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Lexicon :: Strong's G2212 - zēteō

Aa
ζητέω
Transliteration
zēteō (Key)
Pronunciation
dzay-teh'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain affinity
mGNT
117x in 32 unique form(s)
TR
119x in 35 unique form(s)
LXX
243x in 48 unique form(s)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:892,300

Strong’s Definitions

ζητέω zētéō, dzay-teh'-o; of uncertain affinity; to seek (literally or figuratively); specially, (by Hebraism) to worship (God), or (in a bad sense) to plot (against life):—be (go) about, desire, endeavour, enquire (for), require, (X will) seek (after, for, means). Compare G4441.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 119x

The KJV translates Strong's G2212 in the following manner: seek (100x), seek for (5x), go about (4x), desire (3x), miscellaneous (7x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 119x
The KJV translates Strong's G2212 in the following manner: seek (100x), seek for (5x), go about (4x), desire (3x), miscellaneous (7x).
  1. to seek in order to find

    1. to seek a thing

    2. to seek [in order to find out] by thinking, meditating, reasoning, to enquire into

    3. to seek after, seek for, aim at, strive after

  2. to seek i.e. require, demand

    1. to crave, demand something from someone

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ζητέω zētéō, dzay-teh'-o; of uncertain affinity; to seek (literally or figuratively); specially, (by Hebraism) to worship (God), or (in a bad sense) to plot (against life):—be (go) about, desire, endeavour, enquire (for), require, (X will) seek (after, for, means). Compare G4441.
STRONGS G2212:
ζητέω, ζητῶ; imperfect 3 person singular ἐζήτει, plural ἐζήτουν; future ζητήσω; 1 aorist ἐζήτησα; passive, present ζητοῦμαι; imperfect 3 person singular ἐζητεῖτο (Hebrews 8:7); 1 future ζητηθήσομαι (Luke 12:48); (from Homer on); the Sept. for דָּרַשׁ, and much more often for בִּקֵשׁ; to seek, i. e.
1. to seek in order to find;
a. universally and absolutely: Matthew 7:7; Luke 11:9f (see εὑρίσκω, 1 a); τινα, Mark 1:37; Luke 2:48 (Luke 2:45 R L marginal reading), (Luke 4:42 Rec.); John 6:24; John 18:4, 7; Acts 10:19, and often; followed by ἐν with the dative of place, Acts 9:11; with the accusative of the thing (μαργαρίτας), of buyers, Matthew 13:45; something lost, Matthew 18:12; Luke 19:10; τί ἐν τίνι, as fruit on a tree, Luke 13:6f; ἀνάπαυσιν, a place of rest, Matthew 12:43; Luke 11:24; after the Hebrew (פּ אֶת־נֶפֶשׁ בִּקֵּשׁ... (cf. Winer's Grammar, 33 (32); 18)) ψυχήν τίνος, to seek, plot against, the life of one, Matthew 2:20; Romans 11:3, (Exodus 4:19, etc.); universally, τί ζητεῖς; what dost thou seek? what dost thou wish? John 1:38 (39); (John 4:27).
