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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. 1 Corinthians 10:24

    Let no one seek his own, but each one his neighbor's good.

    ζητείτω zēteitō “should seek”

  2. 1 Corinthians 10:33

    even as I also please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit, but the profit of the many, that they may be saved.

    ζητῶν zētōn “seeking”

  3. 1 Corinthians 13:5

    doesn't behave itself inappropriately, doesn't seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil;

    ζητεῖ zētei “seeks”

  4. 1 Corinthians 14:12

    So also you, since you are zealous for spiritual gifts, seek that you may abound to the building up of the assembly.

    ζητεῖτε zēteite “do seek”

  5. 2 Corinthians 12:14

    Behold, this is the third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden to you; for I seek not your possessions, but you. For the children ought not to save up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

    ζητῶ zētō “I seek”

  6. 2 Corinthians 13:3

    seeing that you seek a proof of Christ who speaks in me; who toward you is not weak, but is powerful in you.

    ζητεῖτε zēteite “you seek”

  7. Galatians 1:10

    For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? For if I were still pleasing men, I wouldn't be a servant of Christ.

    ζητῶ zētō “do I seek”

  8. Galatians 2:17

    But if, while we sought to be justified in Christ, we ourselves also were found sinners, is Christ a servant of sin? Certainly not!

    ζητοῦντες zētountes “seeking”

  9. Philippians 2:21

    For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ.

    ζητοῦσιν, zētousin “are seeking,”

  10. Colossians 3:1

    If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.

    ζητεῖτε, zēteite “do seek,”

  11. 1 Thessalonians 2:6

    nor seeking glory from men (neither from you nor from others), when we might have claimed authority as apostles of Christ.

    ζητοῦντες zētountes “seeking”

  12. 2 Timothy 1:17

    but when he was in Rome, he sought me diligently, and found me

    ἐζήτησέν ezētēsen “he sought out”

  13. Hebrews 8:7

    For if that first covenant had been faultless, then no place would have been sought for a second.

    ἐζητεῖτο ezēteito “was being sought”

  14. 1 Peter 3:11

    Let him turn away from evil, and do good. Let him seek peace, and pursue it.

    ζητησάτω zētēsatō “he should seek”

  15. 1 Peter 5:8

    Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

    ζητῶν zētōn “seeking”

  16. Revelation 9:6

    In those days people will seek death, and will in no way find it. They will desire to die, and death will flee from them.

    ζητήσουσιν zētēsousin “will seek”