ἐπιζητέω epizēteō
Greek word for “to seek after” · Strong’s G1934 · used 13 times in 12 verses
Meaning
ἐπι-ζητέω, -ῶ; "directive" of ζητέω (MM, Exp., xiv);
How it is translated
Glosses given for epizēteō in context, with how often each is used:
- seek after 3
- seeking 2
- seeks for 1
- seeks 1
- sought after 1
- seek for 1
- having sought after 1
- desired 1
- inquire 1
- seeking for 1
Where it is used
Chapters where it is used most
Matthew 6 (1), Matthew 12 (1), Matthew 16 (1), Luke 4 (1), Luke 12 (1), Acts 12 (1), Acts 13 (1), Acts 19 (1), Romans 11 (1), Philippians 4 (1)
Forms
- ἐπιζητοῦσιν 3
- ἐπιζητεῖ 3
- ἐπιζητῶ 2
- ἐπεζήτουν 1
- ἐπιζητήσας 1
- ἐπεζήτησεν 1
- ἐπιζητεῖτε 1
- ἐπιζητοῦμεν 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with epizēteō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- χρῄζω chrēzō “to need” 2
- μοιχαλίς moichalis “adulterous” 2
- Ἰωνᾶς Iōnas “Jonah” 2
- γενεά genea “generation” 2
- σημεῖον sēmeion “sign” 2
- πονηρός ponēros “evil/bad” 2
- εἰ ei “if” 3
- ἔθνος ethnos “Gentiles” 2
- οἶδα oida “to know” 2
- λόγος logos “word” 2
- πατήρ patēr “father” 2
- δίδωμι didōmi “to give” 2
Key verses
The verses using epizēteō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Matthew 6:32 — (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
- Matthew 12:39 — But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet…
- Matthew 16:4 — A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and…
- Luke 4:42 — And when it was day, he departed and went into a desert place: and the people sought him, and came unto him, and stayed him, that he should not depart from…
- Luke 12:30 — For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.
- Acts 12:19 — And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the keepers, and commanded that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judæa to…
- Acts 13:7 — Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of God.
- Acts 19:39 — But if ye enquire any thing concerning other matters, it shall be determined in a lawful assembly.
- Romans 11:7 — What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded
- Philippians 4:17 — Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to your account.
- Hebrews 11:14 — For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.
- Hebrews 13:14 — For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.
See all 12 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.