Lexical Definition

‎ζητέω‎ zētéō (dzay-teh'-o) to seek G:V
of uncertain affinity

be (go) about, desire, endeavour, enquire (for), require, (X will) seek (after, for, means).

Usage: 75 forms in 367 verses
Form Translated As     In Verse(s)
ἐζητοῦμέν were seeking Luke.2.48
ἐζητεῖτο was being sought Heb.8.7
ἐζητεῖτέ you were seeking Luke.2.49
ἐζητήσαμεν we sought Acts.16.10
ἐζήτουν they were seeking Mark.11.18 • Mark.12.12 • Luke.5.18 • John.7.30 • John.10.39 • John.11.56 • Acts.17.5
were seeking Matt.26.59 • Mark.14.1 • Mark.14.55 • Luke.6.19 • Luke.11.16 • Luke.19.47 • Luke.22.2 • John.5.16 • John.5.18 • John.7.1 • John.7.11 • John.11.8
ἐζήτησαν sought Luke.20.19
ἐζήτησέν he sought out 2Tim.1.17
ἐζήτει he was seeking Matt.26.16 • Mark.14.11 • Luke.9.9 • Luke.19.3 • Acts.13.11
was seeking Luke.22.6 • John.19.12
ζητῶν seeking Matt.7.8 • Luke.11.10 • Luke.13.6 • Luke.13.7 • John.7.18 • John.8.50 • Acts.13.8 • 1Cor.10.33 • 1Pet.5.8
ζητῶ I seek John.5.30 • 2Cor.12.14
do I seek Gal.1.10
seek John.8.50
ζητῆσαι to seek Luke.19.10
ζητών seeking LXX.Exod.33.7 • LXX.Lev.10.16 • LXX.Num.35.23 • LXX.1Sam.25.29 • LXX.Job.6.5 • LXX.Prov.16.5 • LXX.Jer.5.1 • LXX.Jer.30.17
ζητώ I seek LXX.Gen.37.16 • LXX.1Sam.22.23
ζητοῦσιν are seeking Rom.2.7 • Phil.2.21
seek 1Cor.1.22
seeking Rom.10.20
they are seeking Rom.11.3
they seek John.7.25
ζητοῦσίν are seeking Mark.3.32
seeks Mark.1.37
ζητοῦντι seeking Matt.13.45
ζητοῦντεσ seeking Matt.2.20 • Matt.12.46 • Matt.21.46 • Mark.8.11 • Luke.11.54 • John.6.24 • Rom.10.3 • Gal.2.17 • 1Thess.2.6
ζητοῦντέσ are seeking Acts.10.19
seeking Matt.12.47
ζητοῦν seeking Matt.12.43 • Luke.11.24
ζητούσιν seeking LXX.Isa.65.1
they seek LXX.Jer.4.30
ζητούσι they seek LXX.1Kgs.19.10 • LXX.1Kgs.19.14
ζητούσα seeking LXX.1Chr.16.10
ζητούντων Of them seeking Acts.21.31
of ones seeking LXX.Jer.34.20 • LXX.Jer.34.21
ones seeking LXX.Jer.22.25
seeking LXX.Ps.24.6 • LXX.Ps.24.6 • LXX.Ps.105.3 • LXX.Jer.19.7 • LXX.Jer.21.7 • LXX.Jer.38.16 • LXX.Jer.46.26 • LXX.Jer.49.37 • Acts.27.30
ζητούντοσ of ones seeking LXX.Jer.44.30
one seeking LXX.Jer.44.30
seeking LXX.2Sam.14.16 • LXX.Job.9.26
ζητούντεσ ones seeking LXX.Ps.35.4 • LXX.Ps.38.12
seeking LXX.Gen.19.11 • LXX.1Sam.25.26 • LXX.Job.38.41 • LXX.Ps.38.12 • LXX.Ps.40.14 • LXX.Ps.70.2 • LXX.Ps.71.13 • LXX.Ps.71.24 • LXX.Prov.16.5 • LXX.Prov.28.5 • LXX.Isa.51.1 • LXX.Jer.2.24 • LXX.Jer.19.9 • LXX.Jer.50.4 • LXX.Lam.1.11 • LXX.Amos.8.12 • LXX.Mic.3.2
seeking me LXX.Prov.8.17
ζητούντασ seeking LXX.Ezra.8.22 • LXX.Jer.11.21 • LXX.Zeph.1.6
