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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