Strong's Concordance

Greek
G2212

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Original: ζητέω

Transliteration: zeteo (zēteō)

Phonetic: dzay-teh'-o

Thayer Definition:

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
to seek, i.e. require, demand
1. to crave, demand something from someone

Origin: of uncertain affinity

TDNT entry: 16:52,3

Part(s) of speech: Verb

Strong's Definition: Of uncertain affinity; to seek (literally or figuratively); specifically (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.

Occurrences in the (KJV) King James Version:

All Occurrences (82x)

And Sought (1x)

As They Went About (1x)

Desiring (2x)

Do I Seek (1x)

Goeth About (1x)

Going About (1x)

Have Been Sought (1x)

Have Sought (1x)

He (1x)

He Desired (1x)

He Sought (4x)

I Seek (1x)

It Is Required (1x)

Let Him Seek (1x)

Out (1x)

Seek (11x)

Seek For (2x)

Seek Ye (1x)

Seekest Thou (1x)

Seeketh (2x)

Seeking (7x)

Seeking For (1x)

Shall (1x)

Sought (16x)

Sought For (1x)

Sought They (1x)

Sought To (1x)

Sought We (1x)

That Sought (1x)

That They Should Seek (1x)

They Seek (2x)

They Sought (4x)

We Endeavoured (1x)

Were About (1x)

When They Sought (1x)

While We Seek (1x)

Ye Seek (4x)

Ye Shall Seek (1x)

All Occurrences

Matthew 2:13

And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.

Matthew 2:20

Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child’s life.

Matthew 12:46

While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him.

Matthew 12:47

Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee.

Matthew 21:46

But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.

Matthew 26:16

And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him.

Matthew 26:59

Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;

Matthew 28:5

And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified.

Mark 1:37

And when they had found him, they said unto him, All men seek for thee.

Mark 3:32

And the multitude sat about him, and they said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee.

Mark 8:11

And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him.

Mark 11:18

And the scribes and chief priests heard it, and sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him, because all the people was astonished at his doctrine.

Mark 12:12

And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went their way.

Mark 14:1

After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death.

Mark 14:11

And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him money. And he sought how he might conveniently betray him.

Mark 14:55

And the chief priests and all the council sought for witness against Jesus to put him to death; and found none.

Mark 16:6

And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him.

Luke 2:45

And when they found him not, they turned back again to Jerusalem, seeking him.

Luke 2:48

And when they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing.

Luke 4:42

And when it was day, he departed and went into a desert place: and the people sought him, and came unto him, and stayed him, that he should not depart from them.

Luke 5:18

And, behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a palsy: and they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him before him.

Luke 6:19

And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all.

Luke 9:9

And Herod said, John have I beheaded: but who is this, of whom I hear such things? And he desired to see him.

Luke 11:16

And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven.

Luke 11:54

Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.

Luke 19:3

And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the press, because he was little of stature.

Luke 19:47

And he taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him,

Luke 20:19

And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them.

Luke 22:2

And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people.

Luke 22:6

And he promised, and sought opportunity to betray him unto them in the absence of the multitude.

Luke 24:5

And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?

John 4:27

And upon this came his disciples, and marvelled that he talked with the woman: yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why talkest thou with her?

John 5:16

And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.

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Brown-Driver-Brigg's Information

All of the original Hebrew and Aramaic words are arranged by the numbering system from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible. In some cases more than one form of the word — such as the masculine and feminine forms of a noun — may be listed.

Each entry is a Hebrew word, unless it is designated as Aramaic. Immediately after each word is given its equivalent in English letters, according to a system of transliteration. Then follows the phonetic. Next follows the Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definitions given in English.

Then ensues a reference to the same word as found in Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament (TWOT), by R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, Jr., and Bruce K. Waltke. This section makes an association between the unique number used by TWOT with the Strong's number.

Thayers Information

All of the original Greek words are arranged by the numbering system from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible. The Strong's numbering system arranges most Greek words by their alphabetical order. This renders reference easy without recourse to the Greek characters. In some cases more than one form of the word - such as the masculine, feminine, and neuter forms of a noun - may be listed.

Immediately after each word is given its exact equivalent in English letters, according to the system of transliteration laid down in the scheme here following. Then follows the phonetic. Next follows the Thayer's Definitions given in English.

Then ensues a reference to the same word as found in the ten-volume Theological Dictionary of the New Testament (TDNT), edited by Gerhard Kittel. Both volume and page numbers cite where the word may be found.

The presence of an asterisk indicates that the corresponding entry in the Theological Dictionary of the New Testament may appear in a different form than that displayed in Thayers' Greek Definitions.

Strong's Hebrew and Greek Dictionaries Information

Dictionaries of Hebrew and Greek Words taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance by James Strong, S.T.D., LL.D., 1890.

Strong's Concor­dance

Greek G2212

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Thayers Information

Strong's Hebrew and Greek Dictionaries Information

Strong's Concordance

Greek
G2212