Greek Strong's Lexicon

G2212

Language: 🇧🇶 Papiamentu 🇬🇧 English

Lemma: ζητέω

Transliteration: dzay-teh'-o

Definition: of uncertain affinity; to seek (literally or figuratively); specially, (by Hebraism) to worship (God), or (in a bad sense) to plot (against life): be (go) about, desire, endeavour, enquire (for), require, (X will) seek (after, for, means). Compare πυνθάνομαι.

KJV Definition: be (go) about, desire, endeavour, enquire (for), require, (X will) seek (after, for, means)

Verse usage

  • Mateo 2:13 NASB
    Now when they had gone, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, "Get up! Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you; for Herod is going to search for the Child to destroy Him."
  • Mateo 2:20 NASB
    "Get up, take the Child and His mother, and go into the land of Israel; for those who sought the Child's life are dead."
  • Mateo 6:33 NASB
    "But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
  • Mateo 7:7 NASB
    "Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
  • Mateo 7:8 NASB
    "For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.
  • Mateo 12:43 NASB
    "Now when the unclean spirit goes out of a man, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and does not find [it].
  • Mateo 12:46 NASB
    While He was still speaking to the crowds, behold, His mother and brothers were standing outside, seeking to speak to Him.
  • Mateo 12:47 NASB
    Someone said to Him, "Behold, Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside seeking to speak to You."
  • Mateo 13:45 NASB
    "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking fine pearls,
  • Mateo 18:12 NASB
    "What do you think? If any man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go and search for the one that is straying?
  • Mateo 21:46 NASB
    When they sought to seize Him, they feared the people, because they considered Him to be a prophet.
  • Mateo 26:16 NASB
    From then on he [began] looking for a good opportunity to betray Jesus.
  • Mateo 26:59 NASB
    Now the chief priests and the whole Council kept trying to obtain false testimony against Jesus, so that they might put Him to death.
  • Mateo 28:5 NASB
    The angel said to the women, "Do not be afraid; for I know that you are looking for Jesus who has been crucified.
  • Marko 1:37 NASB
    they found Him, and said to Him, "Everyone is looking for You."
  • Marko 3:32 NASB
    A crowd was sitting around Him, and they said to Him, "Behold, Your mother and Your brothers are outside looking for You."
  • Marko 8:11 NASB
    The Pharisees came out and began to argue with Him, seeking from Him a sign from heaven, to test Him.
  • Marko 11:18 NASB
    The chief priests and the scribes heard [this], and [began] seeking how to destroy Him; for they were afraid of Him, for the whole crowd was astonished at His teaching.
  • Marko 12:12 NASB
    And they were seeking to seize Him, and [yet] they feared the people, for they understood that He spoke the parable against them. And [so] they left Him and went away.
  • Marko 14:1 NASB
    Now the Passover and Unleavened Bread were two days away; and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to seize Him by stealth and kill [Him];