Strong G327ἀναζητέω
to search
- Transliteration
- anazēteō
- Pronunciation
- an-ad-zay-teh'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
ἀνα-ζητέω, -ῶ
[in LXX: Job.3:4 (דָּרַשׁ), Job.10:6 (בָּקַשׁ pi.), 2Ma.13:21 *;]
to look for or seek carefully ("specially of searching for human beings, with an implication of difficulty": MM, VGT, see word): Luk.2:44-45 Act.11:25.†
(AS)
[in LXX: Job.3:4 (דָּרַשׁ), Job.10:6 (בָּקַשׁ pi.), 2Ma.13:21 *;]
to look for or seek carefully ("specially of searching for human beings, with an implication of difficulty": MM, VGT, see word): Luk.2:44-45 Act.11:25.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G327 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- seek2
First verses
- Luke 2:44But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day’s journey; and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance.
- Acts 11:25Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for to seek Saul:
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀναζητ-έω,
investigate, τὰς αἰτίας[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 693a; τὰ ὑπὸ γῆς “Ap.” 18b)]: —passive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.137, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 26, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.8.)]
II search out, discover, τὰ παραλελειμμένα ὑπὸ τῶν προτέρων ἀρχείων[Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“OGI” 267 (Pergam., 3rd c.BC))]; search for, μαστροπούς[Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.40.)]
investigate, τὰς αἰτίας[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 693a; τὰ ὑπὸ γῆς “Ap.” 18b)]: —passive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.137, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 26, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.8.)]
II search out, discover, τὰ παραλελειμμένα ὑπὸ τῶν προτέρων ἀρχείων[Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“OGI” 267 (Pergam., 3rd c.BC))]; search for, μαστροπούς[Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.40.)]