Bill Mounce

For an Informed Love of God

εὑρίσκω

Vocabulary form: 
euJrivskw
Definition: 

I find

Frequency: 
176
GK: 
2351
Root: 
euJr
Forms: 
(eu{riskon), euJrhvsw, eu|ron and eu|ra, eu{rhka, -, euJrevqhn
Cognates: 

Heuristic is an adjective that describes a person who learns by discovery.

Eureka, meaning "I found it," is an interjection used by Archimedes when he discovered how to measure the purity of the king's gold crown.

Mnemonic Singing: 

Lord now indeed I find
thy power and thine alone.

Notes: 

An h is inserted after the tense stem in the future active, just as in givnomai.

Biblical Concordance

1 Peter 2:22 He did not commit sin, nor was deceit found (heurethē | εὑρέθη | aor pass ind 3 sg) in his mouth.
2 Peter 3:10 But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a rushing noise, the elements will melt in the intense heat, and the earth and the works in it will be exposed (heurethēsetai | εὑρεθήσεται | fut pass ind 3 sg).
2 Peter 3:14 So then, dear friends, since you await these things, strive to (heurethēnai | εὑρεθῆναι | aor pass inf ) be (heurethēnai | εὑρεθῆναι | aor pass inf ) found (heurethēnai | εὑρεθῆναι | aor pass inf ) without spot or blemish, at peace in him.
2 John 1:4 I rejoiced greatly because I have found (heurēka | εὕρηκα | perf act ind 1 sg) some of your children walking in the truth, just as we received commandment from the Father.
Revelation 2:2 I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance, and that you cannot put up with those who are evil, but have tested those who call themselves apostles (but are not) and found (heures | εὗρες | aor act ind 2 sg) them to be false.
Revelation 3:2 Wake up and strengthen the things that remain, which are about to die; for I (heurēka | εὕρηκα | perf act ind 1 sg) have (heurēka | εὕρηκα | perf act ind 1 sg) not found (heurēka | εὕρηκα | perf act ind 1 sg) your works fully completed in the sight of my God.
Revelation 5:4 So I began to weep bitterly because no one was (heurethē | εὑρέθη | aor pass ind 3 sg) found (heurethē | εὑρέθη | aor pass ind 3 sg) worthy to open the scroll or to look into it.
Revelation 9:6 And in those days people will seek death but will (heurēsousin | εὑρήσουσιν | fut act ind 3 pl) not find (heurēsousin | εὑρήσουσιν | fut act ind 3 pl) it; they will long to die, but death will flee from them.
Revelation 12:8 but he was not strong enough, and no longer was (heurethē | εὑρέθη | aor pass ind 3 sg) a place found (heurethē | εὑρέθη | aor pass ind 3 sg) for them in heaven.
Revelation 14:5 and in their mouth no lie was found (heurethē | εὑρέθη | aor pass ind 3 sg); they are blameless.
Revelation 16:20 Every island fled away and no mountains could be found (heurethēsan | εὑρέθησαν | aor pass ind 3 pl).
Revelation 18:14 “The fruit that your soul longed for has gone from you, and all your delicacies and splendid things are lost to you, never to be found (heurēsousin | εὑρήσουσιν | fut act ind 3 pl) again!”
Revelation 18:21 Then a mighty angel picked up a stone the size of a huge millstone and hurled it into the sea, saying, “With this kind of violence Babylon the great city will be thrown down, and never again will it be found! (heurethē | εὑρεθῇ | aor pass subj 3 sg)
Revelation 18:22 And the sound of harpists and musicians, flute players and trumpeters, will never again be heard; craftsman of any trade will (heurethē | εὑρεθῇ | aor pass subj 3 sg) never again be found (heurethē | εὑρεθῇ | aor pass subj 3 sg) in you, and the sound of the mill will never again be heard in you;
Revelation 18:24 And in her was (heurethē | εὑρέθη | aor pass ind 3 sg) found (heurethē | εὑρέθη | aor pass ind 3 sg) the blood of prophets and of saints, and of all who have been slain on the earth.”
Revelation 20:11 Then I saw a great white throne and the one who was seated on it. From his presence earth and heaven fled away, and no place was found (heurethē | εὑρέθη | aor pass ind 3 sg) for them.
Revelation 20:15 And anyone whose name was (heurethē | εὑρέθη | aor pass ind 3 sg) not found (heurethē | εὑρέθη | aor pass ind 3 sg) written in the Book of Life was thrown into the lake of fire.

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