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G2212ζητέωzēteō

to seekPart of speech: Greek Verb

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Occurrences by book

  1. 14
  2. 10
  3. 26
  4. 35
  5. 10
  6. 4
  7. 8
  8. 2
  9. 2
  10. Ephesians: 0
  11. 1
  12. 1
  13. 1
  14. 2 Thessalonians: 0
  15. 1 Timothy: 0
  16. 1
  17. Titus: 0
  18. Philemon: 0
  19. 1
  20. James: 0
  21. 2
  22. 2 Peter: 0
  23. 1 John: 0
  24. 2 John: 0
  25. 3 John: 0
  26. Jude: 0
  27. 1

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119 occurrences in 116 verses

With their references and text in Webster Bible Translation.

  1. Luke 2:49

    And he said to them, How is it that ye sought me? knew ye not that I must be about my Father's business?

    ἐζητεῖτέ ezēteite “you were seeking”

  2. Luke 5:18

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

    ἐζήτουν ezētoun “they were seeking”

  3. Luke 6:19

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

    ἐζήτουν ezētoun “were seeking”

  4. 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.

    ἐζήτει ezētei “he was seeking”

  5. Luke 11:9

    And I say to you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and the door shall be opened to you.

    ζητεῖτε, zēteite “do seek”

  6. Luke 11:10

    For every one that asketh, receiveth; and he that seeketh, findeth; and to him that knocketh, the door shall be opened.

    ζητῶν zētōn “seeking”

  7. Luke 11:16

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

    ἐζήτουν ezētoun “were seeking”

  8. Luke 11:24

    When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest: and finding none, he saith, I will return to my house whence I came out.

    ζητοῦν zētoun “seeking”

  9. Luke 11:29

    And when the people were assembled in crowds, he began to say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of Jonah the prophet.

    ζητεῖ, zētei “it seeks after,”

  10. Luke 11:54

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

    ζητοῦντες zētountes “seeking”

  11. Luke 12:29

    And seek ye not what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind.

    ζητεῖτε zēteite “do seek”

  12. Luke 12:31

    But rather seek ye the kingdom of God, and all these things shall be added to you.

    ζητεῖτε zēteite “do seek”

  13. Luke 12:48

    But he that knew not, and committed things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For to whomsoever much is given, of him shall much be required: and to whom men have committed much, from him they will ask the more.

    ζητηθήσεται zētēthēsetai “will be required”

  14. Luke 13:6

    He spoke also this parable: A certain man had a fig-tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit on it, and found none.

    ζητῶν zētōn “seeking”

  15. Luke 13:7

    Then said he to the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig-tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?

    ζητῶν zētōn “seeking”

  16. Luke 13:24

    Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say to you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.

    ζητήσουσιν zētēsousin “will seek”

  17. Luke 15:8

    Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she loseth one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she findeth it?

    ζητεῖ zētei “she seeks”

  18. Luke 17:33

    Whoever shall seek to save his life, shall lose it; and whoever shall lose his life, shall preserve it.

    ζητήσῃ zētēsē “shall seek”

  19. Luke 19:3

    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”

  20. Luke 19:10

    For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.

    ζητῆσαι zētēsai “to seek”

  21. 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,

    ἐζήτουν ezētoun “were seeking”

  22. 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.

    ἐζήτησαν ezētēsan “sought”

  23. Luke 22:2

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

    ἐζήτουν ezētoun “were seeking”

  24. Luke 22:6

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

    ἐζήτει ezētei “was seeking”

  25. Luke 24:5

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

    ζητεῖτε zēteite “seek you”