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Lexicon :: Strong's G1567 - ekzēteō

Aa
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)
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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

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:5 - And surely your blood, the blood of your lives, will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it: and at the hand of man, even at the hand of every man’s brother, will I require the life of man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:22 - And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore also, behold, his blood is required.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:15 - And Moses said unto his father-in-law, Because the people come unto me to inquire of God:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:16 - And Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin-offering, and, behold, it was burnt: and he was angry with Eleazar and with Ithamar, the sons of Aaron that were left, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:29 - But from thence ye shall seek Jehovah thy God, and thou shalt find him, when thou searchest after him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:5 - But unto the place which Jehovah your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:30 - take heed to thyself that thou be not ensnared to follow them, after that they are destroyed from before thee; and that thou inquire not after their gods, saying, How do these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:4 - and it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it; then shalt thou inquire diligently; and, behold, if it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in Israel,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:9 - and thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days: and thou shalt inquire; and they shall show thee the sentence of judgment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:21 - When thou shalt vow a vow unto Jehovah thy God, thou shalt not be slack to pay it: for Jehovah thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:22 - And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:23 - that we have built us an altar to turn away from following Jehovah; or if to offer thereon burnt-offering or meal-offering, or if to offer sacrifices of peace-offerings thereon, let Jehovah himself require it;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:29 - And they said one to another, Who hath done this thing? And when they inquired and asked, they said, Gideon the son of Joash hath done this thing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:4 - But his father and his mother knew not that it was of Jehovah; for he sought an occasion against the Philistines. Now at that time the Philistines had rule over Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:16 - So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, And Jehovah will require it at the hand of David’s enemies.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:11 - How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed, shall I not now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:40 - And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to Achish, to seek his servants; and Shimei went, and brought his servants from Gath.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:13 - Go ye, inquire of Jehovah for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found; for great is the wrath of Jehovah that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not hearkened unto the words of this book, to do according unto all that which is written concerning us.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:5 - Moreover the brazen altar, that Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, was there before the tabernacle of Jehovah: and Solomon and the assembly sought unto it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:14 - And he did that which was evil, because he set not his heart to seek Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:4 - and commanded Judah to seek Jehovah, the God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:7 - For he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars; the land is yet before us, because we have sought Jehovah our God; we have sought him, and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:2 - and he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: Jehovah is with you, while ye are with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:13 - and that whosoever would not seek Jehovah, the God of Israel, should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:3 - And Jehovah was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto the Baalim,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:4 - but sought to the God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:3 - Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast put away the Asheroth out of the land, and hast set thy heart to seek God.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:3 - And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek unto Jehovah; and he proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:4 - And Judah gathered themselves together, to seek help of Jehovah: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:20 - But Amaziah would not hear; for it was of God, that he might deliver them into the hand of their enemies, because they had sought after the gods of Edom.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:5 - And he set himself to seek God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the vision of God: and as long as he sought Jehovah, God made him to prosper.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:23 - For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which smote him; and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria helped them, therefore will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:19 - that setteth his heart to seek God, Jehovah, the God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:21 - And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:2 - then they drew near to Zerubbabel, and to the heads of fathers’ houses, and said unto them, Let us build with you; for we seek your God, as ye do; and we sacrifice unto him since the days of Esar-haddon king of Assyria, who brought us up hither.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:21 - And the children of Israel that were come again out of the captivity, and all such as had separated themselves unto them from the filthiness of the nations of the land, to seek Jehovah, the God of Israel, did eat,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:12 - now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their prosperity for ever; that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:16 - And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain heads of fathers’ houses, after their fathers’ houses, and all of them by their names, were set apart; and they sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:10 -
And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee;
For thou, Jehovah, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:12 -
For he that maketh inquisition for blood remembereth them;
He forgetteth not the cry of the poor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:4 -
The wicked, in the pride of his countenance, saith, He will not require it.
All his thoughts are, There is no God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:13 -
Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God,
And say in his heart, Thou wilt not require it?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:2 -
Jehovah looked down from heaven upon the children of men,
To see if there were any that did understand,
That did seek after God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:26 -
The meek shall eat and be satisfied;
They shall praise Jehovah that seek after him:
Let your heart live for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:10 -
All the paths of Jehovah are lovingkindness and truth
Unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:4 -
One thing have I asked of Jehovah, that will I seek after:
That I may dwell in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life,
To behold the beauty of Jehovah,
And to inquire in his temple.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:23 -
Oh love Jehovah, all ye his saints:
Jehovah preserveth the faithful,
And plentifully rewardeth him that dealeth proudly.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:10 -
The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger;
But they that seek Jehovah shall not want any good thing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:21 -
Will not God search this out?
For he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

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