ἐπιζητέωepizētéō
GreekG193418 occurrences (KJV)
to search (inquire) for; intensively, to demand, to crave
KJV renders it: desire, enquire, seek (after, for)
Where it appears(showing the first 13 of 18)
- Matt 6:32For the Gentiles seek after all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.
- Matt 12:39But he answered them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, but no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah the prophet.
- Matt 16:4An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and there will be no sign given to it, except the sign of the prophet Jonah.” He left them, and departed.
- Mark 8:12He sighed deeply in his spirit, and said, “Why does this generation seek a sign? Most certainly I tell you, no sign will be given to this generation.”
- Luke 11:29When the multitudes were gathering together to him, he began to say, “This is an evil generation. It seeks after a sign. No sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah, the prophet.
- Luke 12:30For the nations of the world seek after all of these things, but your Father knows that you need these things.
- Acts 12:19When Herod had sought for him, and didn’t find him, he examined the guards, and commanded that they should be put to death. He went down from Judea to Caesarea, and stayed there.
- Acts 13:7who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of understanding. This man summoned Barnabas and Saul, and sought to hear the word of God.
- Acts 19:39But if you seek anything about other matters, it will be settled in the regular assembly.
- Rom 11:7What then? That which Israel seeks for, that he didn’t obtain, but the chosen ones obtained it, and the rest were hardened.
- Phil 4:17Not that I seek for the gift, but I seek for the fruit that increases to your account.
- Heb 11:14For those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a country of their own.
- Heb 13:14For we don’t have here an enduring city, but we seek that which is to come.
Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.