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
| John 16:19 | Jesus knew that they wanted to question him, so he said to them, “Are (zēteite | ζητεῖτε | pres act ind 2 pl) you (zēteite | ζητεῖτε | pres act ind 2 pl) deliberating (zēteite | ζητεῖτε | pres act ind 2 pl) with one another about this — that I said, ‘A little while and you will not see me, and again a little while and you will see me’? |
| John 18:4 | Then Jesus, knowing everything that was going to happen to him, stepped forward and said to them, “Who is it that you are looking (zēteite | ζητεῖτε | pres act ind 2 pl) for?” |
| John 18:7 | Then Jesus asked them again, “Who is it that you are looking (zēteite | ζητεῖτε | pres act ind 2 pl) for?” And they said, “Jesus the Nazarene.” |
| John 18:8 | Jesus replied, “I told you that I am he. So if 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) me, let these men go.” |
| John 19:12 | From that point on Pilate tried (ezētei | ἐζήτει | imperf act ind 3 sg) to release him, but the Jews kept shouting out, saying, “If you release this man, you are no ‘Friend of Caesar.’ Anyone who claims to be a king opposes Caesar.” |
| John 20:15 | Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Who is it that you are looking (zēteis | ζητεῖς | pres act ind 2 sg) for?” Thinking that he was the gardener, she said to him, “Sir, if you are the one who carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will take him away.” |
| Acts 9:11 | Then the Lord told him, “Get up and go to the street called ‘Straight,’ and inquire (zētēson | ζήτησον | aor act imperative 2 sg) at the house of Judas for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for even now he is praying, |
| Acts 10:19 | As Peter was thinking about the vision, the Spirit said to him, “Behold, three men are looking (zētountes | ζητοῦντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) for you. |
| Acts 10:21 | And Peter went down to the men and said, “Behold, I am the one you are looking (zēteite | ζητεῖτε | pres act ind 2 pl) for. What is the reason for which you have come?” |
| Acts 13:8 | But Elymas the magician (for that is the way his name is translated) opposed them, trying (zētōn | ζητῶν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) to turn the proconsul away from the faith. |
| Acts 13:11 | And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you will be blind, not seeing the sun for a time.” And immediately fell upon him mist and darkness, and as he went about he sought (ezētei | ἐζήτει | imperf act ind 3 sg) someone to lead him by the hand. |
| Acts 16:10 | And when Paul had seen the vision, immediately we tried (ezētēsamen | ἐζητήσαμεν | aor act ind 1 pl) to go into Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them. |
| Acts 17:5 | But the Jews, moved by envy, recruited certain wicked men of the marketplace and, forming a mob, they set the city in an uproar. They (ezētoun | ἐζήτουν | imperf act ind 3 pl) attacked the house of Jason, trying (ezētoun | ἐζήτουν | imperf act ind 3 pl) to bring them out to the people. |
| Acts 17:27 | that they should seek (zētein | ζητεῖν | pres act inf ) God, if perhaps that they might grope for him and find him, though indeed he is not far from each one of us. |
| Acts 21:31 | And while they were trying (zētountōn | ζητούντων | pres act ptcp gen pl masc) to kill him, a report was sent up to the commanding officer of the detachment that all Jerusalem was in an uproar. |
| Acts 27:30 | But when (zētountōn | ζητούντων | pres act ptcp gen pl masc) the sailors tried (zētountōn | ζητούντων | pres act ptcp gen pl masc) to escape from the ship and had lowered the dinghy into the sea pretending they intended to let down anchors from the bow, |
| Romans 2:7 | to those who (zētousin | ζητοῦσιν | pres act ptcp dat pl masc) by patiently doing good works seek (zētousin | ζητοῦσιν | pres act ptcp dat pl masc) for (zētousin | ζητοῦσιν | pres act ptcp dat pl masc) glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life; |
| Romans 10:3 | For ignoring the righteousness that comes from God, and seeking (zētountes | ζητοῦντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness. |
| Romans 10:20 | Then Isaiah very boldly says, “I was found by those who (zētousin | ζητοῦσιν | pres act ptcp dat pl masc) were (zētousin | ζητοῦσιν | pres act ptcp dat pl masc) not looking (zētousin | ζητοῦσιν | pres act ptcp dat pl masc) for (zētousin | ζητοῦσιν | pres act ptcp dat pl masc) me; I became well known to those who were not asking for me.” |
| Romans 11:3 | “Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have torn down your altars, and I alone am left, and they are seeking (zētousin | ζητοῦσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) my life.” |
| 1 Corinthians 1:22 | For Jews demand signs and Greeks are (zētousin | ζητοῦσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) looking (zētousin | ζητοῦσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) for (zētousin | ζητοῦσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) wisdom, |
| 1 Corinthians 4:2 | In this connection then, it is required (zēteitai | ζητεῖται | pres pass ind 3 sg) of stewards that they be found trustworthy. |
| 1 Corinthians 7:27 | If you are married to a wife, do not seek (zētei | ζήτει | pres act imperative 2 sg) to be set free; if you are free from a wife, do (zētei | ζήτει | pres act imperative 2 sg) not seek (zētei | ζήτει | pres act imperative 2 sg) a wife. |
| 1 Corinthians 10:24 | Let (zēteitō | ζητείτω | pres act imperative 3 sg) no one seek (zēteitō | ζητείτω | pres act imperative 3 sg) his own advantage, but that of the other. |
| 1 Corinthians 10:33 | even as I try to please everyone in everything I do, not seeking (zētōn | ζητῶν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) my own advantage but that of the many, so that they may be saved. |
