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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 Young's Literal Translation.

  1. Luke 2:49

    And he said unto them, `Why `is it' that ye were seeking me? did ye not know that in the things of my Father it behoveth me to be?'

    ἐζητεῖτέ ezēteite “you were seeking”

  2. Luke 5:18

    And lo, men bearing upon a couch a man, who hath been struck with palsy, and they were seeking to bring him in, and to place before him,

    ἐζήτουν ezētoun “they were seeking”

  3. Luke 6:19

    and all the multitude were seeking to touch him, because power from him was going forth, and he was healing all.

    ἐζήτουν ezētoun “were seeking”

  4. Luke 9:9

    and Herod said, `John I did behead, but who is this concerning whom I hear such things?' and he was seeking to see him.

    ἐζήτει ezētei “he was seeking”

  5. Luke 11:9

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

    ζητεῖτε, zēteite “do seek”

  6. Luke 11:10

    for every one who is asking doth receive; and he who is seeking doth find; and to him who is knocking it shall be opened.

    ζητῶν zētōn “seeking”

  7. Luke 11:16

    and others, tempting, a sign out of heaven from him were asking.

    ἐζήτουν ezētoun “were seeking”

  8. Luke 11:24

    `When the unclean spirit may go forth from the man it walketh through waterless places seeking rest, and not finding, it saith, I will turn back to my house whence I came forth;

    ζητοῦν zētoun “seeking”

  9. Luke 11:29

    And the multitudes crowding together upon him, he began to say, `This generation is evil, a sign it doth seek after, and a sign shall not be given to it, except the sign of Jonah the prophet,

    ζητεῖ, zētei “it seeks after,”

  10. Luke 11:54

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

    ζητοῦντες zētountes “seeking”

  11. Luke 12:29

    `And ye -- seek not what ye may eat, or what ye may drink, and be not in suspense,

    ζητεῖτε zēteite “do seek”

  12. Luke 12:31

    but, seek ye the reign of God, and all these things shall be added to you.

    ζητεῖτε zēteite “do seek”

  13. Luke 12:48

    and he who, not having known, and having done things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few; and to every one to whom much was given, much shall be required from him; and to whom they did commit much, more abundantly they will ask of him.

    ζητηθήσεται zētēthēsetai “will be required”

  14. Luke 13:6

    And he spake this simile: `A certain one had a fig-tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit in it, and he did not find;

    ζητῶν zētōn “seeking”

  15. Luke 13:7

    and he said unto the vine-dresser, Lo, three years I come seeking fruit in this fig-tree, and do not find, cut it off, why also the ground doth it render useless?

    ζητῶν zētōn “seeking”

  16. Luke 13:24

    `Be striving to go in through the straight gate, because many, I say to you, will seek to go in, and shall not be able;

    ζητήσουσιν zētēsousin “will seek”

  17. Luke 15:8

    `Or what woman having ten drachms, if she may lose one drachm, doth not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and seek carefully till that she may find?

    ζητεῖ zētei “she seeks”

  18. Luke 17:33

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

    ζητήσῃ zētēsē “shall seek”

  19. Luke 19:3

    and he was seeking to see Jesus, who he is, and was not able for the multitude, because in stature he was small,

    ἐζήτει ezētei “he was seeking”

  20. Luke 19:10

    for the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.'

    ζητῆσαι zētēsai “to seek”

  21. Luke 19:47

    And he was teaching daily in the temple, but the chief priests and the scribes were seeking to destroy him -- also the chiefs of the people --

    ἐζήτουν ezētoun “were seeking”

  22. Luke 20:19

    And the chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him in that hour, and they feared the people, for they knew that against them he spake this simile.

    ἐζήτησαν ezētēsan “sought”

  23. Luke 22:2

    and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how they may take him up, for they were afraid of the people.

    ἐζήτουν ezētoun “were seeking”

  24. Luke 22:6

    and he agreed, and was seeking a favourable season to deliver him up to them without tumult.

    ἐζήτει ezētei “was seeking”

  25. Luke 24:5

    and on their having become afraid, and having inclined the face to the earth, they said to them, `Why do ye seek the living with the dead?

    ζητεῖτε zēteite “seek you”