b. to seek (i. e. in order to find out) by thinking, meditating, reasoning; to inquire into: περί τίνος ζητεῖτε μετ' ἀλλήλων; John 16:19; followed by indirect discourse, πῶς, τί, τινα: Mark 11:18; Mark 14:1, 11; Luke 12:29; Luke 22:2; 1 Peter 5:8; τόν Θεόν, to follow up the traces of divine majesty and power, Acts 17:27 (universally, to seek the knowledge of God, Wis. 1:1 Wis. 13:6; (Philo, monarch. i. § 5)).
c. to seek after, seek for, aim at, strive after: εὐκαιρίαν, Matthew 26:16; Luke 22:6; ψευδομαρτυρίαν, Matthew 26:59; Mark 14:55; τόν θάνατον, an opportunity to die, Revelation 9:6; λύσιν, 1 Corinthians 7:27; τήν βασιλείαν τοῦ Θεοῦ, Matthew 6:33; Luke 12:31; τά ἄνω, Colossians 3:1; εἰρήνην, 1 Peter 3:11; ἀφθαρσίαν etc. Romans 2:7; δόξαν ἐκ τίνος, 1 Thessalonians 2:6; τήν δόξαν τήν παρά τίνος, John 5:44; τά τίνος, the property of one, 2 Corinthians 12:14; τήν δόξαν Θεοῦ, to seek to promote the glory of God, John 7:18; John 8:50; τό θέλημα τίνος, to attempt to establish, John 5:30; τό σύμφορον τίνος, to seek to further the profit or advantage of one, 1 Corinthians 10:33, equivalent to ζητεῖν τά τίνος, 1 Corinthians 10:24; 1 Corinthians 13:5; Philippians 2:21; ὑμᾶς, to seek to win your souls, 2 Corinthians 12:14; τόν Θεόν, to seek the favor of God (see ἐκζητέω, a.), Romans 10:20; (Romans 3:11 Tr marginal reading WH marginal reading). followed by an infinitive (Buttmann, 258 (222); Winers Grammar, § 44, 3) to seek i. e. desire, endeavor: Matthew 12:46 (Matthew 12:47 (WH in marginal reading only)); Matthew 21:46; Mark 4:19 (L Tr marginal reading); Mark 12:12; Luke 5:18; Luke 6:19; Luke 9:9; John 5:18; John 7:4 (Buttmann, § 142, 4); John 5:19; Acts 13:8; Acts 16:10; Romans 10:3; Galatians 1:10; Galatians 2:17; followed by ἵνα (Buttmann, 237 (205)), 1 Corinthians 14:12.
2. to seek i. e. require, demand: (σημεῖον, Mark 8:12 L T Tr WH; Luke 11:29 T Tr WH); σοφίαν, 1 Corinthians 1:22; δοκιμήν, 2 Corinthians 13:3; τί παρά τίνος, to crave, demand something from someone, Mark 8:11; Luke 11:16; Luke 12:48; ἐν τίνι, the dative of person, to seek in one, i. e. to require of him, followed by ἵνα, 1 Corinthians 4:2. (Compare: ἀναζητέω, ἐκζητέω, ἐπιζητέω, συζητέω.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Exodus
4:19
Matthew
2:20; 6:33; 7:7; 12:43; 12:46; 12:47; 13:45; 18:12; 21:46; 26:16; 26:59
Mark
1:37; 4:19; 8:11; 8:12; 11:18; 12:12; 14:1; 14:11; 14:55
Luke
2:45; 2:48; 4:42; 5:18; 6:19; 9:9; 11:9; 11:16; 11:24; 11:29; 12:29; 12:31; 12:48; 12:48; 13:6; 19:10; 22:2; 22:6
John
1:38; 4:27; 5:18; 5:19; 5:30; 5:44; 6:24; 7:4; 7:18; 8:50; 16:19; 18:4; 18:7
Acts
9:11; 10:19; 13:8; 16:10; 17:27
Romans
2:7; 3:11; 10:3; 10:20; 11:3
1 Corinthians
1:22; 4:2; 7:27; 10:24; 10:33; 13:5; 14:12
2 Corinthians
12:14; 12:14; 13:3
Galatians
1:10; 2:17
Philippians
2:21
Colossians
3:1
1 Thessalonians
2:6
Hebrews
8:7
1 Peter
3:11; 5:8
Revelation
9:6

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2212 matches the Greek ζητέω (zēteō),
which occurs 117 times in 114 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Page 1 / 3 (Mat 2:13–Jhn 1:38)

