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Lexicon :: Strong's G2147 - heuriskō

Aa
εὑρίσκω
Transliteration
heuriskō (Key)
Pronunciation
hyoo-ris'-ko
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A prolonged form of a primary heuro {hyoo'-ro}, which (together with another cognate form heureo {hyoo-reh'-o}) is used for it in all the tenses except the present and imperfect
mGNT
176x in 50 unique form(s)
TR
178x in 52 unique form(s)
LXX
447x in 87 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:769,*

Strong’s Definitions

εὑρίσκω heurískō, hyoo-ris'-ko; a prolonged form of a primary εὕρω heúrō hyoo'-ro, which (together with another cognate form) εὑρέω heuréō hyoo-reh'-o is used for it in all the tenses except the present and imperfect; to find (literally or figuratively):—find, get, obtain, perceive, see.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 178x

The KJV translates Strong's G2147 in the following manner: find (174x), miscellaneous (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 178x
The KJV translates Strong's G2147 in the following manner: find (174x), miscellaneous (4x).
  1. to come upon, hit upon, to meet with

    1. after searching, to find a thing sought

    2. without previous search, to find (by chance), to fall in with

    3. those who come or return to a place

  2. to find by enquiry, thought, examination, scrutiny, observation, to find out by practice and experience

    1. to see, learn, discover, understand

    2. to be found i.e. to be seen, be present

    3. to be discovered, recognised, detected, to show one's self out, of one's character or state as found out by others (men, God, or both)