ζητούντέσ seeking LXX.Exod.4.19 • LXX.Ps.40.16 • LXX.Ps.69.6 • LXX.Ps.70.4
ζητούν seeking LXX.Ps.37.25
ζητησάτωσαν let them seek LXX.1Sam.16.16 • LXX.1Kgs.1.2 • LXX.2Kgs.2.16
ζητησάτω he should seek 1Pet.3.11
ζητηθήτω Let there be sought LXX.Esth.2.2
ζητηθήσομαι I shall be sought LXX.Ezek.36.37
ζητηθήση you shall seek LXX.Ezek.26.21
ζητηθήσεται shall be sought LXX.Ezek.7.26
shall be sought for LXX.Ps.10.15
will be required Luke.12.48
ζητεῖτε do seek Matt.6.33 • Matt.7.7 • Luke.11.9 • Luke.12.29 • Luke.12.31 • 1Cor.14.12 • Col.3.1
do you inquire John.16.19
do you seek John.7.19
seek you Luke.24.5 • John.1.38 • John.18.4 • John.18.7
you seek Matt.28.5 • Mark.16.6 • John.5.44 • John.18.8 • Acts.10.21 • 2Cor.13.3
ζητεῖται it is required 1Cor.4.2
ζητεῖτέ you seek John.6.26 • John.8.37 • John.8.40
ζητεῖσ do you seek John.20.15
seek You John.4.27
ζητεῖν is to seek Matt.2.13
to seek Acts.17.27
ζητεῖ it seeks after Luke.11.29
seeks Mark.8.12 • John.4.23 • John.7.4 • John.7.18 • John.7.20 • 1Cor.13.5
she seeks Luke.15.8
will seek Matt.18.12
ζητείτω should seek 1Cor.10.24
ζητείτε seek LXX.Mal.3.1
you seek LXX.Num.16.10 • LXX.2Kgs.6.19 • LXX.Ps.4.2
ζητείσ seek LXX.Judg.4.22 • LXX.2Sam.17.3 • LXX.2Sam.20.19 • LXX.1Kgs.11.22 • LXX.Neh.2.4 • LXX.Jer.45.5
you seek LXX.Gen.37.15
ζητείν seeking LXX.1Sam.27.1
to seek LXX.1Sam.10.2 • LXX.1Sam.10.14 • LXX.1Sam.23.15 • LXX.1Sam.23.25 • LXX.1Sam.24.2 • LXX.1Sam.26.2 • LXX.1Sam.26.20 • LXX.1Sam.27.4 • LXX.2Sam.5.17 • LXX.1Kgs.18.10 • LXX.Jer.2.33
ζητεί God seek LXX.Mal.2.15
Saul seeks LXX.1Sam.23.10
he seeks LXX.Job.39.8 • LXX.Job.39.29
seek LXX.Prov.18.15
seeks LXX.1Sam.19.2 • LXX.1Sam.24.9 • LXX.2Sam.16.11 • LXX.1Kgs.20.7 • LXX.Ps.37.32 • LXX.Prov.11.27 • LXX.Prov.15.14 • LXX.Prov.17.9 • LXX.Prov.17.16 • LXX.Prov.18.1 • LXX.Isa.40.20 • LXX.Ezek.34.12
ζητήτουσι They seek LXX.Isa.58.2
ζητήσῃ shall seek Luke.17.33
ζητήσωσι should seek LXX.2Chr.7.14
ζητήσω I seek lord LXX.Ps.27.8
I shall seek LXX.1Sam.22.23 • LXX.Ps.27.4 • LXX.Ps.27.8 • LXX.Prov.23.35
I will seek LXX.Song.3.2 • LXX.Ezek.34.16 • LXX.Zech.12.9
shall I seek LXX.Ruth.3.1 • LXX.Nah.3.7
ζητήσουσιν they shall seek LXX.2Chr.15.4
will seek Luke.13.24 • Rev.9.6
ζητήσουσι for they shall seek LXX.Isa.41.17
they shall seek LXX.Ps.83.16 • LXX.Jer.50.20 • LXX.Hos.3.5 • LXX.Hos.5.15
ζητήσουσί shall seek LXX.Prov.1.28
ζητήσομεν seek LXX.Neh.5.12
we will seek LXX.Song.6.1
ζητήσησ seek LXX.Jer.45.5
you should seek LXX.1Chr.28.9 • LXX.Prov.2.4 • LXX.Prov.2.4
ζητήση shall he seek LXX.Zech.11.16
