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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)
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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)

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:13 - When they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up,” he said, “take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:20 - and said, “Get up, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who were trying to take the child’s life are dead.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:33

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:33 - But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:7 - “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:8 - For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:43

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:43 - “When an impure spirit comes out of a person, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:46

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:46 - While Jesus was still talking to the crowd, his mother and brothers stood outside, wanting to speak to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:47

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:47 - Someone told him, “Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:45

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:45 - “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:12 - “What do you think? If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go to look for the one that wandered off?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:46

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:46 - They looked for a way to arrest him, but they were afraid of the crowd because the people held that he was a prophet.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:16 - From then on Judas watched for an opportunity to hand him over.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:59

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:59 - The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for false evidence against Jesus so that they could put him to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:5 - The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:37 - and when they found him, they exclaimed: “Everyone is looking for you!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:32 - A crowd was sitting around him, and they told him, “Your mother and brothers are outside looking for you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:11 - The Pharisees came and began to question Jesus. To test him, they asked him for a sign from heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:12 - He sighed deeply and said, “Why does this generation ask for a sign? Truly I tell you, no sign will be given to it.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:18 - The chief priests and the teachers of the law heard this and began looking for a way to kill him, for they feared him, because the whole crowd was amazed at his teaching.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:12 - Then the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the elders looked for a way to arrest him because they knew he had spoken the parable against them. But they were afraid of the crowd; so they left him and went away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:1 - Now the Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread were only two days away, and the chief priests and the teachers of the law were scheming to arrest Jesus secretly and kill him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:11 - They were delighted to hear this and promised to give him money. So he watched for an opportunity to hand him over.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:55

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:55 - The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for evidence against Jesus so that they could put him to death, but they did not find any.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 16:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 16:6 - “Don’t be alarmed,” he said. “You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:48

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:48 - When his parents saw him, they were astonished. His mother said to him, “Son, why have you treated us like this? Your father and I have been anxiously searching for you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:49

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:49 - “Why were you searching for me?” he asked. “Didn’t you know I had to be in my Father’s house?”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:18 - Some men came carrying a paralyzed man on a mat and tried to take him into the house to lay him before Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:19 - and the people all tried to touch him, because power was coming from him and healing them all.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:9 - But Herod said, “I beheaded John. Who, then, is this I hear such things about?” And he tried to see him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:9 - “So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:10 - For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:16 - Others tested him by asking for a sign from heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:24 - “When an impure spirit comes out of a person, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:29 - As the crowds increased, Jesus said, “This is a wicked generation. It asks for a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:29 - And do not set your heart on what you will eat or drink; do not worry about it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:31 - But seek his kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:48

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:48 - But the one who does not know and does things deserving punishment will be beaten with few blows. From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:6 - Then he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree growing in his vineyard, and he went to look for fruit on it but did not find any.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:7 - So he said to the man who took care of the vineyard, ‘For three years now I’ve been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:24 - “Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:8 - “Or suppose a woman has ten silver coins[fn] and loses one. Doesn’t she light a lamp, sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:33 - Whoever tries to keep their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life will preserve it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:3 - He wanted to see who Jesus was, but because he was short he could not see over the crowd.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:10 - For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:47

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:47 - Every day he was teaching at the temple. But the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the leaders among the people were trying to kill him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:19 - The teachers of the law and the chief priests looked for a way to arrest him immediately, because they knew he had spoken this parable against them. But they were afraid of the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:2 - and the chief priests and the teachers of the law were looking for some way to get rid of Jesus, for they were afraid of the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:6 - He consented, and watched for an opportunity to hand Jesus over to them when no crowd was present.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:5 - In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:38 - Turning around, Jesus saw them following and asked, “What do you want?” They said, “Rabbi” (which means “Teacher”), “where are you staying?”

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