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G2212ζητέωzēteō
to seekPart of speech: Greek Verb
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Then they sought for Jesus and spoke one with another, as they stood in the temple, "What do you think--that he isn't coming to the feast at all?"
ἐζήτουν ezētoun “They were seeking”
Little children, I will be with you a little while longer. You will seek me, and as I said to the Jews, 'Where I am going, you can't come,' so now I tell you.
ζητήσετέ zētēsete “You will seek”
Therefore Jesus perceived that they wanted to ask him, and he said to them, "Do you inquire among yourselves concerning this, that I said, 'A little while, and you won't see me, and again a little while, and you will see me?'
ζητεῖτε zēteite “do you inquire”
Jesus therefore, knowing all the things that were happening to him, went forth, and said to them, "Who are you looking for?"
ζητεῖτε; zēteite “seek you?”
Again therefore he asked them, "Who are you looking for?" They said, "Jesus of Nazareth."
ζητεῖτε; zēteite “seek you?”
Jesus answered, "I told you that I AM. If therefore you seek me, let these go their way,"
ζητεῖτε, zēteite “you seek,”
At this, Pilate was seeking to release him, but the Jews cried out, saying, "If you release this man, you aren't Caesar's friend! Everyone who makes himself a king speaks against Caesar!"
ἐζήτει ezētei “was seeking”
Jesus said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping? Who are you looking for?" She, supposing him to be the gardener, said to him, "Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away."
ζητεῖς; zēteis “do you seek?”
The Lord said to him, "Arise, and go to the street which is called Straight, and inquire in the house of Judas for one named Saul, a man of Tarsus. For behold, he is praying,
ζήτησον zētēson “do seek”
While Peter was pondering the vision, the Spirit said to him, "Behold, three men seek you.
ζητοῦντές zētountes “are seeking”
Peter went down to the men, and said, "Behold, I am he whom you seek. Why have you come?"
ζητεῖτε· zēteite “you seek;”
But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn aside the proconsul from the faith.
ζητῶν zētōn “seeking”
Now, behold, the hand of the Lord is on you, and you will be blind, not seeing the sun for a season!" Immediately there fell on him a mist and darkness. He went around seeking someone to lead him by the hand.
ἐζήτει ezētei “he was seeking”
When he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go out to Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had called us to preach the Gospel to them.
ἐζητήσαμεν ezētēsamen “we sought”
But the unpersuaded Jews took along some wicked men from the marketplace, and gathering a crowd, set the city in an uproar. Assaulting the house of Jason, they sought to bring them out to the people.
ἐζήτουν ezētoun “they were seeking”
that they should seek the Lord, if perhaps they might reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.
ζητεῖν zētein “to seek”
As they were trying to kill him, news came up to the commanding officer of the regiment that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.
ζητούντων zētountōn “Of them seeking”
As the sailors were trying to flee out of the ship, and had lowered the boat into the sea, pretending that they would lay out anchors from the bow,
ζητούντων zētountōn “seeking”
to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and incorruptibility, eternal life;
ζητοῦσιν zētousin “are seeking”
For being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they didn't subject themselves to the righteousness of God.
ζητοῦντες zētountes “seeking”
Isaiah is very bold, and says, "I was found by those who didn't seek me. I was revealed to those who didn't ask for me."
ζητοῦσιν, zētousin “seeking,”
"Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have broken down your altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life."
ζητοῦσιν zētousin “they are seeking”
For Jews ask for signs, Greeks seek after wisdom,
ζητοῦσιν, zētousin “seek,”
Here, moreover, it is required of stewards, that they be found faithful.
ζητεῖται zēteitai “it is required”
Are you bound to a wife? Don't seek to be freed. Are you free from a wife? Don't seek a wife.
ζήτει zētei “do seek”ζήτει zētei “do seek”