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:13 -

Now G1161 when they had gone G402, behold G2400, an angel G32 of the Lord G2962 *appeared G5316 to Joseph G2501 in a dream G3677 and said G3004, “Get G1453 up G1453! Take G3880 the Child G3813 and His mother G3384 and flee G5343 to Egypt G125, and stay G1510 there G1563 until G2193 I tell G3004 you; for Herod G2264 is G3195 going G3195 to G3195 search G2212 for G2212 the Child G3813 to kill G622 Him.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:20 - “Get G1453 up G1453, take G3880 the Child G3813 and His mother G3384, and go G4198 to the land G1093 of Israel G2474; for those G3588 who sought G2212 the Child’s G3813 life G5590 are dead G2348.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:33 - “But [fn]seek G2212 first G4413 [fn]His kingdom G932 and His righteousness G1343, and all G3956 these G3778 things G3778 will be [fn]provided G4369 to you.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:7 -

[fn]Ask G154, and it will be given G1325 to you; [fn]seek G2212, and you will find G2147; [fn]knock G2925, and it will be opened G455 to you.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:8 - “For everyone G3956 who asks G154 receives G2983, and the one who seeks G2212 finds G2147, and to the one who knocks G2925 it will be opened G455.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:43 -

“Now G1161 when G3752 the unclean G169 spirit G4151 comes G1831 out G1831 of a person G444, it passes G1330 through G1223 waterless G504 places G5117 seeking G2212 rest G372, and does not find G2147 it.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:46 -

While He was still G2089 speaking G2980 to the crowds G3793, behold G2400, His mother G3384 and brothers G80 were standing G2476 outside G1854, seeking G2212 to speak G2980 to Him.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:47 - [[fn]Someone G5100 said G3004 to Him, “Look G2400, Your mother G3384 and Your brothers G80 are standing G2476 outside G1854, seeking G2212 to speak G2980 to You.”]
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:45 -

“Again G3825, the kingdom G932 of heaven G3772 is like G3664 a merchant G1713 seeking G2212 fine G2570 pearls G3135,

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:12 -

“What G5101 do you think G1380? If G1437 any G5100 man G444 has G1096 a hundred G1540 sheep G4263, and one G1520 of them goes G4105 astray G4105, will he not leave G863 the ninety-nine G1768 G1767 on the mountains G3735, and go G4198 and search G2212 for G2212 the one that is lost G4105?

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:46 - And although they sought G2212 to arrest G2902 Him, they feared G5399 the crowds G3793, since G1893 they considered G2192 Him to be a prophet G4396.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:16 - And from then G5119 on he looked G2212 for G2212 a good G2120 opportunity G2120 to [fn]betray G3860 [fn]Jesus.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:59 -

Now G1161 the chief G749 priests G749 and the entire G3650 [fn]Council G4892 kept trying G2212 to G2212 obtain G2212 false G5577 testimony G5577 against G2596 Jesus G2424, so G3704 that G3704 they might put G2289 Him to G2289 death G2289.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:5 - And the angel G32 said G3004 to the women G1135, “[fn]Do not be G5399 afraid G5399; for I know G6063 that you are looking G2212 for G2212 Jesus G2424 who has been crucified G4717.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:37 - and they found G2147 Him and *said G3004 to Him, “Everyone G3956 is looking G2212 for G2212 You.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:32 - And a crowd G3793 was sitting G2521 around G4012 Him, and they *said G3004 to Him, “Behold G2400, Your mother G3384 and Your brothers G80 are outside G1854 looking G2212 for G2212 You.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:11 -

And the Pharisees G5330 came G1831 out G1831 and began G757 to argue G4802 with Him, demanding G2212 from Him a [fn]sign G4592 from heaven G3772, [fn]to test G3985 Him.

