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G2212ζητέωzēteō
to seekPart of speech: Greek Verb
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And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? knew ye not that I must be in my Father's house?
ἐζητεῖτέ ezēteite “you were seeking”
And behold, men bring on a bed a man that was palsied: and they sought to bring him in, and to lay him before him.
ἐζήτουν ezētoun “they were seeking”
And all the multitude sought to touch him; for power came forth from him, and healed [supplied: them] all.
ἐζήτουν ezētoun “were seeking”
And Herod said, John I beheaded: but who is this, about whom I hear such things? And he sought to see him.
ἐζήτει ezētei “he was seeking”
And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
ζητεῖτε, zēteite “do seek”
For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
ζητῶν zētōn “seeking”
And others, trying [supplied: him], sought of him a sign from heaven.
ἐζήτουν ezētoun “were seeking”
The unclean spirit when he is gone out of the man, passeth through waterless places, seeking rest, and finding none, he saith, I will turn back unto my house whence I came out.
ζητοῦν zētoun “seeking”
And when the multitudes were gathering together unto him, he began to say, This generation is an evil generation: it seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it but the sign of Jonah.
ζητεῖ, zētei “it seeks after,”
laying wait for him, to catch something out of his mouth.
ζητοῦντες zētountes “seeking”
And seek not ye what ye shall eat, and what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind.
ζητεῖτε zēteite “do seek”
Yet seek ye his kingdom, and these things shall be added unto you.
ζητεῖτε zēteite “do seek”
but he that knew not, and did things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few [supplied: stripes]. And to whomsoever much is given, of him shall much be required: and to whom they commit much, of him will they ask the more.
ζητηθήσεται zētēthēsetai “will be required”
And he spake this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came seeking fruit thereon, and found none.
ζητῶν zētōn “seeking”
And he said unto the vinedresser, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why doth it also cumber the ground?
ζητῶν zētōn “seeking”
Strive to enter in by the narrow door: for many, I say unto you, shall seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
ζητήσουσιν zētēsousin “will seek”
Or what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and seek diligently until she find it?
ζητεῖ zētei “she seeks”
Whosoever shall seek to gain his life shall lose it: but whosoever shall lose [supplied: his life] shall preserve it.
ζητήσῃ zētēsē “shall seek”
And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the crowd, because he was little of stature.
ἐζήτει ezētei “he was seeking”
For the Son of man came to seek and to save that which was lost.
ζητῆσαι zētēsai “to seek”
And he was teaching daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the principal men of the people sought to destroy him:
ἐζήτουν ezētoun “were seeking”
And the scribes and the chief priests sought to lay hands on him in that very hour; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he spake this parable against them.
ἐζήτησαν ezētēsan “sought”
And the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might put him to death; for they feared the people.
ἐζήτουν ezētoun “were seeking”
And he consented, and sought opportunity to deliver him unto them in the absence of the multitude.
ἐζήτει ezētei “was seeking”
and as they were affrighted and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?
ζητεῖτε zēteite “seek you”