who seeks the glory of the one who sent him is true, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:19 -

“Didn’t Moses give you the law? Yet none of you keeps the law. Why are you trying to kill me? ”

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:20 -

“You have a demon! ” the crowd responded. “Who is trying to kill you? ”

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:25 -

Some of the people of Jerusalem were saying, “Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill?

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:30 -

Then they tried to seize him. Yet no one laid a hand on him because his hour had not yet come.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:34 -

“You will look for me, but you will not find me; and where I am, you cannot come.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:36 -

“What is this remark he made: ‘You will look for me, and you will not find me; and where I am, you cannot come’? ”

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:21 -

Then he said to them again, “I’m going away; you will look for me, and you will die in your sin. Where I’m going, you cannot come.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:37 -

“I know you are descendants of Abraham, but you are trying to kill me because my word has no place among you.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:40 -

“But now you are trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham did not do this.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:50 -

“I do not seek my own glory; there is one who seeks it and judges.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:39 -

Then they were trying again to seize him, but he escaped their grasp.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:8 -

“Rabbi,” the disciples told him, “just now the Jews tried to stone you, and you’re going there again? ”

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:56 -

They were looking for Jesus and asking one another as they stood in the temple, “What do you think? He won’t come to the festival, will he? ”

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:33 -

“Little children, I am with you a little while longer. You will look for me, and just as I told the Jews, so now I tell you, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come.’

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:19 -

Jesus knew they wanted to ask him, and so he said to them, “Are you asking one another about what I said, ‘In a little while, you will not see me; again in a little while, you will see me’?

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:4 -

Then Jesus, knowing everything that was about to happen to him, went out and said to them, “Who is it that you’re seeking? ”

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:7 -

Then he asked them again, “Who is it that you’re seeking? ”

“Jesus of Nazareth,” they said.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:8 -

“I told you I am he,” Jesus replied. “So if you’re looking for me, let these men go.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:12 -

From that moment Pilate kept trying[fn] to release him. But the Jews shouted, “If you release this man, you are not Caesar’s friend. Anyone who makes himself a king opposes Caesar! ”

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:15 -

“Woman,” Jesus said to her, “why are you crying? Who is it that you’re seeking? ”

Supposing he was the gardener, she replied, “Sir, if you’ve carried him away, tell me where you’ve put him, and I will take him away.”

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:11 -

“Get up and go to the street called Straight,” the Lord said to him, “to the house of Judas, and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, since he is praying there.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:19 -

While Peter was thinking about the vision, the Spirit told him, “Three men are here looking for you.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:21 -

Then Peter went down to the men and said, “Here I am, the one you’re looking for. What is the reason you’re here? ”

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:8 -

But Elymas the sorcerer (that is the meaning of his name) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul away from the faith.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:11 -

“Now, look, the Lord’s hand is against you. You are going to be blind, and will not see the sun for a time.” Immediately a mist and darkness fell on him, and he went around seeking someone to lead him by the hand.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:10 -

After he had seen the vision, we immediately made efforts to set out for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:5 -

But the Jews became jealous, and they brought together some wicked men from the marketplace, formed a mob, and started a riot in the city. Attacking Jason’s house, they searched for them to bring them out to the public assembly.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:27 -

“He did this so that they might seek God, and perhaps they might reach out and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:31 -

As they were trying to kill him, word went up to the commander of the regiment that all Jerusalem was in chaos.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:30 -

Some sailors tried to escape from the ship; they had let down the skiff into the sea, pretending that they were going to put out anchors from the bow.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:7 -

eternal life to those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor, and immortality;

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 10:3 -

Since they are ignorant of the righteousness of God and attempted to establish their own righteousness, they have not submitted to God’s righteousness.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 10:20 -

And Isaiah says boldly,

I was found

by those who were not looking for me;

I revealed myself

to those who were not asking for me.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:3 -

Lord, they have killed your prophets and torn down your altars. I am the only one left, and they are trying to take my life!

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:22 -

For the Jews ask for signs and the Greeks seek wisdom,

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:2 -

In this regard, it is required that managers be found faithful.

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:27 -

Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be released. Are you released from a wife? Do not seek a wife.

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:24 -

No one is to seek his own good, but the good of the other person.

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:33 -

just as I also try to please everyone in everything, not seeking my own benefit, but the benefit of many, so that they may be saved.


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