Greek - English Dictionary
G2212 - Seek
| Strong's No.: | G2212 |
| Greek: | ζητέω |
| Transliteration: | zēteō |
| Phonetic: | dzay-teh'-o |
| Word Origin: | Of uncertain affinity |
| Bible Usage: | be (go) about desire endeavour enquire (for) require (X will) seek (after for means). Compare G4441 . |
| Part of Speech: | Verb |
| Strongs Definition: | to seek (literally or figuratively); specifically (by Hebraism) to worship (God) or (in a bad sense) to plot (against life) |
| Thayers Definition: | 1. to seek in order to find a. to seek a thing b. to seek [in order to find out] by thinking, meditating, reasoning, to enquire into c. to seek after, seek for, aim at, strive after 2. to seek i.e. require, demand a. to crave, demand something from someone |
| Bible References:
Seek |
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| Translation Occurrences: |
about ( 5 )
after ( 1 )
desired ( 1 )
desiring ( 2 )
endeavoured ( 1 )
enquire ( 2 )
for ( 3 )
out ( 1 )
required ( 2 )
seek ( 45 )
seekest ( 2 )
seeketh ( 9 )
seeking ( 11 )
sought ( 34 )
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Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.