εὑρίσκω | Bill Mounce

Vocabulary Form

εὑρίσκω

Definition

I find

Erasmian

Modern

Root

εὑρ

Frequency

176

2351

Forms

(εὕρισκον), εὑρήσω, εὗρον or εὗρα, εὕρηκα, -, εὑρέθην

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.

Song

Notes

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

Biblical Concordance

Matthew 27:32	As they were going out, they came (heuron \| εὗρον \| aor act ind 3 pl) across a man named Simon, from Cyrene. This man they conscripted to carry the cross.
Mark 1:37	found (heuron \| εὗρον \| aor act ind 3 pl) him, and said to him, “Everyone is looking for you.”
Mark 7:30	And when she arrived at her house, she found (heuren \| εὗρεν \| aor act ind 3 sg) the child lying on the bed, the demon having departed.
Mark 11:2	and said to them, “Go into the village directly ahead of you, and immediately upon entering it you will find (heurēsete \| εὑρήσετε \| fut act ind 2 pl) a tethered colt on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it.
Mark 11:4	So they went away and found (heuron \| εὗρον \| aor act ind 3 pl) a tethered colt at a door outside in the street, and they untied it.
Mark 11:13	And seeing at a distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to see if he (heurēsei \| εὑρήσει \| fut act ind 3 sg) could (heurēsei \| εὑρήσει \| fut act ind 3 sg) find (heurēsei \| εὑρήσει \| fut act ind 3 sg) anything on it. And when he came to it, he (heuren \| εὗρεν \| aor act ind 3 sg) found (heuren \| εὗρεν \| aor act ind 3 sg) nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs.
Mark 13:36	lest coming suddenly he should find (heurē \| εὕρῃ \| aor act subj 3 sg) you sleeping.
Mark 14:16	The disciples left, came to the city, and found (heuron \| εὗρον \| aor act ind 3 pl) things just as he had told them. So they prepared the Passover.
Mark 14:37	Then he returned and found (heuriskei \| εὑρίσκει \| pres act ind 3 sg) them sleeping. So he said to Peter, “Simon, are you sleeping? Were you not able to stay alert for one hour?”
Mark 14:40	And again, returning, he found (heuren \| εὗρεν \| aor act ind 3 sg) them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy, and they did not know how they should answer him.
Mark 14:55	Now the ruling priests and the entire council were seeking testimony against Jesus to put him to death, but they (hēyriskon \| ηὕρισκον \| imperf act ind 3 pl) were (hēyriskon \| ηὕρισκον \| imperf act ind 3 pl) not finding (hēyriskon \| ηὕρισκον \| imperf act ind 3 pl) any.
Luke 1:30	And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found (heures \| εὗρες \| aor act ind 2 sg) favor with God.
Luke 2:12	And this is the sign for you: you will find (heurēsete \| εὑρήσετε \| fut act ind 2 pl) a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.”
Luke 2:45	When (heurontes \| εὑρόντες \| aor act ptcp nom pl masc) they (heurontes \| εὑρόντες \| aor act ptcp nom pl masc) did (heurontes \| εὑρόντες \| aor act ptcp nom pl masc) not find (heurontes \| εὑρόντες \| aor act ptcp nom pl masc) him, they went back to Jerusalem to look for him.
Luke 2:46	Then after three days they found (heuron \| εὗρον \| aor act ind 3 pl) him in the temple, seated in the midst of the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.
Luke 4:17	And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him, and when he had unrolled the scroll, he found (heuren \| εὗρεν \| aor act ind 3 sg) the place where it was written,
Luke 5:19	But not finding (heurontes \| εὑρόντες \| aor act ptcp nom pl masc) any way to bring him in on account of the crowd, they went up on the roof and lowered him, along with the stretcher, through the tiles into the midst, in front of Jesus.
Luke 6:7	So the scribes and the Pharisees were watching him carefully to see whether he healed on the Sabbath, so that they could find (heurōsin \| εὕρωσιν \| aor act subj 3 pl) a reason to accuse him.
Luke 7:9	When Jesus heard these things, he admired him. Turning to the crowd that was following him, he said, “I tell you, not even in Israel have (heuron \| εὗρον \| aor act ind 1 sg) I (heuron \| εὗρον \| aor act ind 1 sg) found (heuron \| εὗρον \| aor act ind 1 sg) such faith.”
Luke 7:10	Returning to the house, those who had been sent found (heuron \| εὗρον \| aor act ind 3 pl) the servant in good health.
Luke 8:35	Then people went out to see what happened, and they came to Jesus and found (heuron \| εὗρον \| aor act ind 3 pl) the man from whom the demons had come out, sitting at the feet of Jesus, dressed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.
Luke 9:12	Now the day began to wear away, so the twelve came and said to him, “Send the crowd away so that they may go into the surrounding villages and countryside and secure lodging and get (heurōsin \| εὕρωσιν \| aor act subj 3 pl) provisions, for we are in a desolate place here.”
Luke 9:36	And when the voice had spoken, Jesus was found (heurethē \| εὑρέθη \| aor pass ind 3 sg) to be alone. And they kept silent and told no one in those days anything of what they had seen.
Luke 11:9	“So to you I say, ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find (heurēsete \| εὑρήσετε \| fut act ind 2 pl); knock and it will be opened for you.
Luke 11:10	For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who seeks finds (heuriskei \| εὑρίσκει \| pres act ind 3 sg), and for everyone who knocks it will be opened.