should seek LXX.Deut.22.2
ζητήσετέ You will seek John.7.34 • John.7.36 • John.8.21 • John.13.33
ζητήσεισ You shall seek LXX.Prov.14.6 • LXX.Isa.41.12
shall seek LXX.Nah.3.11
shall you seek LXX.Ps.37.10
you sought LXX.Deut.17.4
ζητήσει lord shall seek LXX.1Sam.13.14
shall seek LXX.Eccl.3.15 • LXX.Lam.3.25 • LXX.Ezek.7.25
she shall seek LXX.Hos.2.7
ζητήσατε seek LXX.1Sam.9.3 • LXX.1Chr.16.11 • LXX.1Chr.16.11 • LXX.1Chr.28.8 • LXX.2Chr.34.21 • LXX.Ps.105.4 • LXX.Ps.105.4 • LXX.Prov.9.6 • LXX.Isa.8.19 • LXX.Isa.45.19 • LXX.Isa.55.6 • LXX.Jer.5.1 • LXX.Jer.29.7 • LXX.Zeph.2.3 • LXX.Zeph.2.3
ζητήσατέ Seek LXX.1Sam.28.7
ζητήσαι seeking LXX.Ps.104.21
their seeking LXX.Esth.6.2
to seek LXX.1Chr.4.39 • LXX.1Chr.14.8 • LXX.1Chr.21.30 • LXX.1Chr.22.19 • LXX.2Chr.11.16 • LXX.2Chr.15.12 • LXX.2Chr.18.7 • LXX.2Chr.20.4 • LXX.2Chr.22.9 • LXX.2Chr.34.3 • LXX.2Chr.34.26 • LXX.Ezra.7.10 • LXX.Ezra.8.21 • LXX.Neh.2.10 • LXX.Eccl.3.6 • LXX.Eccl.7.25 • LXX.Eccl.8.17
ζητήσ you should seek LXX.Isa.21.12
ζήτησον Let us seek LXX.2Chr.18.4
Seek LXX.Ps.34.14 • LXX.Ps.119.176
You seek LXX.Gen.43.9
do seek Acts.9.11
ζήτει do seek 1Cor.7.27 • 1Cor.7.27
seek LXX.Isa.21.12
εζητείτε you sought LXX.2Sam.3.17
εζητήσατε seek after LXX.Ezek.34.4
εζητήσαμεν seek LXX.1Chr.15.13
sought LXX.Ezra.8.23
we sought LXX.1Chr.13.3
εζήτουν I sought LXX.Ezek.22.30 • LXX.Dan.7.16 • LXX.Dan.7.19 • LXX.Dan.8.15
sought LXX.1Kgs.10.24 • LXX.2Chr.9.23 • LXX.Jer.26.21 • LXX.Dan.4.36 • LXX.Dan.6.4
they sought LXX.2Sam.17.20 • LXX.Esth.2.21 • LXX.Ps.78.34 • LXX.Dan.2.18
εζήτησεν he sought LXX.Deut.13.10
sought LXX.Eccl.12.10
εζήτησε David sought LXX.2Sam.12.16
Saul sought LXX.2Sam.21.2
Solomon sought LXX.1Kgs.11.40
he sought LXX.2Chr.33.12
seek LXX.2Chr.16.12
sought LXX.2Sam.11.3 • LXX.2Chr.22.9 • LXX.Dan.1.20
εζήτησασ seek LXX.Ps.40.6
you seek LXX.2Chr.25.15
εζήτησαν seek LXX.Ps.54.3 • LXX.Ps.63.9 • LXX.Isa.31.1 • LXX.Isa.34.16 • LXX.Jer.10.21
sought LXX.Ezra.2.62 • LXX.Neh.7.64 • LXX.Ps.86.14 • LXX.Eccl.7.29
they did not seek LXX.Isa.9.13
they sought LXX.1Kgs.1.3 • LXX.2Kgs.2.17 • LXX.2Chr.15.15 • LXX.Lam.1.19 • LXX.Dan.2.13
they sought out LXX.Neh.12.27
εζήτησα I sought LXX.Ps.37.36 • LXX.Song.3.1 • LXX.Song.3.1 • LXX.Song.3.2 • LXX.Song.5.6
seek LXX.Neh.5.18
εζήτησάν sought LXX.Isa.65.10
εζήτει David sought LXX.2Sam.21.1
Jonathan sought LXX.1Sam.14.4
Saul sought LXX.1Sam.19.10
he sought LXX.Exod.2.15 • LXX.1Sam.10.21 • LXX.Ezra.7.6
he was seeking LXX.Gen.43.30
sought LXX.Exod.4.24 • LXX.Judg.18.1 • LXX.1Sam.23.14 • LXX.2Sam.4.8

