G327: ἀναζητέω
anazētéō · “to search”
Definition
to search out
KJV translates it as: seek
Extended definition
ἀνα-ζητέω, -ῶ
[in LXX: Job.3:4 (דָּרַשׁ), Job.10:6 (בָּקַשׁ pi.), 2Ma.13:21 * ;]
to look for or seek carefully ("specially of searching for human beings, with an implication of difficulty": MM, VGT, see word): Luk.2:44-45 Act.11:25.†
(AS)
[in LXX: Job.3:4 (דָּרַשׁ), Job.10:6 (בָּקַשׁ pi.), 2Ma.13:21 * ;]
to look for or seek carefully ("specially of searching for human beings, with an implication of difficulty": MM, VGT, see word): Luk.2:44-45 Act.11:25.†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G327 is translated
- were seeking ×1
- searching ×1
- to seek ×1
Bible verses with G327 (anazētéō)
Anazētéō appears in 3 verses.
- Luke 2:44
But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day’s journey; and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance.
- Luke 2:45
And when they found him not, they turned back again to Jerusalem, seeking him.
- Acts 11:25
Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for to seek Saul: