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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