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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 Wycliffe Bible 1380s.

  1. 1 Corinthians 10:24

    No man seke that thing that is his owne, but that thing that is of an othere.

    ζητείτω zēteitō “should seek”

  2. 1 Corinthians 10:33

    as Y bi alle thingis plese to alle men, not sekynge that that is profitable to me, but that that is profitable to manye men, that thei be maad saaf.

    ζητῶν zētōn “seeking”

  3. 1 Corinthians 13:5

    it is not coueytouse, it sekith not tho thingis that ben hise owne, it is not stirid to wraththe, it thenkith not yuel,

    ζητεῖ zētei “seeks”

  4. 1 Corinthians 14:12

    So ye, for ye ben loueris of spiritis, seke ye that ye be plenteuouse to edificacioun of the chirche.

    ζητεῖτε zēteite “do seek”

  5. 2 Corinthians 12:14

    Lo! this thridde tyme Y am redi to come to you, and Y schal not be greuous to you; for Y seke not tho thingis that ben youre, but you. For nether sones owen to tresoure to fadir and modir, but the fadir and modir to the sones.

    ζητῶ zētō “I seek”

  6. 2 Corinthians 13:3

    Whether ye seken the preef of that Crist, that spekith in me, which is not feble in you?

    ζητεῖτε zēteite “you seek”

  7. Galatians 1:10

    For now whether counsele Y men, or God? or whether Y seche to plese men? If Y pleside yit men, Y were not Cristis seruaunt.

    ζητῶ zētō “do I seek”

  8. Galatians 2:17

    And if we sechen to be iustified in Crist, we oure silf ben foundun synful men, whether Crist be mynystre of synne?

    ζητοῦντες zētountes “seeking”

  9. Philippians 2:21

    For alle men seken tho thingis that ben her owne, not tho that ben of Crist Jhesu.

    ζητοῦσιν, zētousin “are seeking,”

  10. Colossians 3:1

    Therfor if ye han risun togidere with Crist, seke ye tho thingis that ben aboue, where Crist is sittynge in the riythalf of God.

    ζητεῖτε, zēteite “do seek,”

  11. 1 Thessalonians 2:6

    nether of you,

    ζητοῦντες zētountes “seeking”

  12. 2 Timothy 1:17

    But whanne he cam to Rome, he souyte me bisili, and foond.

    ἐζήτησέν ezētēsen “he sought out”

  13. Hebrews 8:7

    For if the ilke firste hadde lackid blame, the place of the secounde schulde not haue be souyt.

    ἐζητεῖτο ezēteito “was being sought”

  14. 1 Peter 3:11

    And bowe he from yuel, and do good; seke he pees, and perfitli sue it.

    ζητησάτω zētēsatō “he should seek”

  15. 1 Peter 5:8

    Be ye sobre, and wake ye, for youre aduersarie, the deuel, as a rorynge lioun goith aboute, sechinge whom he schal deuoure.

    ζητῶν zētōn “seeking”

  16. Revelation 9:6

    And in tho daies men schulen seke deth, and thei schulen not fynde it; and thei schulen desire to die, and deth schal fle fro hem.

    ζητήσουσιν zētēsousin “will seek”