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zēteō G2212

ζητέω (zēteō) means “to seek” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

ζητέω Greek · G2212 117 tagged occurrences in 114 verses

Pronunciation guide: dzay-teh'-o Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G2212

ζητέω · zēteō · to seek

ζητέω, -ῶ, [in LXX chiefly for בּקשׁ pi., also for דּרשׁ, etc. ;] 1. to seek, seek for: Mat.7:7, 8 Luk.11:9, 10; with accusative of person(s), Mrk.1:37, Luk.2:48, Jhn.6:24, al.; id. before ἐν, Act.9:11; with accusative of thing(s), Mat.13:45, Luk.19:10; before ἐν, Luk.13:6, 7; ψυχήν, of plotting against one's life ( Exo.4:19, al.), Mat.2:20, Rom.11:3" (LXX) . Metaphorical, to seek by thinking, search after, inquire into: Mrk.11:18, Luk.12:28, Jhn.16:19; τ. θεόν, Act.17:27. 2. to seek or strive after, desire: Mat.12:46, Mrk.12:12, Luk.9:9, Jhn.5:18, Rom.10:3, al.; τ. θάνατον, Rev.9:6; τ. βασιλείαν τ. θεοῦ, Mat.6:33 (Dalman, Words, 121f.); τὰ ἄνω, Col.3:1; εἰρήνην, 1Pe.3:11 (LXX). 3. to require, demand: with accusative of thing(s), Mrk.8:12, Luk.11:29, 1Co.1:22, 2Co.13:3; before παρά, Mrk.8:11, al.; ἵνα, 1Co.4:2 (cf. ἀνα-, ἐκ-, ἐπι-, συν-ζητέω). (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

I seek, search for, desire, require, demand.

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How translators render G2212

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BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
seek 7
seeking 5
seeks 4
you will look for 4
are you seeking 3
they tried 3
to search for 3
tried 3
you are looking for 3
are looking for 2
by demanding 2
in search of 2
to look for 2
wanting 2
were looking for 2
were seeking 2
you are trying 2
am i striving 1
and tried 1
are you asking 1
are you trying 1
ask for 1
asking for 1
attempted 1
be concerned about 1
began to look for 1
demand 1
did not seek 1
did we seek 1
do not seek 1
do you look for 1
do you want 1
do you want from her 1
for i am not seeking 1
god intended that they would seek 1
have been anxiously searching 1
he kept trying 1
he must seek 1
he searched diligently 1
he was trying 1
i am not seeking 1
i do not seek 1
is looking for 1
is seeking 1
is trying 1
it demands 1
it is not self-seeking 1
it is required 1
judas began to look for 1
judas looked for 1
look after 1
look for 1
search 1
search for 1
seeks it 1
should seek 1
sought 1
strive 1
strive for 1
that you are looking for 1
the leaders sought 1
they are seeking 1
they are trying 1
they kept looking for 1
they looked for 1
they sought 1
they wanted 1
they were trying 1
to seek 1
tries 1
wants 1
was trying 1
we got ready 1
were intent 1
were looking 1
were trying 1
were you looking for 1
while we seek 1
will be required 1
will seek 1
will try 1
would have been sought 1
you are demanding 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
seek 17
sought 16
seeking 11
ye seek 8
seek ye 6
he sought 4
seeketh 4
they sought 4
ye shall seek 4
he that seeketh 3
and sought 2
desiring 2
i seek 2
seek for 2
seekest thou 2
they seek 2
and seeketh 1
as they went about 1
do i seek 1
do ye enquire 1
enquire 1
for 1
go ye about 1
goeth about 1
going about 1
have been sought 1
have sought 1
he 1
he desired 1
let him seek 1
out 1
required 1
seeking for 1
shall 1
shall be 1
sought for 1
sought they 1
sought to 1
sought we 1
that sought 1
that they should seek 1
to seek 1
we endeavoured 1
were about 1
when they sought 1
while we seek 1
will seek 1
ye sought 1

Verses containing G2212

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  1. John 4:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father is seeking such as these to worship Him.

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  2. John 4:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Just then His disciples returned and were surprised that He was speaking with a woman. But no one asked Him, “What do You want from her?” or “Why are You talking with her?”

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  3. John 5:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Because of this, the Jews tried all the harder to kill Him. Not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but He was even calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.

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  4. John 5:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I can do nothing by Myself; I judge only as I hear. And My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.

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  5. John 5:44 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    How can you believe if you accept glory from one another, yet do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?

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  6. John 6:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So when the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor His disciples were there, they got into the boats and went to Capernaum to look for Him.

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  7. John 6:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, it is not because you saw these signs that you are looking for Me, but because you ate the loaves and had your fill.

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  8. John 7:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    After this, Jesus traveled throughout Galilee. He did not want to travel in Judea, because the Jews there were trying to kill Him.

