Greek verb · G2045
ἐρευνάω
ereunaoer-yoo-nah'-o
to look for/into
6 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ereunáō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2045is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 27New Testament books
- 5spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2045
to seek, i.e. (figuratively) to investigate
The King James renders it: search.
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
ereunao is rendered "to look for/into". It stands 6 times in the Greek text, across five books.
- Two of the uses stand in John, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.John 5:39You pore over the Scriptures because you presume that by them you possess eternal life. These are the very words that testify about Me,
- The Greek text spells it five different ways.
The first use
You pore over the Scriptures because you presume that by them you possess eternal life. These are the very words that testify about Me,
John 5:39ἐραυνᾶτε
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's six uses are in John.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- searching2
- do search1
- inquiring1
- searches1
- You diligently search1
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.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἐρεύγομαι | ereugomai | to utter/proclaim | Uses1 |
All 6, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
5 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
- ἐραυνῶν2
- ἐραυνᾷ1
- ἐραυνᾶτε1
- ἐραύνησον1
- ἐραυνῶντες1
The grammar of each form
- verb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular2V-PAP-NSM
- verb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singular1V-AAM-2S
- verb · present active, indicative · 2nd person plural1V-PAI-2P
- verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-PAI-3S
- verb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1V-PAP-NPM
John
two uses
You pore over the Scriptures because you presume that by them you possess eternal life. These are the very words that testify about Me,
- ἐραυνᾶτεeraunateverb · present active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: You diligently search
“Aren’t you also from Galilee?” they replied. “Look into it, and you will see that no prophet comes out of Galilee.”
- ἐραύνησονeraunesonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do search
Romans
one use
And He who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.
- ἐραυνῶνeraunonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: searching
1 Corinthians
one use
But God has revealed it to us by the Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.
- ἐραυνᾷeraunaverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: searches
1 Peter
one use
trying to determine the time and setting to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when He predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow.
- ἐραυνῶντεςeraunontesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: inquiring
Revelation
one use
Then I will strike her children dead, and all the churches will know that I am the One who searches minds and hearts, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.
- ἐραυνῶνeraunonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: searching
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.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.