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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

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Strong's Number G2212 matches the Greek ζητέω (zēteō),
which occurs 34 times in 32 verses in 'Jhn' in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:38 - Yeshua 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?"

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:23 - But 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:27 - At this, his talmidim 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?"

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:18 - For this cause therefore the Yehudim sought all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the Shabbat, but also called God his own Father, making himself equal with God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:30 - I 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:44

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:44 - How can you believe, who receive glory from one another, and you don't seek the glory that comes from the only God?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:24 - When the multitude therefore saw that Yeshua wasn't there, nor his talmidim, they themselves got into the boats, and came to Kafar-Nachum, seeking Yeshua.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:26 - Yeshua answered them, "Most assuredly I tell you, you seek me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate of the loaves, and were filled.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:1 - After these things, Yeshua was walking in the Galil, for he wouldn't walk in Yehudah, because the Yehudim sought to kill him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:4 - For no one does anything in secret, and himself seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, reveal yourself to the world."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:11 - The Yehudim therefore sought him at the feast, and said, "Where is he?"

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:18 - He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory, but he who seeks the glory of him who sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:19 - Didn't Moshe give you the law, and yet none of you keeps the law? Why do you seek to kill me?"

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:20 - The multitude answered, "You have a demon! Who seeks to kill you?"

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:25 - Therefore some of them of Yerushalayim said, "Isn't this he whom they seek to kill?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:30 - They sought therefore to take him; but no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:34 - You will seek me, and won't find me; and where I am, you can't come."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:36 - What is this word that he said, 'You will seek me, and won't find me; and where I am, you can't come?'"

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:21 - Yeshua 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."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:37 - I know that you are Avraham's seed, yet you seek to kill me, because my word finds no place in you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:40 - But now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth, which I heard from God. Avraham didn't do this.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:50

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:50 - But I don't seek my own glory. There is one who seeks and judges.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:39 - They sought again to seize him, and he went out of their hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:8 - The talmidim told him, "Rabbi, the Yehudim were just trying to stone you, and are you going there again?"

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:56

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:56 - Then they sought for Yeshua 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?"

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:33 - Little children, I will be with you a little while longer. You will seek me, and as I said to the Yehudim, 'Where I am going, you can't come,' so now I tell you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:19 - Therefore Yeshua 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?'

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:4 - Yeshua therefore, knowing all the things that were happening to him, went forth, and said to them, "Who are you looking for?"

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:7 - Again therefore he asked them, "Who are you looking for?" They said, "Yeshua of Natzeret."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:8 - Yeshua answered, "I told you that I AM. If therefore you seek me, let these go their way,"

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:12 - At this, Pilate was seeking to release him, but the Yehudim cried out, saying, "If you release this man, you aren't Caesar's friend! Everyone who makes himself a king speaks against Caesar!"

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:15 - Yeshua 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."
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