Greek verb · G1934
ἐπιζητέω
epizeteoep-eed-zay-teh'-o
to seek after
13 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: epizētéō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1934is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 27New Testament books
- 8spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1934
to search (inquire) for; intensively, to demand, to crave
The King James renders it: desire, enquire, seek (after, for).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
epizeteo is rendered "to seek after". It stands 13 times in the Greek text, across six books.
- Three of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 6:32For the Gentiles strive after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.
- The Greek text spells it eight different ways.
The first use
For the Gentiles strive after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.
Matthew 6:32ἐπιζητοῦσιν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- I seek after2
- desired1
- having sought after1
- is seeking1
- seek after1
- seek for1
- seeks1
- seeks for1
- they are seeking1
- we are seeking for1
- were sought after1
- you inquire1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 13, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
8 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἐπιζητεῖ3
- ἐπιζητοῦσιν3
- ἐπιζητῶ2
- ἐπεζήτησεν1
- ἐπεζήτουν1
- ἐπιζητεῖτε1
- ἐπιζητήσας1
- ἐπιζητοῦμεν1
The grammar of each form
- verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person plural3V-PAI-3P
- verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singular3V-PAI-3S
- verb · present active, indicative · 1st person singular2V-PAI-1S
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-AAI-3S
- verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1V-AAP-NSM
- verb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-IAI-3P
- verb · present active, indicative · 1st person plural1V-PAI-1P
- verb · present active, indicative · 2nd person plural1V-PAI-2P
Matthew
three uses
For the Gentiles strive after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.
- ἐπιζητοῦσινepizetousinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: seek after
Jesus replied, “A wicked and adulterous generation demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.
- ἐπιζητεῖepizeteiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: seeks for
A wicked and adulterous generation demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.” Then He left them and went away.
- ἐπιζητεῖepizeteiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: seeks
Luke
two uses
At daybreak, Jesus went out to a solitary place, and the crowds were looking for Him. They came to Him and tried to keep Him from leaving.
- ἐπεζήτουνepezetounverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: were sought after
For the Gentiles of the world strive after all these things, and your Father knows that you need them.
- ἐπιζητοῦσινepizetousinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: seek for
Acts
three uses
After Herod had searched for him unsuccessfully, he examined the guards and ordered that they be executed. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and spent some time there.
- ἐπιζητήσαςepizetesasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having sought after
an attendant of the proconsul, Sergius Paulus. The proconsul, a man of intelligence, summoned Barnabas and Saul because he wanted to hear the word of God.
- ἐπεζήτησενepezetesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: desired
But if you are seeking anything beyond this, it must be settled in a legal assembly.
- ἐπιζητεῖτεepizeteiteverb · present active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you inquire
Romans
one use
What then? What Israel was seeking, it failed to obtain, but the elect did. The others were hardened,
- ἐπιζητεῖepizeteiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: is seeking
Philippians
two uses
Not that I am seeking a gift, but I am looking for the fruit that may be credited to your account.
- ἐπιζητῶepizetoverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I seek after
- ἐπιζητῶepizetoverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I seek after
Hebrews
two uses
Now those who say such things show that they are seeking a country of their own.
- ἐπιζητοῦσινepizetousinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they are seeking
For here we do not have a permanent city, but we are looking for the city that is to come.
- ἐπιζητοῦμενepizetoumenverb · present active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we are seeking for
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.