Strong G429ἀνευρίσκω

to find

Transliteration
aneuriskō
Pronunciation
an-yoo-ris'-ko
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From G303 and G2147; to find out: - find.

Detailed definition

ἀν-ευρίσκω
(ἀνά, εὑρίσκω), [in LXX: 4Ma.3:14 *;]
to find out by search, discover (see Field, Notes, 47 f.): Luk.2:16, Act.21:4.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G429 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • find2

First verses

  1. Luke 2:16
    And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.
  2. Acts 21:4
    And finding disciples, we tarried there seven days: who said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀνευρ-ίσκω,
future -ευρήσω: aorist -εῦρον, later -ευράμην[Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.1133:)] —passive, aorist -ευρέθην:—find out, discover, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.67, 2.54, etc.; ἀγαθὰ ἀ. λογιζόμενος [prev. author] 7.8. ; ἀ. φόνον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1094)]; σὸν χρέος ἀνευρίσκειν πότερον.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 883; ἀ. τὴν αἰτίαν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 100b; τὴν τοῦ θεοῦ φύσιν “Phdr.” 252e, etc.)]:—middle, win, gain, ἱερὸν χῶρον ἀνευρομένην[Refs (“epigram Gr.” 259)]:—passive, to be found out or discovered, ὡς ὕστερον ἀνευρέθη[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.128)]: with participle, ἀνεύρηται ὁμοῖα παρεχομένη[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.44.)]
II think out, invent, μόνος ἀνευρηκὼς τέχνην[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 113, compare 4th c.BC: Timocles Comicus 37, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 273c; ἀ. πρόφασίν τινα 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 88.10, etc.)]