Gloss
to look for, seek out; to try to obtain, desire to possess, strive for
Forms of the word
Dictionary
ζητέω
Greek transliteration
zēteō
Simplified transliteration
zeteo
Principal Parts
(ἐζήτουν), ζητήσω, ἐζήτησα, -, -, ἐζητήθην
Numbers
Strong's number
2212
GK Number
2426
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
117
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
v-1d(2a)
Definition
Greek-English Concordance for ζητέω
| Matthew 2:13 | After they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph, saying, “Rise, take the child and his mother, flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you; for Herod is going to search (zētein | ζητεῖν | pres act inf ) for the child to destroy him.” |
| Matthew 2:20 | saying, “Rise, take the child and his mother, and go to the land of Israel, for those who were seeking (zētountes | ζητοῦντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) the child’s life are dead.” |
| Matthew 6:33 | But seek (zēteite | ζητεῖτε | pres act imperative 2 pl) first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. |
| Matthew 7:7 | “Ask and it will be given to you, seek (zēteite | ζητεῖτε | pres act imperative 2 pl) and you will find, knock and it will be opened for you. |
| Matthew 7:8 | For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who seeks (zētōn | ζητῶν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) finds, and for everyone who knocks it will be opened. |
| Matthew 12:43 | “When an unclean spirit comes out of a person, it wanders through waterless regions in search (zētoun | ζητοῦν | pres act ptcp nom sg neut) of a resting place, but finds none. |
| Matthew 12:46 | While he was still speaking to the people, his mother and his brothers stood outside, wanting (zētountes | ζητοῦντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) to speak to him. |
| Matthew 12:47 | |
| Matthew 13:45 | Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant searching (zētounti | ζητοῦντι | pres act ptcp dat sg masc) for fine pearls; |
| Matthew 18:12 | What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the slopes and go in search (zētei | ζητεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) of the one that has wandered off? |
| Matthew 21:46 | And although they wanted (zētountes | ζητοῦντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) to arrest him, they were afraid of the crowds because they held him to be a prophet. |
| Matthew 26:16 | So from then on he watched (ezētei | ἐζήτει | imperf act ind 3 sg) for an opportunity to betray Jesus. |
| Matthew 26:59 | Now the ruling priests and the entire Sanhedrin were looking (ezētoun | ἐζήτουν | imperf act ind 3 pl) for false testimony against Jesus so they could put him to death, |
| Matthew 28:5 | But the angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you (zēteite | ζητεῖτε | pres act ind 2 pl) are (zēteite | ζητεῖτε | pres act ind 2 pl) looking (zēteite | ζητεῖτε | pres act ind 2 pl) for (zēteite | ζητεῖτε | pres act ind 2 pl) Jesus, who was crucified. |
| Mark 1:37 | found him, and said to him, “Everyone is looking (zētousin | ζητοῦσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) for you.” |
| Mark 3:32 | And a crowd was sitting around him, crowd and they said to him, “Look, your mother your and your brothers your are (zētousin | ζητοῦσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) outside looking (zētousin | ζητοῦσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) for you.” |
| Mark 8:11 | The Pharisees came and began to argue with him, seeking (zētountes | ζητοῦντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) from him a sign from heaven, testing him. |
| Mark 8:12 | Sighing deeply in his spirit, he said, “Why does (zētei | ζητεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) this generation seek (zētei | ζητεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) a sign? I tell you the truth, no sign will be given to this generation.” |
| Mark 11:18 | And the ruling priests and the scribes heard of this and began seeking (ezētoun | ἐζήτουν | imperf act ind 3 pl) how they could destroy him, for they feared him, because all the people were impressed by his teaching. |
| Mark 12:12 | And they were seeking (ezētoun | ἐζήτουν | imperf act ind 3 pl) to arrest him, but feared the people, for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them. So they left him and went away. |
| Mark 14:1 | It was now two days before the Passover and Festival of Unleavened Bread. And the ruling priests and the scribes were (ezētoun | ἐζήτουν | imperf act ind 3 pl) seeking (ezētoun | ἐζήτουν | imperf act ind 3 pl) how to seize him by treachery and put him to death, |
| Mark 14:11 | And when they heard it, they were pleased and promised to give him money. So Judas was seeking (ezētei | ἐζήτει | imperf act ind 3 sg) how he might hand him over at a convenient moment. |
| Mark 14:55 | Now the ruling priests and the entire council were seeking (ezētoun | ἐζήτουν | imperf act ind 3 pl) testimony against Jesus to put him to death, but they were not finding any. |
| Mark 16:6 | But he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You (zēteite | ζητεῖτε | pres act ind 2 pl) seek (zēteite | ζητεῖτε | pres act ind 2 pl) Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has been raised. He is not here. Look, there is the place where they laid him. |
| Luke 2:48 | And when they saw him, they were astounded, and his mother said to him, “Child, why did you treat us like this? Look, your father and I have been terribly worried trying to find (ezētoumen | ἐζητοῦμεν | imperf act ind 1 pl) you.” |
