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G2212ζητέωzēteō
to seekPart of speech: Greek Verb
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He said to them, "Why were you looking for me? Didn't you know that I must be in my Father's house?"
ἐζητεῖτέ ezēteite “you were seeking”
Behold, men brought a paralyzed man on a cot, and they sought to bring him in to lay before Jesus.
ἐζήτουν ezētoun “they were seeking”
All the multitude sought to touch him, for power came out from him and healed them all.
ἐζήτουν ezētoun “were seeking”
Herod said, "John I beheaded, but who is this, about whom I hear such things?" He sought to see him.
ἐζήτει ezētei “he was seeking”
"I tell you, keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep seeking, and you will find. Keep knocking, and it will be opened to you.
ζητεῖτε, zēteite “do seek”
For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.
ζητῶν zētōn “seeking”
Others, testing him, sought from him a sign from heaven.
ἐζήτουν ezētoun “were seeking”
The unclean spirit, when he has gone out of the man, passes through dry places, seeking rest, and finding none, he says, 'I will turn back to my house from which I came out.'
ζητοῦν zētoun “seeking”
When the multitudes were gathering together to him, he began to say, "This is an evil generation. It seeks after a sign. No sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah, the prophet.
ζητεῖ, zētei “it seeks after,”
lying in wait for him, and seeking to catch him in something he might say, that they might accuse him.
ζητοῦντες zētountes “seeking”
Don't seek what you will eat or what you will drink; neither be anxious.
ζητεῖτε zēteite “do seek”
But seek God's Kingdom, and all these things will be added to you.
ζητεῖτε zēteite “do seek”
but he who didn't know, and did things worthy of stripes, will be beaten with few stripes. To whoever much is given, of him will much be required; and to whom much was entrusted, of him more will be asked.
ζητηθήσεται zētēthēsetai “will be required”
He spoke this parable. "A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it, and found none.
ζητῶν zētōn “seeking”
He said to the vine dresser, 'Behold, these three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and found none. Cut it down. Why does it waste the soil?'
ζητῶν zētōn “seeking”
"Strive to enter in by the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek to enter in, and will not be able.
ζητήσουσιν zētēsousin “will seek”
Or what woman, if she had ten drachma coins, if she lost one drachma coin, wouldn't light a lamp, sweep the house, and seek diligently until she found it?
ζητεῖ zētei “she seeks”
Whoever seeks to save his life loses it, but whoever loses his life preserves it.
ζητήσῃ zētēsē “shall seek”
He was trying to see who Jesus was, and couldn't because of the crowd, because he was short.
ἐζήτει ezētei “he was seeking”
For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost."
ζητῆσαι zētēsai “to seek”
He was teaching daily in the temple, but the chief priests and the scribes and the leading men among the people sought to destroy him.
ἐζήτουν ezētoun “were seeking”
The chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on Him that very hour, but they feared the people--for they knew He had spoken this parable against them.
ἐζήτησαν ezētēsan “sought”
The chief priests and the scribes sought how they might put him to death, for they feared the people.
ἐζήτουν ezētoun “were seeking”
He consented, and sought an opportunity to deliver him to them in the absence of the multitude.
ἐζήτει ezētei “was seeking”
Becoming terrified, they bowed their faces down to the earth. They said to them, "Why do you seek the living among the dead?
ζητεῖτε zēteite “seek you”