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  9. John 7:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For no one who wants to be known publicly acts in secret. Since You are doing these things, show Yourself to the world.”

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  10. John 7:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So the Jews were looking for Him at the feast and asking, “Where is He?”

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  11. John 7:18 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    He who speaks on his own authority seeks his own glory, but He who seeks the glory of the One who sent Him is a man of truth; in Him there is no falsehood.

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  12. John 7:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Has not Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps it. Why are you trying to kill Me?”

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  13. John 7:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “You have a demon,” the crowd replied. “Who is trying to kill You?”

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  14. John 7:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then some of the people of Jerusalem began to say, “Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill?

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  15. John 7:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So they tried to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come.

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  16. John 7:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You will look for Me, but you will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come.”

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  17. John 7:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    What does He mean by saying, ‘You will look for Me, but you will not find Me,’ and, ‘Where I am, you cannot come’?”

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  18. John 8:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Again He said to them, “I am going away, and you will look for Me, but you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.”

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  19. John 8:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I know you are Abraham’s descendants, but you are trying to kill Me because My word has no place within you.

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  20. John 8:40 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But now you are trying to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham never did such a thing.

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  21. John 8:50 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    I do not seek My own glory. There is One who seeks it, and He is the Judge.

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  22. John 10:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    At this, they tried again to seize Him, but He escaped their grasp.

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  23. John 11:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Rabbi,” they replied, “the Jews just tried to stone You, and You are going back there?”

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  24. John 11:56 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They kept looking for Jesus and asking one another as they stood in the temple courts, “What do you think? Will He come to the feast at all?”

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  25. John 13:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Little children, I am with you only a little while longer. You will look for Me, and as I said to the Jews, so now I say to you: ‘Where I am going, you cannot come.’

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  26. John 16:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Aware that they wanted to question Him, Jesus said to them, “Are you asking one another why I said, ‘In a little while you will not see Me, and then after a little while you will see Me’?

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  27. John 18:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Jesus, knowing all that was coming upon Him, stepped forward and asked them, “Whom are you seeking?”

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  28. John 18:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So He asked them again, “Whom are you seeking?” “Jesus of Nazareth,” they answered.

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  29. John 18:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “I told you that I am He,” Jesus replied. “So if you are looking for Me, let these men go.”

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  30. John 19:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    From then on, Pilate tried to release Him, but the Jews kept shouting, “If you release this man, you are no friend of Caesar. Anyone who declares himself a king is defying Caesar.”

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  31. John 20:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Woman, why are you weeping?” Jesus asked. “Whom are you seeking?” Thinking He was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if you have carried Him off, tell me where you have put Him, and I will get Him.”

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  32. Acts 9:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Get up!” the Lord told him. “Go to the house of Judas on Straight Street and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying.

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  33. Acts 10:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As Peter continued to reflect on the vision, the Spirit said to him, “Behold, three men are looking for you.

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  34. Acts 10:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Peter went down to the men and said, “Here am I, the one you are looking for. Why have you come?”

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  35. Acts 13:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But Elymas the sorcerer (for that is what his name means) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul from the faith.

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  36. Acts 13:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now look, the hand of the Lord is against you, and for a time you will be blind and unable to see the light of the sun.” Immediately mist and darkness came over him, and he groped about, seeking someone to lead him by the hand.

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  37. Acts 16:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As soon as Paul had seen the vision, we got ready to leave for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.

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  38. Acts 17:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The Jews, however, became jealous. So they brought in some troublemakers from the marketplace, formed a mob, and sent the city into an uproar. They raided Jason’s house in search of Paul and Silas, hoping to bring them out to the people.

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  39. Acts 17:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    God intended that they would seek Him and perhaps reach out for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us.

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  40. Acts 21:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    While they were trying to kill him, the commander of the Roman regiment received a report that all Jerusalem was in turmoil.

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  41. Acts 27:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Meanwhile, the sailors attempted to escape from the ship. Pretending to lower anchors from the bow, they let the lifeboat down into the sea.

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  42. Romans 2:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    To those who by perseverance in doing good seek glory, honor, and immortality, He will give eternal life.

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  43. Romans 10:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Because they were ignorant of God’s righteousness and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.

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  44. Romans 10:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And Isaiah boldly says: “I was found by those who did not seek Me; I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me.”

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  45. Romans 11:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Lord, they have killed Your prophets and torn down Your altars. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well”?

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  46. 1 Corinthians 1:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Jews demand signs and Greeks search for wisdom,

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  47. 1 Corinthians 4:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.

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  48. 1 Corinthians 7:27 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Are you committed to a wife? Do not seek to be released. Are you free of commitment? Do not look for a wife.

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  49. 1 Corinthians 10:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    No one should seek his own good, but the good of others.

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  50. 1 Corinthians 10:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    as I also try to please everyone in all I do. For I am not seeking my own good, but the good of many, that they may be saved.

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