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Strong's #1567 - ἐκζητέω
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ἐκζητ-έω,
I seek out, Aristid. 1.488 J., PMag. Osl. 1.354; τινάς POxy. 1465.11 (i B.C.); περίτινος 1 Peter 1:10.
II demand an account of, τὸ αἷμα LXX 2 Samuel 4:11, al., cf. Luke 11:50 (Pass.).
† ἐκ -ζητέω , -ῶ ,
[in LXX chiefly for H1875, also for H5341, H1245, etc.;]
1. to seek out or after, search for: c. acc pers. (1 Maccabees 9:26); fig., τ . κύριον , θεόν (cf. Psalms 14:2, Amos 5:4, al.), Acts 15:17, Romans 3:11, Hebrews 11:6; εὐλογίαν , Hebrews 12:17; ἐξεζήτησαν κ . ἐξηραύνησαν (as in 1 Maccabees 9:26), sought and searched out: 1 Peter 1:10.
2. As in 2 Samuel 4:11, Ezekiel 3:18; Ezekiel 3:20 al. (H1875), to demand, require: Luke 11:50-51 †
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To the single instance of this verb from profane sources (Aristid. I. 488) cited by Thayer and LS, we can now add BGU IV. 1141.41 (B.C. 14) περὶ δὲ τῆς σκιᾶς φανερόν μοι ἐγενήθη ἐκζητήσαντι ἠλλάχθαι μὲν τὴν πορφυρᾶν ῢ ̣π ̣ο ̣, τοῦ Διοδώρου καὶ μὴ δεδωκέναι σοί, P Oxy XII. 1465.11 (i/B.C.) ἀξιῶ συντ [ά ]ξ ̣α ̣ι ̣ ἐ ̣[κ ] η ̣τ ̣ήσαντα ̣ς ̤ τ ̣ο ̣υ ̣ς ̣ α ̣[ἰτίο ]υ ̣̓, ";I request you to give orders (to your subordinates) to search out the guilty persons"; (Edd.), and the inscr. from Hierapolis Cagnat IV. 834.5 δώσει. . τῷ ἐκζητήσαντι δηνάρια δισχίλια. With Luke 11:50 ἵνα ἐκζητηθῇ τὸ αἶμα πάντων τῶν προφητῶν, cf. the use of the simplex in the Jewish prayer for vengeance Syll 816.12 (ii/B.C.) ἵνα ἐγδικήσῃς τὸ αἷμα τὸ ἀναίτιον ζητήσῃς καὶ τὴν ταχίστην : for the text and the date, see Deissmann LAE p. 423 ff.
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