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
| Luke 2:49 | And he said to them, “Why is it that you were looking (ezēteite | ἐζητεῖτε | imperf act ind 2 pl) for me? Did you not know that I would have to be in my Father’s house?” |
| Luke 5:18 | that there were men carrying on a stretcher a man who was paralyzed. They were trying (ezētoun | ἐζήτουν | imperf act ind 3 pl) to bring him in and place him before Jesus. |
| Luke 6:19 | And all the crowd was trying (ezētoun | ἐζήτουν | imperf act ind 3 pl) to touch him, because power was coming out from him and healing them all. |
| Luke 9:9 | Herod said, “John I beheaded, but who is this about whom I hear such things?” So he was trying (ezētei | ἐζήτει | imperf act ind 3 sg) to see him. |
| Luke 11:9 | “So to you I say, 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. |
| Luke 11:10 | 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. |
| Luke 11:16 | Others, to test him, kept (ezētoun | ἐζήτουν | imperf act ind 3 pl) demanding (ezētoun | ἐζήτουν | imperf act ind 3 pl) from him a sign from heaven. |
| Luke 11:24 | “When the unclean spirit departs from a person, it travels through waterless places seeking (zētoun | ζητοῦν | pres act ptcp nom sg neut) rest, and not finding one; then it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I departed.’ |
| Luke 11:29 | As the crowds were getting larger, Jesus began to say, “This generation is an evil generation; it (zētei | ζητεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) looks (zētei | ζητεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) for (zētei | ζητεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah. |
| Luke 12:29 | And you, do (zēteite | ζητεῖτε | pres act imperative 2 pl) not have as an overriding concern (zēteite | ζητεῖτε | pres act imperative 2 pl) what to eat and what to drink; do not let such things bother you. |
| Luke 12:31 | Instead, have (zēteite | ζητεῖτε | pres act imperative 2 pl) his kingdom as (zēteite | ζητεῖτε | pres act imperative 2 pl) your (zēteite | ζητεῖτε | pres act imperative 2 pl) overriding (zēteite | ζητεῖτε | pres act imperative 2 pl) concern (zēteite | ζητεῖτε | pres act imperative 2 pl), and these things will be given to you in addition. |
| Luke 12:48 | But the one who did not know, and did things worthy of blows, will be beaten with few blows. Everyone to whom much was given, much will be required (zētēthēsetai | ζητηθήσεται | fut pass ind 3 sg) from him, and to whom much was handed over, they will ask more of him. |
| Luke 13:6 | Then he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came looking (zētōn | ζητῶν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) for fruit on it and found none. |
| Luke 13:7 | And he said to the vineyard worker, ‘Look, for three years now, I have come looking (zētōn | ζητῶν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) for fruit on this fig tree, and I find none. Remove it. Why should it use up the soil?’ |
| Luke 13:24 | “Do your best to go in through the narrow door; for many, I tell you, will try (zētēsousin | ζητήσουσιν | fut act ind 3 pl) to go in and not be able. |
| Luke 15:8 | “Or what woman, who has ten silver coins, should she lose one coin, would not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search (zētei | ζητεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) diligently until she finds it? |
| Luke 17:33 | Whoever tries (zētēsē | ζητήσῃ | aor act subj 3 sg) to retain his life for himself will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it. |
| Luke 19:3 | He was trying (ezētei | ἐζήτει | imperf act ind 3 sg) to see Jesus — who he was — but was not able to on account of the crowd, because he was short in stature. |
| Luke 19:10 | For the Son of Man came to seek (zētēsai | ζητῆσαι | aor act inf ) and to save the lost.” |
| Luke 19:47 | He began to teach daily in the temple. The chief priests and the scribes and the leading men among the people were trying (ezētoun | ἐζήτουν | imperf act ind 3 pl) to destroy him, |
| Luke 20:19 | The scribes and the chief priests tried (ezētēsan | ἐζήτησαν | aor act ind 3 pl) to lay hands on him at that very hour, for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them, but they feared the people. |
| Luke 22:2 | The chief priests and the scribes were looking (ezētoun | ἐζήτουν | imperf act ind 3 pl) for a way how they might put Jesus to death, for they were afraid of the people. |
| Luke 22:6 | He agreed and began looking (ezētei | ἐζήτει | imperf act ind 3 sg) for an opportunity to deliver him up to them in the absence of a crowd. |
| Luke 24:5 | The women were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look (zēteite | ζητεῖτε | pres act ind 2 pl) for the living among the dead? |
| John 1:38 | When Jesus turned around and saw them following him, he said to them, “What do you want?” (zēteite | ζητεῖτε | pres act ind 2 pl) They said to him, “Rabbi” (which translated means “Teacher”), “where are you staying?” |
