G2212 – zeteo – ζητέω – to seek, search for
- Strong’s ID:
- G2212
- Greek Word:
- ζητέω
- Transliteration:
- zeteo
- Pronunciation:
- dzay-teh’-o
- Part of Speech:
- verb
- Etymology:
- of uncertain affinity
- Usage Count:
- 119
- Search:
- Find “zeteo” in the Bible (New Testament)
Equip God’s People Greek Lexicon
to seek, search for
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Strong’s Greek Lexicon
of uncertain affinity; to seek (literally or figuratively); specially, (by Hebraism) to worship (God), or (in a bad sense) to plot (against life):—be (go) about, desire, endeavour, enquire (for), require, (X will) seek (after, for, means). Compare G4441.
Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.
Thayer’s Greek Definitions
1) to seek in order to find
1a) to seek a thing
1b) to seek [in order to find out] by thinking, meditating, reasoning, to enquire into
1c) to seek after, seek for, aim at, strive after
2) to seek, i.e. require, demand
2a) to crave, demand something from someone
Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.