Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon
ζητέω (G2212)
117 ζητέω , -ῶ , [in LXX chiefly for בּקשׁ pi., also for דּרשׁ , etc.;] to seek , seek for : Mt 7:7 , 8 , Lk 11:9 , 10 ; c. acc. pers., Mk 1:37 , Lk 2:48 , Jo 6:24 , al.; id. seq. ἐν , Ac 9:11 ; c. acc. rei, Mt 13:45 , Lk 19:10 ; seq. ἐν , Lk 13:6 , 7 ; ψυχήν , of plotting against one's life ( Ex 4:19 , al.), Mt 2:20 , Ro 11:3 (LXX) . Metaph., to seek by thinking, search after , inquire into : Mk 11:18 , Lk 12:28 , Jo 16:19 ; τ. θεόν , Ac 17:27 . to seek or strive after , desire : Mt 12:46 , Mk 12:12 , Lk 9:9 , Jo 5:18 , Ro 10:3 , al.; τ. θάνατον , Re 9:6 ; τ. βασιλείαν τ. θεοῦ , Mt 6:33 (Dalman, Words , 121 f.); τὰ ἄνω , Col 3:1 ; εἰρήνην , I Pe 3:11 (LXX) . to require , demand : c. acc. rei, Mk 8:12 , Lk 11:29 , I Co 1:22 , II Co 13:3 ; seq. παρά , Mk 8:11 , al.; ἵνα , I Co 4:2 (cf. ἀνα-, ἐκ-, ἐπι-, συν-ζητέω ).
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