Abbott-Smith

ζητέω, -ῶ, [in LXX chiefly for בּקשׁ pi., also for דּרשׁ, etc.;]

1. 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.
2. 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).
3. 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).

Abbott-Smith References

Book Refs
Exodus 4:19
Matthew 2:20 · 6:33 · 7:7 · 7:8 · 12:46 · 13:45
Mark 1:37 · 8:11 · 8:12 · 11:18 · 12:12
Luke 2:48 · 9:9 · 11:9 · 11:10 · 11:29 · 12:28 · 13:6 · 13:7 · 19:10
John 5:18 · 6:24 · 16:19
Acts 9:11 · 17:27
Romans 10:3 · 11:3
1 Corinthians 1:22 · 4:2
2 Corinthians 13:3
Colossians 3:1
1 Peter 3:11
Revelation 9:6

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ζητέω-έω,

Doric dialect participle ζάτεισα [Refs 3rd c.BC+]imperfect ἐζήτουν, Epic dialect 3rd.pers. singular ζήτει [Refs 8th c.BC+]: aorist 1 ἐζήτησα [Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect ἐζήτηκα [Refs 4th c.BC+] —middle, aorist 1 ἐζητέωησάμην (ἀν-) [Refs 3rd c.AD+]:—passive, future ζητέωηθήσομαι [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; but ζητέωήσομαι in passive sense,[Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—seek, seek for, ἐμὲ δ᾽ ἔξοχα πάντων ζήτει Il.[same place]; ζ. πημάτων ἀπαλλαγάς [ζητέωῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 105 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; μὴ ζητέωῶν without seeking, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ ζητέωούμενον ἁλωτόν what is sought for may be found, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

__2 mquire for, τὰ πινάκια καὶ τὰ γραμματεῖα [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 search after, search out, τὸν αὐτόχειρα [ζητέωοῦντο οἱ δράσαντες 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.27 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; of huntsmen, ζ. τὸν λαγώ [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 search or inquire into, investigate, examine, of philosophical investigation, ζ. τὰ θεῖα [ζητέωουμένης ἀρετῆς ὅ τι ἐστίν [prev. author] “Men.” 79d ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ ζητέωούμενον the matter of inquiry, the question, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; also of judicial inquiry, ζ. περὶ ἀδικημάτων [ζητέωουμένοις [prev. work] 55 ">Refs 4th c.BC+]: generally, ζ. πότερον.. ἤ [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__5 require, demand, τῶν πράξεων παρὰ τοῦ στρατηγοῦ τὸν λόγον ζητέωοῦντες [Refs 4th c.BC+]. requires the opening up of the wound, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II seek after, desire, ἀμήχανα [ζητέωῶν ὄλεθρον 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 659 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; of natural tendencies, ὁ θερμὸς ὕφαμμον χώραν ζητέωεῖ [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, ζητέωούμενος sought after, in great demand, [Refs]
__II.2 with infinitive, seek to do, ἐκμαθεῖν τι ζ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with future infinitive, ζητέωεῖς ἀναπείσειν [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with accusative et infinitive, seek or desire that, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III have to seek, feel the want of, ἵνα μὴ ζητέωέοιεν σιτία [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, ζητέωούμενος οἷς ἀπέλειπες [Refs]