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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 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 - Then Jesus turned, and seeing them following, said to them, “What do you seek?” They said to Him, “Rabbi” (which is to say, when translated, Teacher), “where are You staying?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:23 - “But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:27 - And at this point His disciples came, and they marveled that He talked with a woman; yet no one said, “What do You seek?” or, “Why are You talking with her?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:18 - Therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill Him, because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also said that God was His Father, making Himself equal with God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 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 do not seek My own will but the will of the Father who sent Me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 5:44

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:44 - “How can you believe, who receive honor from one another, and do not seek the honor that comes from the only God?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:24 - when the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, nor His disciples, they also got into boats and came to Capernaum, seeking Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:26 - Jesus answered them and said, “Most assuredly, I say to you, you seek Me, not because you saw the signs, but because you ate of the loaves and were filled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:1 - After these things Jesus walked in Galilee; for He did not want to walk in Judea, because the Jews[fn] sought to kill Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:4 - “For no one does anything in secret while he himself seeks to be known openly. If You do these things, show Yourself to the world.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:11 - Then the Jews sought Him at the feast, and said, “Where is He?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:18

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:19 - “Did not Moses give you the law, yet none of you keeps the law? Why do you seek to kill Me?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:20 - The people answered and said, “You have a demon. Who is seeking to kill You?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:25 - Now some of them from Jerusalem said, “Is this not He whom they seek to kill?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:30 - Therefore they sought to take Him; but no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:34 - “You will seek Me and 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 is this thing that He said, ‘You will seek Me and 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 seek Me, and will die in your sin. Where I go 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 seek to kill Me, because My word has no place in you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 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. Abraham did not do this.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:50

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:50 - “And I do not seek My own glory; there is One who seeks and judges.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:39 - Therefore they sought again to seize Him, but He escaped out of their hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:8 - The disciples said to Him, “Rabbi, lately the Jews sought to stone You, and are You going there again?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:56

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:56 - Then they sought Jesus, and spoke among themselves as they stood in the temple, “What do you think—that He will not come to the feast?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 13:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:33 - “Little children, I shall be with you a little while longer. You will seek Me; and as I said to the Jews, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come,’ so now I say to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 16:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:19 - Now Jesus knew that they desired to ask Him, and He said to them, “Are you inquiring among yourselves about what I said, ‘A little while, and you will not see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me’?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 18:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:4 - Jesus therefore, knowing all things that would come upon Him, went forward and said to them, “Whom are you seeking?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:7 - Then He asked them again, “Whom are you seeking?” And they said, “Jesus of Nazareth.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 18:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:8 - Jesus answered, “I have told you that I am He. Therefore, if you seek Me, let these go their way,”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 19:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:12 - From then on Pilate sought to release Him, but the Jews cried out, saying, “If you let this Man go, you are not Caesar’s friend. Whoever makes himself a king speaks against 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? Whom are you seeking?” 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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