    4. to get knowledge of, come to know, God

  3. to find out for one's self, to acquire, get, obtain, procure

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
εὑρίσκω heurískō, hyoo-ris'-ko; a prolonged form of a primary εὕρω heúrō hyoo'-ro, which (together with another cognate form) εὑρέω heuréō hyoo-reh'-o is used for it in all the tenses except the present and imperfect; to find (literally or figuratively):—find, get, obtain, perceive, see.
STRONGS G2147:
εὑρίσκω; imperfect εὕρισκον (Mark 14:55 (R G T); Luke 19:48 (R G T); Acts 7:11 (except Tr WH)) and more rarely ηὕρισκον (cf. Kühner, § 343, i. 825f (especially Veitch, under the word at the end) and references under εὐδοκέω); future εὑρήσω; perfect εὕρηκα; 1 aorist ἑύρησα (which aorist, unknown to the earlier Greeks, occurs in Aesop fab. 131 (f. 41 edition Furia, p. 333 edition Cor.); Manetho, 5, 137 and in Byzantine writings; cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 721; Winers Grammar, 86 (82); (cf. Buttmann, 36 (31))), Revelation 18:14 Rec.; 2 aorist εὗρον, 1 person plural in Alex. form L WHs Appendix, p. 164; Buttmann, 39 (34); Winers Grammar, § 13, 1 (see ἀπέρχομαι)) εὕραμεν, Luke 23:2 T Tr WH, 3 person plural εὗραν, Luke 8:35 Tr WH; Acts 5:10 Tr (in the Sept. often εὕροσαν); passive, present ἑυρίσκομαι; imperfect 3 person singular εὑρίσκετο, Hebrews 11:5 R G, ηὑρίσκετο L T Tr WH (cf. Bleek and Delitzsch at the passage (Veitch, as above)); 1 aorist εὑρέθην; future εὑρεθήσομαι; 2 aorist middle ἑυρομην and later εὑράμην (Hebrews 9:12 (cf. references above (on 2 aorist active))); the Sept. numberless times for מָצָא, sometimes for הִשִּׂיג to attain to, and for Chaldean שְׁכַח; (from Homer down); to find; i. e.
1. properly, to come upon, hit upon, to meet with;
a. after searching, to find a thing sought: absolutely, opposed to ζητεῖν, Matthew 7:7; Luke 11:9f (ζητεῖ καί εὑρήσεις, Epictetus diss. 4, 1, 51); τινα, Matthew 2:8; Mark 1:37; Luke 2:45; Acts 11:26 (Acts 11:25); Acts 13:22; 2 Corinthians 2:13 (2 Corinthians 2:12); 2 Timothy 1:17; Revelation 20:15, etc.; οὐχ εὑρίσκετο, he had vanished, Hebrews 11:5; with a specification of place added: πέραν with the genitive John 6:25; ἐν with the dative Acts 5:22; εὑρέθη εἰς, Acts 8:40 (see εἰς, C. 2); with the accusative of the thing, Matthew 7:14; Matthew 13:46; Matthew 18:13; Luke 24:3; John 10:9; Acts 7:11; Romans 7:18 Rec., etc.; followed by indirect discourse, Luke 5:19; οὐχ εὑρέθησαν, had disappeared, Revelation 16:20, cf. Revelation 18:21; with the dative of advantage, Revelation 20:11; followed by ἐν with the dative of place, Matthew 21:19; Revelation 12:8. τινα or τί ζητεῖν καί οὐχ εὑρίσκειν: Matthew 12:43; Matthew 26:60; Mark 14:55; Luke 11:24; Luke 13:6; John 7:34; Revelation 9:6 (2 Kings 2:17; Nehemiah 7:64; Psalm 9:36 (Ps. 10:15); Ecclesiastes 7:29; Ezekiel 22:30; Ezekiel 26:21 Ald.; Complutensian; Hosea 2:7); γῆ καί τά ἐν αὐτῇ ἔργα εὑρεθήσεται shall be found namely, for destruction, i. e. will be unable to hide themselves from the doom decreed them by God, 2 Peter 3:10 Tr WH, after the strange but improbable reading of manuscripts א B and other authorities; (see WH. Introductory § 365 and Appendix at the passage).
b. without previous search, to find (by chance), to fall in with: τινα, Matthew 18:28; Matthew 27:32; John 1:41 (John 1:42), John 1:45 (John 1:46); John 5:14; 9:35; Acts 13:6; Acts 18:2; Acts 19:1; Acts 28:14; followed by ἐν with the dative of place, John 2:14. τί, Matthew 13:44; Matthew 17:27; Luke 4:17; John 12:14; Acts 17:23; followed by ἐν, with the dative of place, Matthew 8:10; Luke 7:9.
c. εὑρίσκω τινα or τί with a predicate accusative is used of those who come or return to a place, the predicate participle or adjective describing the state or condition in which the person or thing met with is found, or the action which one is found engaged in: with an adjective, Acts 5:10; 2 Corinthians 9:4; 2 Corinthians 12:20; with a participle (cf. Buttmann, 301 (258)), Matthew 12:44; Matthew 20:6; Matthew 21:2; Matthew 24:46; Matthew 26:40, 43; Mark 11:2; Mark 13:36; Mark 14:37, 40; Luke 2:12; Luke 7:10; Luke 8:35; Luke 11:25; Luke 12:37, 43; Luke 19:30; Luke 23:2; Luke 24:2, 33; Acts 5:23; Acts 9:2; Acts 10:27; Acts 21:2; Acts 24:12, 18; Acts 27:6; followed by καθώς, Mark 14:16; Luke 19:32; Luke 22:13; followed by a predicate substantive to which ὄντα must be supplied, Acts 24:5 (cf. Winers Grammar, § 45, 6 b.; Buttmann, 304 (261)).
2. tropically, "to find by inquiry, thought, examination, scrutiny, observation, hearing; to find out by practice and experience," i. e. to see, learn, discover, understand: κατηγορίαν, Luke 6:7 (T Tr text WH κατηγορεῖν); τινα followed by participle in the predicate, Acts 23:29; by ὅτι, Romans 7:21; after an examination (πειράζειν), τινα (τί) with a predicate adjective (participle), Revelation 3:2; of a judge: αἰτίαν θανάτου, Acts 13:28; αἰτίαν, κακόν, ἀδίκημα ἐν τίνι, John 18:38; John 19:4, 6; Acts 23:9; Acts 24:20; after a computation, with an accusative of the price or measure, Acts 19:19; Acts 27:28; after deliberation, τό τί ποιήσωσι, Luke 19:48; τό πῶς κολάσωνται αὐτούς, Acts 4:21. Passive ἑυρίσκομαι to be found, i. e. to be seen, be present: Luke 9:36 (Genesis 18:31); often like the Hebrew נִמְצָא to be discovered, recognized, detected, to show oneself out, of one's character or state as found out by others (men, God, or both) (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 65, 8): εὑρέθη ἐν γαστρί ἔχουσα, Matthew 1:18; ἵνα εὑρεθῶσι καθώς καί ἡμεῖς, 2 Corinthians 11:12; εὑρέθη μοι ἐντολή εἰς θάνατον namely, οὖσα, the commandment, as I found by experience, brought death to me, Romans 7:10; add, Luke 17:18 (none showed themselves as having returned); Acts 5:39; 1 Corinthians 4:2; 1 Corinthians 15:15; 2 Corinthians 5:3; Galatians 2:17; 1 Peter 1:7; Revelation 5:4; τίνι, the dative of the person taking cognizance and judging (Winers Grammar, § 31, 10; Buttmann, 187 (162)), 2 Peter 3:14 (add 2 Corinthians 12:20, yet cf. Buttmann, the passage cited and § 133, 14; Winer's Grammar, § 31, 4 a.); ἵνα εὑρεθῶ ἐν αὐτῷ i. e. ἐν Χριστῷ, namely, ὤν, Philippians 3:9; σχήματι εὑρεθείς ὡς ἄνθρωπος, Philippians 2:7 (8) (Josephus, b. j. 3, 6, 1; so the Latinincenior, Cicero, de amic. 19, 70; reperior, Tuscul. i. 39, 94). εὑρίσκειν Θεόν (opposed to ζητεῖν αὐτόν, see ζητέω, 1 c. (cf. ἐκζητέω, a.)), to get knowledge of, come to know, God, Acts 17:27; εὑρίσκεται ( Θεός) τίνι, discloses the knowledge of himself to one, Wis. 1:2; cf. Grimm, exgt. Hdb. at the passage (who refers to Philo, monarch. i. § 5; Origen contra Celsus 7, 42). On the other hand, in the O. T. εὑρίσκεται Θεός is used of God heaving prayer, granting aid implored (1 Chronicles 28:9; 2 Chronicles 15:2, 4, 15; Jeremiah 36:13 (Jer. 29:13)); hence, εὑρέθην (L and Tr in brackets WH marginal reading add ἐν) τοῖς ἐμέ μή ζητοῦσι, Romans 10:20 from Isaiah 65:1, means, according to Paul's conception, I granted the knowledge and deliverance of the gospel.
3. Middle, as in Greek writings, to find for oneself, to acquire, get, obtain, procure: λύτρωσιν, Hebrews 9:12; contrary to better Greek usage, the active is often used in the Scriptures in the same sense (cf. Buttmann, 193 (167); Winer's Grammar, 18; 33 (32) n.): τήν ψυχήν, Matthew 10:39; Matthew 16:25; ἀνάπαυσιν, (Sir. 11:19) ταῖς ψυχαῖς ὑμῶν, Matthew 11:29; μετανοίας τόπον, place for recalling the decision, changing the mind (of his father), Hebrews 12:17 (cf. Winer's Grammar, 147 (139)); σκήνωμα τῷ Θεῷ, opportunity of building a house for God, Acts 7:46; χάριν εὕρωμεν, grace, favor, Hebrews 4:16; χάριν παρά τῷ Θεῷ, Luke 1:30; ἐνώπιον, τοῦ Θεοῦ, Acts 7:46; ἔλεος παρά κυρίου, 2 Timothy 1:18; (בֲּעֵינֵי חֵן מָצָא, Genesis 6:8; Genesis 18:3; Genesis 30:27; Genesis 32:6; Exodus 33:12; Deuteronomy 24:1, etc.; 1 Esdr. 8:4). (Compare: ἀνευρίσκω.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
6:8; 18:3; 18:31; 30:27; 32:6
Exodus
33:12
Deuteronomy
24:1
2 Kings
2:17
1 Chronicles
28:9
2 Chronicles
15:2; 15:4; 15:15
Nehemiah
7:64
Psalms
10:15
Ecclesiastes
7:29
Isaiah
65:1
Jeremiah
29:13; 36:13
Ezekiel
22:30; 26:21
Hosea
2:7
Matthew
1:18; 2:8; 7:7; 7:14; 8:10; 10:39; 11:29; 12:43; 12:44; 13:44; 13:46; 16:25; 17:27; 18:13; 18:28; 20:6; 21:2; 21:19; 24:46; 26:40; 26:43; 26:60; 27:32
Mark
1:37; 11:2; 13:36; 14:16; 14:37; 14:40; 14:55; 14:55
Luke
1:30; 2:12; 2:45; 4:17; 5:19; 6:7; 7:9; 7:10; 8:35; 8:35; 9:36; 11:9; 11:24; 11:25; 12:37; 12:43; 13:6; 17:18; 19:30; 19:32; 19:48; 19:48; 22:13; 23:2; 23:2; 24:2; 24:3; 24:33
John
1:41; 1:42; 1:45; 1:46; 2:14; 5:14; 6:25; 7:34; 9:35; 10:9; 12:14; 18:38; 19:4; 19:6
Acts
4:21; 5:10; 5:10; 5:22; 5:23; 5:39; 7:11; 7:11; 7:46; 7:46; 8:40; 9:2; 10:27; 11:25; 11:26; 13:6; 13:22; 13:28; 17:23; 17:27; 18:2; 19:1; 19:19; 21:2; 23:9; 23:29; 24:5; 24:12; 24:18; 24:20; 27:6; 27:28; 28:14
Romans
7:10; 7:18; 7:21; 10:20
1 Corinthians
4:2; 15:15
2 Corinthians
2:12; 2:13; 5:3; 9:4; 11:12; 12:20; 12:20
Galatians
2:17
Philippians
2:7; 3:9
2 Timothy
1:17; 1:18
Hebrews
4:16; 9:12; 9:12; 11:5; 11:5; 12:17
1 Peter
1:7
2 Peter
3:10; 3:14
Revelation
3:2; 5:4; 9:6; 12:8; 16:20; 18:14; 18:21; 20:11; 20:15

