G1934: ἐπιζητέω
epizētéō · “to seek after”
Definition
to search (inquire) for; intensively, to demand, to crave
KJV translates it as: desire, enquire, seek (after, for)
Extended definition
[in LXX chiefly for דָּרַשׁ, 4Ki.8:8, Isa.62:12, al.; also for בָּקַשׁ, 3Ki.20:1, Ecc.7:28), Hos.3:5; פָּקַד, 4Ki.3:8 ;]
"directive" of ζητέω (MM, Exp., xiv),
to inquire for, seek after, wish for: with accusative of thing(s), Mat.6:32 12:39 16:4, Luk.12:30, Act.19:39, Rom.11:7, Php.4:17, Heb.11:14 13:14; with accusative of person(s), Luk.4:42, Act.12:19; with inf., Act.13:7.†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G1934 is translated
- i seek after ×2
- seek after; ×1
- seeks for; ×1
- seeks; ×1
- were sought after ×1
- seek for; ×1
- having sought after ×1
- desired ×1
- you inquire, ×1
- is seeking ×1
- they are seeking. ×1
- we are seeking for. ×1
Bible verses with G1934 (epizētéō)
Epizētéō appears in 12 verses.
- Matthew 6:32
(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
- Matthew 12:39
But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:
- Matthew 16:4
A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed.
- Luke 4:42
And when it was day, he departed and went into a desert place: and the people sought him, and came unto him, and stayed him, that he should not depart from them.
- Luke 12:30
For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.
- Acts 12:19
And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the keepers, and commanded that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judea to Cesarea, and there abode.
- Acts 13:7
Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of God.
- Acts 19:39
But if ye enquire any thing concerning other matters, it shall be determined in a lawful assembly.
- Romans 11:7
What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded
- Philippians 4:17
Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to your account.
- Hebrews 11:14
For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.
- Hebrews 13:14
For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.