Greek Strong's Lexicon
G2212
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
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Marko 14:11
NASB
They were glad when they heard [this], and promised to give him money. And he [began] seeking how to betray Him at an opportune time.
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Marko 14:55
NASB
Now the chief priests and the whole Council kept trying to obtain testimony against Jesus to put Him to death, and they were not finding any.
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Marko 16:6
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And he said to them, "Do not be amazed; you are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who has been crucified. He has risen; He is not here; behold, [here is] the place where they laid Him.
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Lukas 2:48
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When they saw Him, they were astonished; and His mother said to Him, "Son, why have You treated us this way? Behold, Your father and I have been anxiously looking for You."
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Lukas 5:18
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And [some] men [were] carrying on a bed a man who was paralyzed; and they were trying to bring him in and to set him down in front of Him.
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Lukas 6:19
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And all the people were trying to touch Him, for power was coming from Him and healing [them] all.
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Lukas 9:9
NASB
Herod said, "I myself had John beheaded; but who is this man about whom I hear such things?" And he kept trying to see Him.
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Lukas 11:9
NASB
"So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
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Lukas 11:10
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"For everyone who asks, receives; and he who seeks, finds; and to him who knocks, it will be opened.
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Lukas 11:16
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Others, to test [Him], were demanding of Him a sign from heaven.
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Lukas 11:24
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"When the unclean spirit goes out of a man, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and not finding any, it says, 'I will return to my house from which I came.'
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Lukas 12:29
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"And do not seek what you will eat and what you will drink, and do not keep worrying.
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Lukas 12:31
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"But seek His kingdom, and these things will be added to you.
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Lukas 13:7
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"And he said to the vineyard-keeper, 'Behold, for three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree without finding any. Cut it down! Why does it even use up the ground?'
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Lukas 13:24
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"Strive to enter through the narrow door; for many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able.
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Lukas 15:8
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"Or what woman, if she has ten silver coins and loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it?
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Lukas 17:33
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"Whoever seeks to keep his life will lose it, and whoever loses [his life] will preserve it.
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Lukas 19:3
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Zaccheus was trying to see who Jesus was, and was unable because of the crowd, for he was small in stature.
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Lukas 19:10
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"For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost."
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Lukas 19:47
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And He was teaching daily in the temple; but the chief priests and the scribes and the leading men among the people were trying to destroy Him,