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2147 matches the Greek εὑρίσκω (heuriskō),
which occurs 176 times in 167 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Page 3 / 4 (Act 5:23–1Pe 1:7)

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:23 -

“We found the jail securely locked, with the guards standing in front of the doors, but when we opened them, we found no one inside.”

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:39 -

“but if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow them. You may even be found fighting against God.” They were persuaded by him.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:11 -

“Now a famine and great suffering came over all of Egypt and Canaan, and our ancestors could find no food.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:46 -

“He found favor in God’s sight and asked that he might provide a dwelling place for the God[fn] of Jacob.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:40 -

Philip appeared in[fn] Azotus,[fn] and he was traveling and preaching the gospel in all the towns until he came to Caesarea.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:2 -

and requested letters from him to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women who belonged to the Way, he might bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:33 -

There he found a man named Aeneas, who was paralyzed and had been bedridden for eight years.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:27 -

While talking with him, he went in and found a large gathering of people.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:26 -

and when he found him he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church and taught large numbers. The disciples were first called Christians at Antioch.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:19 -

After Herod had searched and did not find him, he interrogated the guards and ordered their execution. Then Herod went down from Judea to Caesarea and stayed there.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:6 -

When they had traveled the whole island as far as Paphos, they came across a sorcerer, a Jewish false prophet named Bar-Jesus.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:22 -

“After removing him, he raised up David as their king and testified about him, ‘I have found David the son of Jesse to be a man after my own heart, who will carry out all my will.’

