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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 World English Bible.

  1. Luke 2:49

    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”

  2. Luke 5:18

    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”

  3. Luke 6:19

    All the multitude sought to touch him, for power came out from him and healed them all.

    ἐζήτουν ezētoun “were seeking”

  4. Luke 9:9

    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”

  5. Luke 11:9

    "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”

  6. Luke 11:10

    For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.

    ζητῶν zētōn “seeking”

  7. Luke 11:16

    Others, testing him, sought from him a sign from heaven.

    ἐζήτουν ezētoun “were seeking”

  8. Luke 11:24

    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”

  9. Luke 11:29

    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,”

  10. Luke 11:54

    lying in wait for him, and seeking to catch him in something he might say, that they might accuse him.

    ζητοῦντες zētountes “seeking”

  11. Luke 12:29

    Don't seek what you will eat or what you will drink; neither be anxious.

    ζητεῖτε zēteite “do seek”

  12. Luke 12:31

    But seek God's Kingdom, and all these things will be added to you.

    ζητεῖτε zēteite “do seek”

  13. Luke 12:48

    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”

  14. Luke 13:6

    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”

  15. Luke 13:7

    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”

  16. Luke 13:24

    "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”

  17. Luke 15:8

    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”

  18. Luke 17:33

    Whoever seeks to save his life loses it, but whoever loses his life preserves it.

    ζητήσῃ zētēsē “shall seek”

  19. Luke 19:3

    He was trying to see who Jesus was, and couldn't because of the crowd, because he was short.

    ἐζήτει ezētei “he was seeking”

  20. Luke 19:10

    For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost."

    ζητῆσαι zētēsai “to seek”

  21. Luke 19:47

    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”

  22. Luke 20:19

    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”

  23. Luke 22:2

    The chief priests and the scribes sought how they might put him to death, for they feared the people.

    ἐζήτουν ezētoun “were seeking”

  24. Luke 22:6

    He consented, and sought an opportunity to deliver him to them in the absence of the multitude.

    ἐζήτει ezētei “was seeking”

  25. Luke 24:5

    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”