Greek verb · G2212
ζητέω
zeteodzay-teh'-o
to seek, seek for; to seek; to require, demand
117 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: zētéō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2212is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 16 of 27New Testament books
- 33spellings
- 3meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2212
to seek (literally or figuratively); specially, (by Hebraism) to worship (God), or (in a bad sense) to plot (against life)
The King James renders it: be (go) about, desire, endeavour, enquire (for), require, (X will) seek (after, for, means).
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
zeteo is rendered "to seek, seek for; to seek; to require, demand". It stands 117 times in the Greek text, across sixteen books.
- Thirty-four of the uses stand in John, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists three meanings for it, beginning with "to seek, seek for".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 2:13When the Magi had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the Child to kill Him.”
- The Greek text spells it thirty-three different ways.
The first use
When the Magi had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the Child to kill Him.”
Matthew 2:13ζητεῖν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Thirty-four of the word's 117 uses are in John.
What the word means
The word carries three meanings: to seek, seek for, and to seek, and to require, demand.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to seek, seek for | Tagged as
and 19 more, 89 uses in all | WhereMatthew 7:7Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock… |
| to seekor strive after, desire | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 12:46While Jesus was still speaking to the crowds, His mother and brothers stood outside… |
| to require, demand | Tagged as
| WhereMark 8:11Then the Pharisees came and began to argue with Jesus… |
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 117, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
33 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
- ἐζήτουν18
- ζητεῖτε18
- ζητεῖ9
- ζητῶν9
- ζητοῦντες8
- ἐζήτει7
- ζητοῦσιν6
- ζητήσετέ4
- ζητῶ4
- ζητεῖτέ3
- ζήτει2
- ζητεῖν2
and 21 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- verb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person plural18V-IAI-3P
- verb · present active, indicative · 2nd person plural15V-PAI-2P
- verb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural10V-PAP-NPM
- verb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular9V-PAP-NSM
- verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singular8V-PAI-3S
- verb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singular7V-IAI-3S
- verb · present active, command · 2nd person plural7V-PAM-2P
- verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person plural6V-PAI-3P
- verb · future active, indicative · 2nd person plural4V-FAI-2P
- verb · present active, indicative · 1st person singular4V-PAI-1S
- verb · future active, indicative · 3rd person plural2V-FAI-3P
- verb · present active, indicative · 2nd person singular2V-PAI-2S
Matthew
fourteen uses
When the Magi had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the Child to kill Him.”
- ζητεῖνzeteinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: is to seek
“Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His mother and go to the land of Israel, for those seeking the Child’s life are now dead.”
- ζητοῦντεςzetountesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: seeking
But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.
- ζητεῖτεzeteiteverb · present active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do seek
Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
- ζητεῖτεzeteiteverb · present active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do seek
For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.
- ζητῶνzetonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: seeking
When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it passes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it.
- ζητοῦνzetounverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: seeking
While Jesus was still speaking to the crowds, His mother and brothers stood outside, wanting to speak to Him.
- ζητοῦντεςzetountesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: seeking
Someone told Him, “Look, Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to You.”
- ζητοῦντέςzetountesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: seeking
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls.
- ζητοῦντιzetountiverb · present active, participle · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: seeking
What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go out to search for the one that is lost?
- ζητεῖzeteiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will seek
Although they wanted to arrest Him, they were afraid of the crowds, because the people regarded Him as a prophet.
- ζητοῦντεςzetountesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: seeking
So from then on Judas looked for an opportunity to betray Jesus.
- ἐζήτειezeteiverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he was seeking
Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking false testimony against Jesus in order to put Him to death.
- ἐζήτουνezetounverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: were seeking
But the angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified.
- ζητεῖτεzeteiteverb · present active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you seek
Mark
ten uses
and when they found Him, they said, “Everyone is looking for You!”
- ζητοῦσίνzetousinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: seeks
and a crowd was sitting around Him. “Look,” He was told, “Your mother and brothers are outside, asking for You.”
- ζητοῦσίνzetousinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: are seeking
Then the Pharisees came and began to argue with Jesus, testing Him by demanding from Him a sign from heaven.
- ζητοῦντεςzetountesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: seeking
Jesus sighed deeply in His spirit and said, “Why does this generation demand a sign? Truly I tell you, no sign will be given to this generation.”
- ζητεῖzeteiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: seeks
When the chief priests and scribes heard this, they looked for a way to kill Him. For they were afraid of Him, because the whole crowd was astonished at His teaching.
- ἐζήτουνezetounverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they were seeking
At this, the leaders sought to arrest Jesus, for they knew that He had spoken this parable against them. But fearing the crowd, they left Him and went away.
- ἐζήτουνezetounverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they were seeking
Now the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread were two days away, and the chief priests and scribes were looking for a covert way to arrest Jesus and kill Him.
- ἐζήτουνezetounverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: were seeking
They were delighted to hear this, and they promised to give him money. So Judas began to look for an opportunity to betray Jesus.
- ἐζήτειezeteiverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he was seeking
Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking testimony against Jesus to put Him to death, but they did not find any.
- ἐζήτουνezetounverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: were seeking
But he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here! See the place where they put Him.
- ζητεῖτεzeteiteverb · present active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you seek
Luke
twenty-five uses
When His parents saw Him, they were astonished. “Child, why have You done this to us?” His mother asked. “Your father and I have been anxiously searching for You.”
- ἐζητοῦμένezetoumenverb · imperfect active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: were seeking
“Why were you looking for Me?” He asked. “Did you not know that I had to be in My Father’s house?”
- ἐζητεῖτέezeteiteverb · imperfect active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you were seeking
Just then some men came carrying a paralyzed man on a mat. They tried to bring him inside to set him before Jesus,
- ἐζήτουνezetounverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they were seeking
The entire crowd was trying to touch Him, because power was coming from Him and healing them all.
- ἐζήτουνezetounverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: were seeking
“I beheaded John,” Herod said, “but who is this man I hear such things about?” And he kept trying to see Jesus.
- ἐζήτειezeteiverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he was seeking
So I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
- ζητεῖτεzeteiteverb · present active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do seek
For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.
- ζητῶνzetonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: seeking
And others tested Him by demanding a sign from heaven.
- ἐζήτουνezetounverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: were seeking
When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it passes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’
- ζητοῦνzetounverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: seeking
As the crowds were increasing, Jesus said, “This is a wicked generation. It demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.
- ζητεῖzeteiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it seeks after
And do not be concerned about what you will eat or drink. Do not worry about it.
- ζητεῖτεzeteiteverb · present active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do seek
But seek His kingdom, and these things will be added unto you.
- ζητεῖτεzeteiteverb · present active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do seek
But the one who unknowingly does things worthy of punishment will be beaten with few blows. From everyone who has been given much, much will be required; and from him who has been entrusted with much, even more will be demanded.
- ζητηθήσεταιzetethesetaiverb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will be required
Then Jesus told this parable: “A man had a fig tree that was planted in his vineyard. He went to look for fruit on it, but did not find any.
- ζητῶνzetonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: seeking
So he said to the keeper of the vineyard, ‘Look, for the past three years I have come to search for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Therefore cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?’
- ζητῶνzetonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: seeking
“Make every effort to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able.
- ζητήσουσινzetesousinverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: will seek
Or what woman who has ten silver coins and loses one of them does not light a lamp, sweep her house, and search carefully until she finds it?
- ζητεῖzeteiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: she seeks
Whoever tries to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will preserve it.
- ζητήσῃzeteseverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: shall seek
He was trying to see who Jesus was, but could not see over the crowd because he was small in stature.
- ἐζήτειezeteiverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he was seeking
For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
- ζητῆσαιzetesaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to seek
Jesus was teaching at the temple every day, but the chief priests, scribes, and leaders of the people were intent on killing Him.
- ἐζήτουνezetounverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: were seeking
When the scribes and chief priests realized that Jesus had spoken this parable against them, they sought to arrest Him that very hour. But they were afraid of the people.
- ἐζήτησανezetesanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: sought
and the chief priests and scribes were looking for a way to put Jesus to death; for they feared the people.
- ἐζήτουνezetounverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: were seeking
Judas consented, and began to look for an opportunity to betray Jesus to them in the absence of a crowd.
- ἐζήτειezeteiverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was seeking
As the women bowed their faces to the ground in terror, the two men asked them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead?
- ζητεῖτεzeteiteverb · present active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: seek you
John
thirty-four uses
Jesus turned and saw them following. “What do you want?” He asked. They said to Him, “Rabbi” (which means Teacher), “where are You staying?”
- ζητεῖτεzeteiteverb · present active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: seek you
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.
- ζητεῖzeteiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: seeks
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?”
- ζητεῖςzeteisverb · present active, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: seek You
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.
- ἐζήτουνezetounverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: were seeking
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.
- ζητῶzetoverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I seek
How can you believe if you accept glory from one another, yet do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?
- ζητεῖτε;¶zeteiteverb · present active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you seek
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.
- ζητοῦντεςzetountesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: seeking
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.
- ζητεῖτέzeteiteverb · present active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you seek
After this, Jesus traveled throughout Galilee. He did not want to travel in Judea, because the Jews there were trying to kill Him.
- ἐζήτουνezetounverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: were seeking
For no one who wants to be known publicly acts in secret. Since You are doing these things, show Yourself to the world.”
- ζητεῖzeteiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: seeks
So the Jews were looking for Him at the feast and asking, “Where is He?”
- ἐζήτουνezetounverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: were seeking
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.
- ζητεῖzeteiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: seeks
- ζητῶνzetonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: seeking
Has not Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps it. Why are you trying to kill Me?”
- ζητεῖτεzeteiteverb · present active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: do you seek
“You have a demon,” the crowd replied. “Who is trying to kill You?”
- ζητεῖzeteiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: seeks
Then some of the people of Jerusalem began to say, “Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill?
- ζητοῦσινzetousinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they seek
So they tried to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come.
- ἐζήτουνezetounverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: They were seeking
You will look for Me, but you will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come.”
- ζητήσετέzeteseteverb · future active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: You will seek
What does He mean by saying, ‘You will look for Me, but you will not find Me,’ and, ‘Where I am, you cannot come’?”
- ζητήσετέzeteseteverb · future active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: You will seek
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.”
- ζητήσετέzeteseteverb · future active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you will seek
I know you are Abraham’s descendants, but you are trying to kill Me because My word has no place within you.
- ζητεῖτέzeteiteverb · present active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you seek
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.
- ζητεῖτέzeteiteverb · present active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you seek
I do not seek My own glory. There is One who seeks it, and He is the Judge.
- ζητῶzetoverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: seek
- ζητῶνzetonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: seeking
At this, they tried again to seize Him, but He escaped their grasp.
- Ἐζήτουνezetounverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: They were seeking
“Rabbi,” they replied, “the Jews just tried to stone You, and You are going back there?”
- ἐζήτουνezetounverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: were seeking
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?”
- ἐζήτουνezetounverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: They were seeking
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.’
- ζητήσετέzeteseteverb · future active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: You will seek
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’?
- ζητεῖτεzeteiteverb · present active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: do you inquire
Jesus, knowing all that was coming upon Him, stepped forward and asked them, “Whom are you seeking?”
- ζητεῖτεzeteiteverb · present active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: seek you
So He asked them again, “Whom are you seeking?” “Jesus of Nazareth,” they answered.
- ζητεῖτεzeteiteverb · present active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: seek you
“I told you that I am He,” Jesus replied. “So if you are looking for Me, let these men go.”
- ζητεῖτεzeteiteverb · present active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you seek
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.”
- ἐζήτειezeteiverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was seeking
“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.”
