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Lexicon :: Strong's G1567 - ekzēteō

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ἐκζητέω
Transliteration
ekzēteō (Key)
Pronunciation
ek-zay-teh'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:894,300

Strong’s Definitions

ἐκζητέω ekzētéō, ek-zay-teh'-o; from G1537 and G2212; to search out, i.e. (figuratively)investigate, crave, demand, (by Hebraism) worship:—en- (re-)quire, seek after (carefully, diligently).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's G1567 in the following manner: require (2x), seek after (2x), diligently (1x), seek carefully (1x), enquire (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's G1567 in the following manner: require (2x), seek after (2x), diligently (1x), seek carefully (1x), enquire (1x).

  1. to seek out, search for

  2. to seek out, i.e. investigate, scrutinise

  3. to seek out for one's self, beg, crave

  4. to demand back, require

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἐκζητέω ekzētéō, ek-zay-teh'-o; from G1537 and G2212; to search out, i.e. (figuratively)investigate, crave, demand, (by Hebraism) worship:—en- (re-)quire, seek after (carefully, diligently).
STRONGS G1567:
ἐκζητέω, -ῶ; 1 aorist ἐξεζήτησα; passive, 1 aorist ἐξεζητήθην; 1 future ἐκζητηθήσομαι; (ἐκ out from a secret place, from all sides); Sept. very often for דָּרַשׁ, also for בִּקֵּשׁ, etc.;
a. to seek out, search for: properly, τινά, 1 Macc. 9:26; figuratively: τὸν κύριον, τὸν θεόν, to seek the favor of God, worship him, Acts 15:17; Romans 3:11 [Tr marginal reading WH marginal reading ζητῶν]; Hebrews 11:6, (Psalm 13:2 (Ps. 14:2); Psalm 33:5; (Psalm 34:5); Psalm 68:33 (Ps. 69:33); Amos 5:4, etc.).
b. to seek out i. e. investigate, scrutinize: τί, Sir. 39:1, 3; περί τινος, to examine into anything, 1 Peter 1:10, where it is joined with ἐξερευνᾶν [to seek out and search out], as in 1 Macc. 9:26.
c. to seek out for oneself, beg, crave: Hebrews 12:17.
d. to demand back, require: τὸ αἷμα τῶν προφητῶν ἀπὸ τῆς γενεάς ταύτης, to take vengeance on this generation for the slaughter of the prophets (after the Hebrew, cf. 2 Samuel 4:11; Ezekiel 3:18; see ἐκ, I. 7): Luke 11:50 [51]. (In secular authors thus far only a single passage has been noted in which this word appears, Aristides or. 8, i., p. 488 [i. e. orat. 38, i., p. 726, Dindorf edition].)

Related entry:
ἐκζήτησις, (ἐκζητέω, which see), -εως, ἡ;
1. an investigating.
2. a subject of subtle inquiry and dispute, [R. V. questioning]: 1 Timothy 1:4 T Tr [WH; see Ellicott at the passage and cf. οἰκονομία]. (Basil the Great of Caesarea, Didymus, and others)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

2 Samuel
4:11
Psalms
13:2; 14:2; 33:5; 34:5; 68:33; 69:33
Ezekiel
3:18
Amos
5:4
Luke
11:50; 11:51
Acts
15:17
Romans
3:11
Hebrews
11:6; 12:17
1 Peter
1:10

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1567 matches the Greek ἐκζητέω (ekzēteō),
which occurs 112 times in 106 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 2 / 3 (Psa 53:2–Amo 5:6)

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 53:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:2 - God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 61:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 61:7 - He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:32

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:32 - The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 77:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:2 - In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:7 - That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:34

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:34 - When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:45

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:45 - That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 111:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 111:2 - The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:2 - Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:10 - With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:22 - Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:33

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:33 - HE. Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:45

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:45 - And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:56

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:56 - This I had, because I kept thy precepts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:94

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:94 - I am thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:100

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:100 - I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:145

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:145 - KOPH. I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy statutes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:155

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:155 - Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 122:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 122:9 - Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 142:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 142:4 - I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:27 - He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:21 - As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 29:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:10 - The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:13 - And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:12 - When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:17 - Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:19 - And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:13 - For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the LORD of hosts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 16:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:5 - And in mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking judgment, and hasting righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 31:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:1 - Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:21 - For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 29:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:13 - And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 37:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:7 - Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah, that sent you unto me to enquire of me; Behold, Pharaoh's army, which is come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:18 - When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 3:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:20 - Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 33:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:6 - But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 33:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:8 - When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:6 - My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek after them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:8 - As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:10 - Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:11 - For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:12 - As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 39:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:14 - And they shall sever out men of continual employment, passing through the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:3 - And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:6 - They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:10 - And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face: and they do not return to the LORD their God, nor seek him for all this.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:12 - Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:4 - For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:5 - But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nought.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:6 - Seek the LORD, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel.

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