ζητέω zēteō

Greek word for “to seek” · Strong’s G2212 · used 117 times in 114 verses

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Meaning

ζητέω, -ῶ; 1. to seek, seek for:;

How it is translated

Glosses given for zēteō in context, with how often each is used:

• seeking 55
• seek 17
• do seek 10
• seeks 8
• will seek 7
• seek you? 4
• sought 2
• should seek 2
• seeks after 1
• will be required 1
• shall seek 1
• seek? 1

Where it is used

Also in 4 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

John 7 (10), Luke 11 (5), John 8 (4), Matthew 12 (3), Mark 14 (3), Luke 12 (3), Luke 13 (3), Luke 19 (3), John 5 (3), John 18 (3)

Forms

• ζητεῖτε 19
• ἐζήτουν 17
• ζητῶν 9
• ζητεῖ 9
• ζητοῦντες 8
• ἐζήτει 7
• ζητοῦσιν 6
• ζητῶ 4
• ζητήσετέ 4
• ζητεῖτέ 3

Words used with it

Words that share verses with zēteō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• εὑρίσκω ehuriskō “to find/meet” 19
• ἀποκτείνω apokteinō “to kill” 10
• ἰδού idou “look!” 12
• ὄχλος ochlos “crowd” 11
• Ἰουδαῖος Ioudaios “Jew” 8
• δύναμαι dunamai “be able” 8
• ἀρχιερεύς archiereus “high-priest” 7
• αἰτέω aiteō “to ask” 6
• σημεῖον sēmeion “sign” 6
• εἰ ei “if” 10
• μήτηρ mētēr “mother” 6
• ἀπολλύω apolluō “to destroy” 6

Key verses

The verses using zēteō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 6:33 — But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
• Matthew 7:7 — Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
• Luke 11:9 — And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
• Luke 13:24 — Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
• John 4:23 — But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
• John 5:44 — How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?
• Acts 17:5 — But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an…
• Romans 2:7 — To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:
• Romans 10:3 — For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of…
• Colossians 3:1 — If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
• 1 Peter 3:11 — Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.
• 1 Peter 5:8 — Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

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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.