- ζητεῖςzeteisverb · present active, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: do you seek
Acts
ten uses
“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.
- ζήτησονzetesonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do seek
As Peter continued to reflect on the vision, the Spirit said to him, “Behold, three men are looking for you.
- ζητοῦντέςzetountesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: are seeking
So Peter went down to the men and said, “Here am I, the one you are looking for. Why have you come?”
- ζητεῖτεzeteiteverb · present active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you seek
But Elymas the sorcerer (for that is what his name means) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul from the faith.
- ζητῶνzetonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: seeking
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.
- ἐζήτειezeteiverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he was seeking
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.
- ἐζητήσαμενezetesamenverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we sought
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.
- ἐζήτουνezetounverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they were seeking
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.
- ζητεῖνzeteinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to seek
While they were trying to kill him, the commander of the Roman regiment received a report that all Jerusalem was in turmoil.
- ζητούντωνzetountonverb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: Of them seeking
Meanwhile, the sailors attempted to escape from the ship. Pretending to lower anchors from the bow, they let the lifeboat down into the sea.
- ζητούντωνzetountonverb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: seeking
Romans
four uses
To those who by perseverance in doing good seek glory, honor, and immortality, He will give eternal life.
- ζητοῦσινzetousinverb · present active, participle · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: are seeking
Because they were ignorant of God’s righteousness and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.
- ζητοῦντεςzetountesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: seeking
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.”
- ζητοῦσινzetousinverb · present active, participle · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: seeking
“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”?
- ζητοῦσινzetousinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they are seeking
1 Corinthians
eight uses
Jews demand signs and Greeks search for wisdom,
- ζητοῦσινzetousinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: seek
Now it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.
- ζητεῖταιzeteitaiverb · present passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it is required
Are you committed to a wife? Do not seek to be released. Are you free of commitment? Do not look for a wife.
- ζήτειzeteiverb · present active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do seek
- ζήτειzeteiverb · present active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do seek
No one should seek his own good, but the good of others.
- ζητείτωzeteitoverb · present active, command · 3rd person singulartagged: should seek
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.
- ζητῶνzetonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: seeking
It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs.
- ζητεῖzeteiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: seeks
It is the same with you. Since you are eager to have spiritual gifts, strive to excel in gifts that build up the church.
- ζητεῖτεzeteiteverb · present active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do seek
2 Corinthians
two uses
See, I am ready to come to you a third time, and I will not be a burden, because I am not seeking your possessions, but you. For children should not have to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.
- ζητῶzetoverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I seek
since you are demanding proof that Christ is speaking through me. He is not weak in dealing with you, but is powerful among you.
- ζητεῖτεzeteiteverb · present active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you seek
Galatians
two uses
Am I now seeking the approval of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.
- ζητῶzetoverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: do I seek
But if, while we seek to be justified in Christ, we ourselves are found to be sinners, does that make Christ a minister of sin? Certainly not!
- ζητοῦντεςzetountesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: seeking
Philippians
one use
For all the others look after their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.
- ζητοῦσινzetousinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: are seeking
Colossians
one use
Therefore, since you have been raised with Christ, strive for the things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
- ζητεῖτεzeteiteverb · present active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do seek
1 Thessalonians
one use
Nor did we seek praise from you or from anyone else, although as apostles of Christ we had authority to demand it.
- ζητοῦντεςzetountesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: seeking
2 Timothy
one use
Indeed, when he arrived in Rome, he searched diligently until he found me.
- ἐζήτησένezetesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he sought out
Hebrews
one use
For if that first covenant had been without fault, no place would have been sought for a second.
- ἐζητεῖτοezeteitoverb · imperfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was being sought
1 Peter
two uses
He must turn from evil and do good; he must seek peace and pursue it.
- ζητησάτωzetesatoverb · aorist active, command · 3rd person singulartagged: he should seek
Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
- ζητῶνzetonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: seeking
Revelation
one use
In those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, but death will escape them.
- ζητήσουσινzetesousinverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: will seek
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.