Vocabulary Form
εὑρίσκω
Definition

I find

Erasmian
Modern
Root
εὑρ
Frequency
176
GK
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

Luke 11:24 “When the unclean spirit departs from a person, it travels through waterless places seeking rest, and not finding (heuriskon | εὑρίσκον | pres act ptcp nom sg neut) one; then it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I departed.’
Luke 11:25 When the spirit returns, it finds (heuriskei | εὑρίσκει | pres act ind 3 sg) the house swept and put in order.
Luke 12:37 Fortunate are those servants whom the master finds (heurēsei | εὑρήσει | fut act ind 3 sg) awake when he comes. Truly I say to you, he will dress himself for service, have them recline at table, and will come and serve them.
Luke 12:38 If he comes in the second or in the third watch and finds (heurē | εὕρῃ | aor act subj 3 sg) it so, those ones are fortunate.
Luke 12:43 Fortunate is that servant whom his master, when he comes, will find (heurēsei | εὑρήσει | fut act ind 3 sg) doing so.
Luke 13:6 Then he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it and found (heuren | εὗρεν | aor act ind 3 sg) none.
Luke 13:7 And he said to the vineyard worker, ‘Look, for three years now, I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and I (heuriskō | εὑρίσκω | pres act ind 1 sg) find (heuriskō | εὑρίσκω | pres act ind 1 sg) none. Remove it. Why should it use up the soil?’
Luke 15:4 “Which man among you, who has a hundred sheep, should he lose one of them, would not leave the ninety-nine in the open pasture and go after the one that is lost until he finds (heurē | εὕρῃ | aor act subj 3 sg) it?
Luke 15:5 And when he finds (heurōn | εὑρών | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) it, would he not place it on his shoulders, rejoicing?
Luke 15:6 And when he returns to his house, would he not call together his friends and his neighbors, and say to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found (heuron | εὗρον | aor act ind 1 sg) my sheep that was lost’?
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 diligently until she finds (heurē | εὕρῃ | aor act subj 3 sg) it?
Luke 15:9 And when she finds (heurousa | εὑροῦσα | aor act ptcp nom sg fem) it, would she not call together her friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found (heuron | εὗρον | aor act ind 1 sg) the coin that I had lost’?
Luke 15:24 for this, my son, was dead, and has come back to life again; he was lost, and has been found.’ (heurethē | εὑρέθη | aor pass ind 3 sg) So they began to celebrate.
Luke 15:32 We had to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours, was dead and has come alive; he (heurethē | εὑρέθη | aor pass ind 3 sg) was lost and has been found.’” (heurethē | εὑρέθη | aor pass ind 3 sg)
Luke 17:18 Were (heurethēsan | εὑρέθησαν | aor pass ind 3 pl) they (heurethēsan | εὑρέθησαν | aor pass ind 3 pl) not found (heurethēsan | εὑρέθησαν | aor pass ind 3 pl), so as to return and give praise to God, except this foreigner?”
Luke 18:8 I tell you, he will vindicate them without delay; but will (heurēsei | εὑρήσει | fut act ind 3 sg) the Son of Man, when he comes, find (heurēsei | εὑρήσει | fut act ind 3 sg) faith on earth?”
Luke 19:30 saying, “Go into the village ahead of you, where, as you enter, you will find (heurēsete | εὑρήσετε | fut act ind 2 pl) a colt tied, on which no one has ever yet sat. Untie it and bring it here.
Luke 19:32 Those who were sent away left and found (heuron | εὗρον | aor act ind 3 pl) everything just as he has described it to them.
Luke 19:48 but they (heuriskon | εὕρισκον | imperf act ind 3 pl) could (heuriskon | εὕρισκον | imperf act ind 3 pl) not find (heuriskon | εὕρισκον | imperf act ind 3 pl) what they might do, because all the people were hanging on his words.
Luke 22:13 So they (heuron | εὗρον | aor act ind 3 pl) went and found (heuron | εὗρον | aor act ind 3 pl) everything as he had said to them; and they prepared the Passover meal.
Luke 22:45 When he rose from prayer, he (heuren | εὗρεν | aor act ind 3 sg) went back to the disciples and found (heuren | εὗρεν | aor act ind 3 sg) them sleeping from grief.
Luke 23:2 And they began to accuse him, saying, “We (heuramen | εὕραμεν | aor act ind 1 pl) found (heuramen | εὕραμεν | aor act ind 1 pl) this man trying to mislead our nation, opposing the payment of taxes to Caesar, and claiming himself to be Christ, a king.”
Luke 23:4 Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, “I (heuriskō | εὑρίσκω | pres act ind 1 sg) find (heuriskō | εὑρίσκω | pres act ind 1 sg) no basis for a charge against this man.”
Luke 23:14 and said to them, “You brought me this man as one who was trying to mislead the people. And indeed, having examined him in your presence, I found (heuron | εὗρον | aor act ind 1 sg) no basis for your charges against this man.
Luke 23:22 A third time he spoke to them, “What evil did this man do? I (heuron | εὗρον | aor act ind 1 sg) have (heuron | εὗρον | aor act ind 1 sg) found (heuron | εὗρον | aor act ind 1 sg) in him no guilt deserving death. I will therefore punish and release him.”