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

Acts 24:20 Or let these men themselves tell what wrongdoing they found (heuron | εὗρον | aor act ind 3 pl) when I stood before the council,
Acts 27:6 There the centurion found (heurōn | εὑρών | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) a ship from Alexandria sailing for Italy and put us on board it.
Acts 27:28 So they (heuron | εὗρον | aor act ind 3 pl) took soundings and found (heuron | εὗρον | aor act ind 3 pl) twenty fathoms; and after a short distance they (heuron | εὗρον | aor act ind 3 pl) took soundings again and found (heuron | εὗρον | aor act ind 3 pl) fifteen fathoms.
Acts 28:14 where we found (heurontes | εὑρόντες | aor act ptcp nom pl masc) brethren, and were invited to stay with them seven days. And so we went toward Rome.
Romans 4:1 What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh, has (heurēkenai | εὑρηκέναι | perf act inf ) discovered (heurēkenai | εὑρηκέναι | perf act inf ) about this?
Romans 7:10 and I died. I found (heurethē | εὑρέθη | aor pass ind 3 sg) that the very commandment that promised life brought death to me!
Romans 7:21 So I find (heuriskō | εὑρίσκω | pres act ind 1 sg) it to be a law that when I want to do good, evil is present in me.
Romans 10:20 Then Isaiah very boldly says, “I was found (heurethēn | εὑρέθην | aor pass ind 1 sg) by those who were not looking for me; I became well known to those who were not asking for me.”
1 Corinthians 4:2 In this connection then, it is required of stewards that they be (heurethē | εὑρεθῇ | aor pass subj 3 sg) found (heurethē | εὑρεθῇ | aor pass subj 3 sg) trustworthy.
1 Corinthians 15:15 Beyond that, we are even found (heuriskometha | εὑρισκόμεθα | pres pass ind 1 pl) to be false witnesses about God, because we have borne witness about God that he raised Christ, whom he did not raise if it is true that the dead are not raised.
2 Corinthians 2:13 I had no relief for my spirit, because (heurein | εὑρεῖν | aor act inf ) I could (heurein | εὑρεῖν | aor act inf ) not find (heurein | εὑρεῖν | aor act inf ) my brother Titus there. So I said good-bye to them and went on to Macedonia.
2 Corinthians 5:3 so that after we have taken off our earthly house we (heurethēsometha | εὑρεθησόμεθα | fut pass ind 1 pl) will (heurethēsometha | εὑρεθησόμεθα | fut pass ind 1 pl) not be (heurethēsometha | εὑρεθησόμεθα | fut pass ind 1 pl) found (heurethēsometha | εὑρεθησόμεθα | fut pass ind 1 pl) naked.
2 Corinthians 9:4 Lest perhaps if some Macedonians should come with me and not find (heurōsin | εὕρωσιν | aor act subj 3 pl) you ready, we — to say nothing of you — would be humiliated by this confidence.
2 Corinthians 11:12 And what I am doing I will continue to do, so as to remove any opportunity from those desiring an opportunity to be (heurethōsin | εὑρεθῶσιν | aor pass subj 3 pl) regarded (heurethōsin | εὑρεθῶσιν | aor pass subj 3 pl), in the things in which they boast, to be just as we are.
2 Corinthians 12:20 For I am afraid that perhaps when I come I (heurō | εὕρω | aor act subj 1 sg) may (heurō | εὕρω | aor act subj 1 sg) find (heurō | εὕρω | aor act subj 1 sg) you not as I would wish, and that I may be found (heurethō | εὑρεθῶ | aor pass subj 1 sg) by you not as you would wish; perhaps there will be strife, jealousy, flaring anger, selfish ambition, backbiting, gossiping, conceit, disorder.
Galatians 2:17 But if, while seeking to be justified in Christ, we ourselves have also been found (heurethēmen | εὑρέθημεν | aor pass ind 1 pl) to be sinners, is Christ then a servant of sin? Of course not!
Philippians 2:7 but emptied himself, taking on the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of man. And being (heuretheis | εὑρεθείς | aor pass ptcp nom sg masc) found (heuretheis | εὑρεθείς | aor pass ptcp nom sg masc) in appearance as a man
Philippians 3:9 and be found (heurethō | εὑρεθῶ | aor pass subj 1 sg) in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the Law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that is based on faith —
2 Timothy 1:17 but being in Rome, he earnestly searched for me and found (heuren | εὗρεν | aor act ind 3 sg) me.
2 Timothy 1:18 May the Lord grant him to find (heurein | εὑρεῖν | aor act inf ) mercy from the Lord on that day. And the services he performed in Ephesus you know very well.
Hebrews 4:16 Therefore let us approach with confidence the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find (heurōmen | εὕρωμεν | aor act subj 1 pl) grace for help when we need it.
Hebrews 9:12 he entered once for all into the Most Holy Place, not by means of the blood of goats and calves, but by means of his own blood, thus (heuramenos | εὑράμενος | aor mid ptcp nom sg masc) obtaining (heuramenos | εὑράμενος | aor mid ptcp nom sg masc) an eternal redemption.
Hebrews 11:5 By faith Enoch was taken up so that he did not see death, and he (hēyrisketo | ηὑρίσκετο | imperf pass ind 3 sg) could (hēyrisketo | ηὑρίσκετο | imperf pass ind 3 sg) not be found (hēyrisketo | ηὑρίσκετο | imperf pass ind 3 sg), because God had taken him. For before he was taken he had been approved as one who had been pleasing to God,
Hebrews 12:17 For you know that even afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he (heuren | εὗρεν | aor act ind 3 sg) found (heuren | εὗρεν | aor act ind 3 sg) no opportunity for repentance, even though he sought the blessing earnestly with tears.
1 Peter 1:7 so that the genuineness of your faith (which is more precious than gold that perishes), having been tested by fire, may be found (heurethē | εὑρεθῇ | aor pass subj 3 sg) to your praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.