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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 110 times in 105 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 9:5–Psa 44:21)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:5 - And for your lifeblood I will surely demand an accounting. I will demand an accounting from every animal. And from each human being, too, I will demand an accounting for the life of another human being.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:22 - Reuben replied, “Didn’t I tell you not to sin against the boy? But you wouldn’t listen! Now we must give an accounting for his blood.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:15 - Moses answered him, “Because the people come to me to seek God’s will.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:16 - When Moses inquired about the goat of the sin offering[fn] and found that it had been burned up, he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s remaining sons, and asked,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:29 - But if from there you seek the LORD your God, you will find him if you seek him with all your heart and with all your soul.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:5 - But you are to seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to put his Name there for his dwelling. To that place you must go;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:30 - and after they have been destroyed before you, be careful not to be ensnared by inquiring about their gods, saying, “How do these nations serve their gods? We will do the same.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:4 - and this has been brought to your attention, then you must investigate it thoroughly. If it is true and it has been proved that this detestable thing has been done in Israel,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:9 - Go to the Levitical priests and to the judge who is in office at that time. Inquire of them and they will give you the verdict.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:21 - If you make a vow to the LORD your God, do not be slow to pay it, for the LORD your God will certainly demand it of you and you will be guilty of sin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:22 - When they left, they went into the hills and stayed there three days, until the pursuers had searched all along the road and returned without finding them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:23 - If we have built our own altar to turn away from the LORD and to offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, or to sacrifice fellowship offerings on it, may the LORD himself call us to account.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:29 - They asked each other, “Who did this?” When they carefully investigated, they were told, “Gideon son of Joash did it.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:4 - (His parents did not know that this was from the LORD, who was seeking an occasion to confront the Philistines; for at that time they were ruling over Israel.)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:16 - So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, “May the LORD call David’s enemies to account.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:11 - How much more—when wicked men have killed an innocent man in his own house and on his own bed—should I not now demand his blood from your hand and rid the earth of you!”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:40 - At this, he saddled his donkey and went to Achish at Gath in search of his slaves. So Shimei went away and brought the slaves back from Gath.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:13 - “Go and inquire of the LORD for me and for the people and for all Judah about what is written in this book that has been found. Great is the LORD’s anger that burns against us because those who have gone before us have not obeyed the words of this book; they have not acted in accordance with all that is written there concerning us.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:5 - But the bronze altar that Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made was in Gibeon in front of the tabernacle of the LORD; so Solomon and the assembly inquired of him there.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:14 - He did evil because he had not set his heart on seeking the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:4 - He commanded Judah to seek the LORD, the God of their ancestors, and to obey his laws and commands.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:7 - “Let us build up these towns,” he said to Judah, “and put walls around them, with towers, gates and bars. The land is still ours, because we have sought the LORD our God; we sought him and he has given us rest on every side.” So they built and prospered.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:2 - He went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The LORD is with you when you are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:13 - All who would not seek the LORD, the God of Israel, were to be put to death, whether small or great, man or woman.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:3 - The LORD was with Jehoshaphat because he followed the ways of his father David before him. He did not consult the Baals

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:4 - but sought the God of his father and followed his commands rather than the practices of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:3 - There is, however, some good in you, for you have rid the land of the Asherah poles and have set your heart on seeking God.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:3 - Alarmed, Jehoshaphat resolved to inquire of the LORD, and he proclaimed a fast for all Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:4 - The people of Judah came together to seek help from the LORD; indeed, they came from every town in Judah to seek him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:20 - Amaziah, however, would not listen, for God so worked that he might deliver them into the hands of Jehoash, because they sought the gods of Edom.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:5 - He sought God during the days of Zechariah, who instructed him in the fear[fn] of God. As long as he sought the LORD, God gave him success.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:23 - He offered sacrifices to the gods of Damascus, who had defeated him; for he thought, “Since the gods of the kings of Aram have helped them, I will sacrifice to them so they will help me.” But they were his downfall and the downfall of all Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:19 - who sets their heart on seeking God—the LORD, the God of their ancestors—even if they are not clean according to the rules of the sanctuary.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:21 - In everything that he undertook in the service of God’s temple and in obedience to the law and the commands, he sought his God and worked wholeheartedly. And so he prospered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:2 - they came to Zerubbabel and to the heads of the families and said, “Let us help you build because, like you, we seek your God and have been sacrificing to him since the time of Esarhaddon king of Assyria, who brought us here.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:21 - So the Israelites who had returned from the exile ate it, together with all who had separated themselves from the unclean practices of their Gentile neighbors in order to seek the LORD, the God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:12 - Therefore, do not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters for your sons. Do not seek a treaty of friendship with them at any time, that you may be strong and eat the good things of the land and leave it to your children as an everlasting inheritance.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:16 - So the exiles did as was proposed. Ezra the priest selected men who were family heads, one from each family division, and all of them designated by name. On the first day of the tenth month they sat down to investigate the cases,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:10 - Those who know your name trust in you, for you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:12 - For he who avenges blood remembers; he does not ignore the cries of the afflicted.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:4 - In his pride the wicked man does not seek him; in all his thoughts there is no room for God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:13 - Why does the wicked man revile God? Why does he say to himself, “He won’t call me to account”?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:2 - The LORD looks down from heaven on all mankind to see if there are any who understand, any who seek God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:26 - The poor will eat and be satisfied; those who seek the LORD will praise him— may your hearts live forever!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:10 - All the ways of the LORD are loving and faithful toward those who keep the demands of his covenant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:4 - One thing I ask from the LORD, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and to seek him in his temple.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:23 - Love the LORD, all his faithful people! The LORD preserves those who are true to him, but the proud he pays back in full.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:4 - I sought the LORD, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:10 - The lions may grow weak and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:21 - would not God have discovered it, since he knows the secrets of the heart?

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