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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary

Strong's #1567 - ἐκζητέω

Transliteration

ekzētéō

Phonetics

ek-zay-teh'-o

Origin

from (1537) and (2212)

Parts of Speech

Verb

TDNT

2:894,300

Definition

Thayer's

to seek out, search for
to seek out, i.e. investigate, scrutinise
to seek out for one's self, beg, crave
to demand back, require

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 1239 ‑ בָּקַר (baw‑kar'); 1245 ‑ בָּקַשׁ (baw‑kash'); 1875 ‑ דָּרַשׁ (daw‑rash'); 2076 ‑ זָבַח (zaw‑bakh'); 2470 ‑ חָלָה (khaw‑law'); 2713 ‑ חָקַר (khaw‑kar'); 3423 ‑ יָרֵשׁ (yaw‑rash', yaw‑raysh'); 5027 ‑ נָבַט (naw‑bat'); 5341 ‑ נָצַר (naw‑tsar'); 5352 ‑ נָקָה (naw‑kaw'); 5367 ‑ נָקַשׁ (naw‑kash'); 6485 ‑ פָּקַד (paw‑kad');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

KJV (8)

Luke

Acts

Romans

Hebrews

1 Peter

HCS ( 0 )

HCS (7)

Luke

Acts

Romans

Hebrews

1 Peter

BSB (7)

Luke

Acts

Romans

Hebrews

1 Peter

ESV (8)

Luke

Acts

Romans

1 Timothy

Hebrews

1 Peter

WEB (8)

Luke

Acts

Romans

Hebrews

1 Peter

RAH

V-AAD2P

V-AAI1P

V-AAI1S

V-AAI3P

V-AAI3S

V-AAN

V-AAPNPM

V-AAS1S

V-AAS2P

V-AAS2S

V-AAS3P

V-AAS3S

V-FAI1S

V-FAI2P

V-FAI2S

V-FAI3P

V-FAI3S

V-IAI3P

V-PAI1P

V-PAI2P

V-PAI3P

V-PAI3S

V-PAPAPM

V-PAPASM

V-PAPDPM

V-PAPNPM

V-PAPNSM

V-PMI3S

V-XMPNPN

ANT

V-AAI-3P

V-AAP-NSM

V-AAS-3P

V-APS-3S

V-FPI-3S

V-PAP-DPM

V-PAP-NSM

BEZ

V-AAI-3P

V-AAP-NSM

V-AAS-3P

V-APS-3S

V-FPI-3S

V-PAP-DPM

V-PAP-NSM

BGB

V-AIA-3P

V-APA-NMS

V-ASA-3P

V-ASP-3S

V-FIP-3S

V-PPA-DMP

V-PPA-NMS

BMT

V-AAI-3P

V-AAP-NSM

V-AAS-3P

V-APS-3S

V-FPI-3S

V-PAP-DPM

V-PAP-NSM

BYZ

V-AAI-3P

V-AAP-NSM

V-AAS-3P

V-APS-3S

V-FPI-3S

V-PAP-DPM

V-PAP-NSM

ELZ

V-AAI-3P

V-AAP-NSM

V-AAS-3P

V-APS-3S

V-FPI-3S

V-PAP-DPM

V-PAP-NSM

NA26

V-AAI-3P

V-AAPNSM

V-AAS-3P

V-APS-3S

V-FPI-3S

V-PAPDPM

V-PAPNSM

SBL

V-3AAIP

V-3AASP

V-3APSS

V-3FPIS

V-AAPNSM

V-PAPDPM

V-PAPNSM

SCV

V-AAI-3P

V-AAP-NSM

V-AAS-3P

V-APS-3S

V-FPI-3S

V-PAP-DPM

V-PAP-NSM

STV

V-AAI-3P

V-AAP-NSM

V-AAS-3P

V-APS-3S

V-FPI-3S

V-PAP-DPM

V-PAP-NSM

TIS

V-AAI-3P

V-AAP-NSM

V-AAS-3P

V-APS-3S

V-FPI-3S

V-PAP-DPM

V-PAP-NSM

V-AAI-3P

V-AAP-NSM

V-AAS-3P

V-APS-3S

V-FPI-3S

V-PAP-DPM

V-PAP-NSM

V-AAI-3P

V-AAP-NSM

V-AAS-3P

V-APS-3S

V-FPI-3S

V-PAP-DPM

V-PAP-NSM

Verse Results

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

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.).

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

† 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 †

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

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.

List of Word Forms

εκζητεί εκζητείται εκζητείτε εκζητηθη εκζητηθή ἐκζητηθῇ εκζητηθησεται εκζητηθήσεται ἐκζητηθήσεται εκζητηθήσονται εκζητήσαι εκζητήσαί εκζήτησαι εκζητήσαντες εκζητησας εκζητήσας ἐκζητήσας εκζητήσατε εκζητήσει εκζητήσετε εκζητήσετέ εκζητήση εκζητήσης εκζητήσητε εκζητήσητέ εκζητήσουσι εκζητήσουσιν εκζητήσω εκζήτησω εκζητησωσιν εκζητήσωσιν ἐκζητήσωσιν εκζητούμεν εκζητούντα εκζητούντάς εκζητούντες εκζητούσι εκζητουσιν εκζητούσιν ἐκζητοῦσιν εκζητων εκζητών ἐκζητῶν εξεζητημένα εξεζήτησα εξεζήτησά εξεζητήσαμεν εξεζητησαν εξεζήτησαν ἐξεζήτησαν εξεζήτησας εξεζήτησε εξεζήτησεν εξεζήτουν ekzetesas ekzetḗsas ekzētēsas ekzētḗsas ekzetesosin ekzetḗsosin ekzētēsōsin ekzētḗsōsin ekzetethe ekzētēthē ekzetethêi ekzētēthē̂i ekzetethesetai ekzetethḗsetai ekzētēthēsetai ekzētēthḗsetai ekzeton ekzetôn ekzētōn ekzētō̂n ekzetousin ekzetoûsin ekzētousin ekzētoûsin exezetesan exezētēsan exezḗtesan exezḗtēsan

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