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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
244x 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 34 times in 32 verses in 'Jhn' in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:38 - Jesus turned around and saw them following and said to them, "What do you want?" So they said to him, "Rabbi" (which is translated Teacher), "where are you staying?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:23 - But a time is coming - and now is here - when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such people to be his worshipers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:27 - Now at that very moment his disciples came back. They were shocked because he was speaking with a woman. However, no one said, "What do you want?" or "Why are you speaking with her?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:18 - For this reason the Jewish leaders were trying even harder to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was also calling God his own Father, thus making himself equal with God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 5:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:30 - I can do nothing on my own initiative. Just as I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I do not seek my own will, but the will of the one who sent me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 5:44

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:24 - So when the crowd realized that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into the boats and came to Capernaum looking for Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:26 - Jesus replied, "I tell you the solemn truth, you are looking for me not because you saw miraculous signs, but because you ate all the loaves of bread you wanted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:1 - After this Jesus traveled throughout Galilee. He stayed out of Judea because the Jewish leaders wanted to kill him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:4 - For no one who seeks to make a reputation for himself does anything in secret. If you are doing these things, show yourself to the world."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:11 - So the Jewish leaders were looking for him at the feast, asking, "Where is he?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:18 - The person who speaks on his own authority desires to receive honor for himself; the one who desires the honor of the one who sent him is a man of integrity, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:19 - Hasn't Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps the law! Why do you want to kill me?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:20 - The crowd answered, "You're possessed by a demon! Who is trying to kill you?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:25 - Then some of the residents of Jerusalem began to say, "Isn't this the man they are trying to kill?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:30 - So then they tried to seize Jesus, but no one laid a hand on him, because his time had not yet come.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:34 - You will look for me but will not find me, and where I am you cannot come."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:36 - What did he mean by saying, 'You will look for me but will not find me, and where I am you cannot come'?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:21 - Then Jesus said to them again, "I am going away, and you will look for me but will die in your sin. Where I am going you cannot come."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:37 - I know that you are Abraham's descendants. But you want to kill me, because my teaching makes no progress among you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:40 - But now you are trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth I heard from God. Abraham did not do this!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:50

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:50 - I am not trying to get praise for myself. There is one who demands it, and he also judges.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:39 - Then they attempted again to seize him, but he escaped their clutches.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:8 - The disciples replied, "Rabbi, the Jewish leaders were just now trying to stone you to death! Are you going there again?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:56

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:56 - Thus they were looking for Jesus, and saying to one another as they stood in the temple courts, "What do you think? That he won't come to the feast?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 13:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:33 - Children, I am still with you for a little while. You will look for me, and just as I said to the Jewish religious leaders, 'Where I am going you cannot come,' now I tell you the same.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 16:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:19 - Jesus could see that they wanted to ask him about these things, so he said to them, "Are you asking each other about this - that I said, 'In a little while you will not see me; again after a little while, you will see me'?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 18:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:4 - Then Jesus, because he knew everything that was going to happen to him, came and asked them, "Who are you looking for?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:7 - Then Jesus asked them again, "Who are you looking for?" And they said, "Jesus the Nazarene."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 18:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:8 - Jesus replied, "I told you that I am he. If you are looking for me, let these men go."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 19:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:12 - From this point on, Pilate tried to release him. But the Jewish leaders shouted out, "If you release this man, you are no friend of Caesar! Everyone who claims to be a king opposes Caesar!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 20:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:15 - Jesus said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping? Who are you looking for?" Because she thought he was the gardener, she said to him, "Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will take him."
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