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:12 - Sighing G389 deeply G389 in His spirit G4151, He *said G3004, “Why G5101 does this G3778 generation G1074 demand G2212 a [fn]sign G4592? Truly G281 I say G3004 to you, [fn]no G1487 [fn]sign G4592 will be given G1325 to this G3778 generation G1074!”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:18 - And the chief G749 priests G749 and the scribes G1122 heard G191 this, and they began seeking G2212 how G4459 to put G622 Him to G622 death G622; for they were G5399 afraid G5399 of Him, because G1063 all G3956 the crowd G3793 was astonished G1605 at His teaching G1322.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:12 -

And they were seeking G2212 to seize G2902 Him, and yet they feared G5399 the [fn]people G3793, for they understood G1097 that He told G3004 the parable G3850 against G4314 them. And so they left G863 Him and went G565 away G565.

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:1 -

Now G1161 the Passover G3957 and Festival of Unleavened G106 Bread G106 were two G1417 days G2250 away G3326; and the chief G749 priests G749 and the scribes G1122 were seeking G2212 how G4459 to arrest G2902 Him covertly G1388 and kill G615 Him;

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:11 - They were delighted G5463 when they heard G191 this, and promised G1861 to give G1325 him money G694. And he began seeking G2212 how G4459 to betray G3860 Him at an opportune G2122 time G2122.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:55 - Now G1161 the chief G749 priests G749 and the entire G3650 [fn]Council G4892 were trying G2212 to G2212 obtain G2212 testimony G3141 against G2596 Jesus G2424 to put G2289 Him to G2289 death G2289, and they were not finding G2147 any.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 16:6 - But he *said G3004 to them, “Do not be amazed G1568; you are looking G2212 for G2212 Jesus G2424 the Nazarene G3479, who has been crucified G4717. He has risen G1453; He is not here G5602; see G2396, here is the place G5117 where G3699 they laid G5087 Him.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:48 - When Joseph and Mary saw G3708 Him, they were bewildered G1605; and His mother G3384 said G3004 to Him, “Son G5043, why G5101 have You treated G4160 us this G3779 way G3779? Behold G2400, Your father G3962 and I have been anxiously G3600 looking G2212 for G2212 You!”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:49 - And He said G3004 to them, “Why G5101 is it that you were looking G2212 for G2212 Me? Did you not know G6063 that I had G1163 to be in My Father’s G3962 [fn]house?
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:18 - And some men G435 were carrying G5342 a man G444 on a stretcher G2825 who G3739 was paralyzed G3886; and they were trying G2212 to bring G1533 him in G1533 and to set G5087 him down G5087 in front G1799 of Him.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:19 - And all G3956 the [fn]people G3793 were trying G2212 to touch G681 Him, because G3754 power G1411 was coming G1831 from Him and healing G2390 them all G3956.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:9 - Herod G2264 said G3004, “I myself G1473 had John G2491 beheaded G607; but who G5101 is this G3778 Man G3778 about G4012 whom G3739 I hear G191 such G5108 things G5108?” And he kept trying G2212 to see G3708 Him.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:9 -

“So G2532 I say G3004 to you, [fn]ask G154, and it will be given G1325 to you; [fn]seek G2212, and you will find G2147; [fn]knock G2925, and it will be opened G455 to you.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:10 - “For everyone G3956 who asks G154 receives G2983, and the one who seeks G2212 finds G2147, and to the one who knocks G2925, it will be opened G455.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:16 - Others G2087, [fn]to test G3985 Him, were demanding G2212 of Him a [fn]sign G4592 from heaven G3772.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:24 -

“When G3752 the unclean G169 spirit G4151 comes G1831 out G1831 of [fn]a person G444, it passes G1330 through G1223 waterless G504 places G5117 seeking G2212 rest G372, and not finding G2147 any, it then G5119 says G3004, ‘I will return G5290 to my house G3624 from G3606 which G3606 I came G1831.’

