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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 27 times in 27 verses in 'Luk' in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 2:45

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:45 - and not having found him, they turned back to Jerusalem seeking him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 2:48

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:48 - And, having seen him, they were amazed, and his mother said unto him, 'Child, why didst thou thus to us? lo, thy father and I, sorrowing, were seeking thee.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 2:49

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:49 - And he said unto them, 'Why is it that ye were seeking me? did ye not know that in the things of my Father it behoveth me to be?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:42

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:42 - And day having come, having gone forth, he went on to a desert place, and the multitudes were seeking him, and they came unto him, and were staying him -- not to go on from them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:18 - And lo, men bearing upon a couch a man, who hath been struck with palsy, and they were seeking to bring him in, and to place before him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:19 - and all the multitude were seeking to touch him, because power from him was going forth, and he was healing all.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:9 - and Herod said, 'John I did behead, but who is this concerning whom I hear such things?' and he was seeking to see him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:9 - and I say to you, Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:10 - for every one who is asking doth receive; and he who is seeking doth find; and to him who is knocking it shall be opened.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:16 - and others, tempting, a sign out of heaven from him were asking.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:24 - 'When the unclean spirit may go forth from the man it walketh through waterless places seeking rest, and not finding, it saith, I will turn back to my house whence I came forth;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:54

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:54 - laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:29 - 'And ye -- seek not what ye may eat, or what ye may drink, and be not in suspense,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:31 - but, seek ye the reign of God, and all these things shall be added to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:48

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:48 - and he who, not having known, and having done things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few; and to every one to whom much was given, much shall be required from him; and to whom they did commit much, more abundantly they will ask of him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:6 - And he spake this simile: 'A certain one had a fig-tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit in it, and he did not find;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:7 - and he said unto the vine-dresser, Lo, three years I come seeking fruit in this fig-tree, and do not find, cut it off, why also the ground doth it render useless?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 13:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:24 - 'Be striving to go in through the straight gate, because many, I say to you, will seek to go in, and shall not be able;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:8 - 'Or what woman having ten drachms, if she may lose one drachm, doth not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and seek carefully till that she may find?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 17:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:33 - Whoever may seek to save his life, shall lose it; and whoever may lose it, shall preserve it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:3 - and he was seeking to see Jesus, who he is, and was not able for the multitude, because in stature he was small,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:10 - for the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:47

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:47 - And he was teaching daily in the temple, but the chief priests and the scribes were seeking to destroy him -- also the chiefs of the people --

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 20:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:19 - And the chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him in that hour, and they feared the people, for they knew that against them he spake this simile.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:2 - and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how they may take him up, for they were afraid of the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:6 - and he agreed, and was seeking a favourable season to deliver him up to them without tumult.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 24:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:5 - and on their having become afraid, and having inclined the face to the earth, they said to them, 'Why do ye seek the living with the dead?
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