G2212–ζητέω–zēteō

They therefore looked out for Jesus, and asked one another as they stood in the Temple, "What do you think? --will he come to the Festival at all?"

ἐζήτουν ezētoun “They were seeking”

Dear children, I am still with you a little longer. You will seek me, but, as I said to the Jews, `Where I am going you cannot come,' so for the present I say to you.

ζητήσετέ zētēsete “You will seek”

Jesus perceived that they wanted to ask Him, and He said, "Is this what you are questioning one another about--my saying, `A little while and you do not see me, and again a little while and you shall see me'?

ζητεῖτε zēteite “do you inquire”

Jesus therefore, knowing all that was about to befall Him, went out to meet them. "Who are you looking for?" He asked them.

ζητεῖτε; zēteite “seek you?”

Again therefore He asked them, "Who are you looking for?" "For Jesus the Nazarene," they said.

ζητεῖτε; zēteite “seek you?”

"I have told you," replied Jesus, "that I am he. If therefore you are looking for me, let these my disciples go their way."

ζητεῖτε, zēteite “you seek,”

Upon receiving this answer, Pilate was for releasing Him. But the Jews kept shouting, "If you release this man, you are no friend of Caesar's. Every one who sets himself up as king declares himself a rebel against Caesar."

ἐζήτει ezētei “was seeking”

"Why are you weeping?" He asked; "who are you looking for?" She, supposing that He was the gardener, replied, "Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him and I will remove him."

ζητεῖς; zēteis “do you seek?”

"Rise," said the Lord, "and go to Straight Street, and inquire at the house of Judas for a man called Saul, from Tarsus, for he is actually praying.

ζήτησον zētēson “do seek”

And Peter was still earnestly thinking over the vision, when the Spirit said to him, "Three men are now inquiring for you.

ζητοῦντές zētountes “are seeking”

So Peter went down and said to the men, "I am the Simon you are inquiring for. What is the reason of your coming?"

ζητεῖτε· zēteite “you seek;”

But Elymas (or `the Magician,' for such is the meaning of the name) opposed them, and tried to prevent the Proconsul from accepting the faith.

ζητῶν zētōn “seeking”

The Lord's hand is now upon you, and you will be blind for a time and unable to see the light of day." Instantly there fell upon him a mist and a darkness, and, as he walked about, he begged people to lead him by the hand.

ἐζήτει ezētei “he was seeking”

So when he had seen the vision, we immediately looked out for an opportunity of passing on into Macedonia, confidently inferring that God had called us to proclaim the Good News to the people there.

ἐζητήσαμεν ezētēsamen “we sought”

But the jealousy of the Jews was aroused, and, calling to their aid some ill-conditioned and idle fellows, they got together a riotous mob and filled the city with uproar. They then attacked the house of Jason and searched for Paul and Silas, to bring th

ἐζήτουν ezētoun “they were seeking”

that they might seek God, if perhaps they could grope for Him and find Him. Yes, though He is not far from any one of us.

ζητεῖν zētein “to seek”

But while they were trying to kill Paul, word was taken up to the Tribune in command of the battalion, that all Jerusalem was in a ferment.

ζητούντων zētountōn “Of them seeking”

The sailors, however, wanted to make their escape from the ship, and had lowered the boat into the sea, pretending that they were going to lay out anchors from the bow.

ζητούντων zētountōn “seeking”

to those on the one hand who, by lives of persistent right-doing, are striving for glory, honour and immortality, the Life of the Ages;

ζητοῦσιν zētousin “are seeking”

Ignorant of the righteousness which God provides and building their hopes upon a righteousness of their own, they have refused submission to God's righteousness.

ζητοῦντες zētountes “seeking”

And Isaiah, with strange boldness, exclaims, "I have been found by those who were not looking for Me, I have revealed Myself to those who were not inquiring of Me."

ζητοῦσιν, zētousin “seeking,”

"Lord, they have put Thy Prophets to death, and have overthrown Thy altars; and, now that I alone remain, they are thirsting for my blood"?

ζητοῦσιν zētousin “they are seeking”

Seeing that Jews demand miracles, and Greeks go in search of wisdom,

ζητοῦσιν, zētousin “seek,”

This being so, it follows that fidelity is what is required in stewards.

ζητεῖται zēteitai “it is required”

Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to get free. Are you free from the marriage bond? Do not seek for a wife.

ζήτει zētei “do seek”ζήτει zētei “do seek”