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:29 -

Now G1161 as the crowds G3793 were increasing G1865, He began G757 to say G3004, “This G3778 generation G1074 is a wicked G4190 generation G1074; it demands G2212 a [fn]sign G4592, and so no G3756 [fn]sign G4592 will be given G1325 to it except G1487 G3361 the [fn]sign G4592 of Jonah G2495.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:29 - “And do not [fn]seek G2212 what G5101 you are to eat G2068 and what G5101 you are to drink G4095, and do not keep worrying G3349.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:31 - “But [fn]seek G2212 His kingdom G932, and these G3778 things G3778 will be [fn]provided G4369 to you.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:48 - but the one who did not know G1097 it, and committed G4160 acts deserving G514 of [fn]a beating G4127, will receive G1194 only a few G3641 blows G1194. From everyone G3956 who G3739 has been given G1325 much G4183, much G4183 will be demanded G2212; and to whom G3739 they entrusted G3908 much G4183, of him they will ask G154 all G4055 the G4055 more G4055.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:6 -

And He began telling G3004 this G3778 parable G3850: “A man G5100 had G2192 a fig G4808 tree G4808 which had been planted G5452 in his vineyard G290; and he came G2064 looking G2212 for G2212 fruit G2590 on it and did not find G2147 any.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:7 - “And he said G3004 to the vineyard-keeper G289, ‘Look G2400! For three G5140 years G2094 I have come G2064 looking G2212 for G2212 fruit G2590 on this G3778 fig G4808 tree G4808 [fn]without G2532 G3756 finding G2147 any. Cut G1581 it down G1581! Why G2444 does it even G2532 use G2673 up G2673 the ground G1093?’
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:24 - “Strive G75 to enter G1525 through G1223 the narrow G4728 door G2374; for many G4183, I tell G3004 you, will seek G2212 to enter G1525 and will not be G2480 able G2480.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:8 -

“Or G2228 what G5101 woman G1135, if G1437 she has G2192 ten G1176 [fn]silver G1406 coins G1406 and loses G622 one G1520 coin G1406, does not light G681 a lamp G3088 and sweep G4563 the house G3614 and search G2212 carefully G1960 until G2193 she finds G2147 it?

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:33 - “Whoever G3739 G1437 strives G2212 to [fn]save G4046 his [fn]life G5590 will lose G622 it, and whoever G3739 G302 loses G622 his life will keep G2225 it.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:3 - Zaccheus was trying G2212 to see G3708 who G5101 Jesus G2424 was, and he was unable G3756 G1410 due G575 to the crowd G3793, because G3754 he was short G3398 in stature G2244.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:10 - “For the Son G5207 of Man G444 has come G2064 to seek G2212 and to save G4982 that which was lost G622.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:47 -

And He was teaching G1321 daily G2596 G2250 in the temple G2413; but the chief G749 priests G749 and the scribes G1122 and the leading G4413 men G4413 among the people G2992 were trying G2212 to put G622 Him to G622 death G622,

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:19 -

The scribes G1122 and the chief G749 priests G749 tried G2212 to lay G1911 hands G5495 on Him that very G846 hour G5610, and yet they feared G5399 the people G2992; for they were aware G1097 that He had spoken G3004 this G3778 parable G3850 against G4314 them.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:2 - And the chief G749 priests G749 and the scribes G1122 were trying G2212 to G2212 find G2212 [fn]a way G4459 to put G337 Him to G337 death G337, since G1063 they were G5399 afraid G5399 of the people G2992.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:6 - And so he consented G1843, and began looking G2212 for G2212 a good G2120 opportunity G2120 to betray G3860 Him to them [fn]away G817 from G817 the crowd G3793.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:5 - and as [fn]the women were terrified G1719 and bowed G2827 their faces G4383 to the ground G1093, the men said G3004 to them, “Why G5101 are you seeking G2212 the living G2198 One among G3326 the dead G3498?
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:38 - And Jesus G2424 turned G4762 and saw G2300 them following G190, and *said G3004 to them, “What G5101 are you seeking G2212?” They said G3004 to Him, “Rabbi G4461 (which G3739 translated G3177 means G3004 Teacher G1320), where G4226 are You staying G3306?”

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