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:28 -

“Though they found no grounds for the death sentence, they asked Pilate to have him killed.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:6 -

When they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some of the brothers before the city officials, shouting, “These men who have turned the world upside down have come here too,

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:23 -

“For as I was passing through and observing the objects of your worship, I even found an altar on which was inscribed, ‘To an Unknown God.’ Therefore, what you worship in ignorance, this I proclaim to you.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:27 -

“He did this so that they might seek God, and perhaps they might reach out and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:2 -

where he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome. Paul came to them,

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:1 -

While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul traveled through the interior regions and came to Ephesus. He found some disciples

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while many of those who had practiced magic collected their books and burned them in front of everyone. So they calculated their value and found it to be fifty thousand pieces of silver.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:2 -

Finding a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, we boarded and set sail.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:9 -

The shouting grew loud, and some of the scribes of the Pharisees’ party got up and argued vehemently, “We find nothing evil in this man. What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him? ”[fn]

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I found out that the accusations were concerning questions of their law, and that there was no charge that merited death or imprisonment.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:5 -

“For we have found this man to be a plague, an agitator among all the Jews throughout the Roman world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.

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“They didn’t find me arguing with anyone or causing a disturbance among the crowd, either in the temple or in the synagogues or anywhere in the city.

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“While I was doing this, some Jews from Asia found me ritually purified in the temple, without a crowd and without any uproar.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:20 -

“Or let these men here state what wrongdoing they found in me when I stood before the Sanhedrin,

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:6 -

There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy and put us on board.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:28 -

They took soundings and found it to be a hundred twenty feet[fn] deep; when they had sailed a little farther and sounded again, they found it to be ninety feet[fn] deep.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:14 -

There we found brothers and sisters and were invited to stay a week with them. And so we came to Rome.

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What then will we say that Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh, has found?[fn]

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and I died. The commandment that was meant for life resulted in death for me.

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So I discover this law:[fn] When I want to do what is good,[fn] evil is present with me.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 10:20 -

And Isaiah says boldly,

I was found

by those who were not looking for me;

I revealed myself

to those who were not asking for me.

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:2 -

In this regard, it is required that managers be found faithful.

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Moreover, we are found to be false witnesses about God, because we have testified wrongly about God that he raised up Christ ​— ​whom he did not raise up, if in fact the dead are not raised.

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 2:13 -

I had no rest in my spirit because I did not find my brother Titus. Instead, I said good-bye to them and left for Macedonia.

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since, when we are clothed,[fn] we will not be found naked.

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 9:4 -

Otherwise, if any Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, we, not to mention you, would be put to shame in that situation.[fn]

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But I will continue to do what I am doing, in order to deny[fn] an opportunity to those who want to be regarded as our equals in what they boast about.

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For I fear that perhaps when I come I will not find you to be what I want, and you may not find me to be what you want. Perhaps there will be quarreling, jealousy, angry outbursts, selfish ambitions, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.

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But if we ourselves are also found to be “sinners” while seeking to be justified by Christ, is Christ then a promoter[fn] of sin? Absolutely not!

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he humbled himself by becoming obedient

to the point of death —

even to death on a cross.

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:9 -

and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own from the law, but one that is through faith in Christ[fn] ​— ​the righteousness from God based on faith.

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On the contrary, when he was in Rome, he diligently searched for me and found me.

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May the Lord grant that he obtain mercy from him on that day. You know very well how much he ministered at Ephesus.

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 4:16 -

Therefore, let us approach the throne of grace with boldness, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in time of need.

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he entered the most holy place once for all time, not by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood, having obtained eternal redemption.

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By faith Enoch was taken away, and so he did not experience death. He was not to be found because God took him away. For before he was taken away, he was approved as one who pleased God.

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:17 -

For you know that later, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, even though he sought it with tears, because he didn’t find any opportunity for repentance.

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:7 -

so that the proven character of your faith ​— ​more valuable than gold which, though perishable, is refined by fire ​— ​may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.


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