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ζητέωzētéō — I seek, search for, desire

I seek, search for, desire, require, demand.

Translated in the King James as: be (go) about, desire, endeavour, enquire (for), require, (X will) seek (after, for, means)

Appears 117 times in Scripture

Origin: of uncertain affinity;

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Where it appears

Matthew — 14×
Matt 2:13Matt 2:20Matt 6:33Matt 7:7Matt 7:8Matt 12:43Matt 12:46Matt 12:47Matt 13:45Matt 18:12Matt 21:46Matt 26:16Matt 26:59Matt 28:5
Mark — 10×
Mark 1:37Mark 3:32Mark 8:11Mark 8:12Mark 11:18Mark 12:12Mark 14:1Mark 14:11Mark 14:55Mark 16:6
Luke — 25×
Luke 2:48Luke 2:49Luke 5:18Luke 6:19Luke 9:9Luke 11:9Luke 11:10Luke 11:16Luke 11:24Luke 11:29Luke 12:29Luke 12:31Luke 12:48Luke 13:6Luke 13:7Luke 13:24Luke 15:8Luke 17:33Luke 19:3Luke 19:10Luke 19:47Luke 20:19Luke 22:2Luke 22:6Luke 24:5
John — 34×
John 1:38John 4:23John 4:27John 5:18John 5:30John 5:44John 6:24John 6:26John 7:1John 7:4John 7:11John 7:18John 7:19John 7:20John 7:25John 7:30John 7:34John 7:36John 8:21John 8:37John 8:40John 8:50John 10:39John 11:8John 11:56+ 9 more in John
Acts — 10×
Acts 9:11Acts 10:19Acts 10:21Acts 13:8Acts 13:11Acts 16:10Acts 17:5Acts 17:27Acts 21:31Acts 27:30
Romans — 4×
Rom 2:7Rom 10:3Rom 10:20Rom 11:3
1 Corinthians — 8×
1 Cor 1:221 Cor 4:21 Cor 7:271 Cor 10:241 Cor 10:331 Cor 13:51 Cor 14:12+ 1 more in 1 Corinthians
2 Corinthians — 2×
2 Cor 12:142 Cor 13:3
Galatians — 2×
Gal 1:10Gal 2:17
Philippians — 1×
Phil 2:21
Colossians — 1×
Col 3:1
1 Thessalonians — 1×
1 Thess 2:6
2 Timothy — 1×
2 Tim 1:17
Hebrews — 1×
Heb 8:7
1 Peter — 2×
1 Pet 3:111 Pet 5:8
Revelation — 1×
Rev 9:6

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Lexicon data: Open Scriptures Strong’s dictionaries (CC-BY-SA), Dodson Greek Lexicon (public domain). Word alignment: Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain). Self-hosted by Seen.