Strong G2147εὑρίσκω
to find/meet
- Transliteration
- heuriskō
- Pronunciation
- hyoo-ris'-ko
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
A prolonged form of a primary word εὕρω heurō; which (together with another cognate form εὑρέω heureō) is used for it in all the tenses except the present and imperfect; to find (literally or figuratively): - find get obtain perceive see.
Detailed definition
εὑρίσκω,
[in LXX chiefly for מצא, also for נשׂג hi., etc.;]
to find, with or without previous search: absol., opposite to ζητέω, Mat.7:7, 8 Luk.11:9, 10; with accusative, Mat.2:8, Mrk.1:37, Act.13:22, 2Ti.1:17, al.; pass., οὐχ εὑ., of disappearance, Heb.11:5, Rev.16:20, al.; γῆ κ. τὰ ἐν αὐτῇ ἔργα εὑρεθήσεται (for conjectures as to the meaning of this reading, see Mayor, ICC, in l.), 2Pe.3:10, WH, R, mg. Metaphorical, to find, find out by inquiry, learn, discover: Luk.19:48, Act.4:21; αἰτίαν, Jhn.18:38, Act.13:28, al.; pass., Mat.1:18, Luk.17:18, Rom.7:10, 1Co.4:2, Gal.2:17, 1Pe.1:7, Rev.5:4, al.; of attaining to the knowledge of God, εὑ. θεόν, Act.17:27; pass., Rom.10:20 (LXX). Mid., to find for oneself, gain, procure, obtain: with accusative of thing(s), λύτρωσιν, Heb.9:12; act. in same sense (so cl. poets, but not in Attic prose), Mat.10:39 11:29, Luk.1:30, Act.7:46, 2Ti.1:18, al. (cf. ἀν-ευρίσκω).
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for מצא, also for נשׂג hi., etc.;]
to find, with or without previous search: absol., opposite to ζητέω, Mat.7:7, 8 Luk.11:9, 10; with accusative, Mat.2:8, Mrk.1:37, Act.13:22, 2Ti.1:17, al.; pass., οὐχ εὑ., of disappearance, Heb.11:5, Rev.16:20, al.; γῆ κ. τὰ ἐν αὐτῇ ἔργα εὑρεθήσεται (for conjectures as to the meaning of this reading, see Mayor, ICC, in l.), 2Pe.3:10, WH, R, mg. Metaphorical, to find, find out by inquiry, learn, discover: Luk.19:48, Act.4:21; αἰτίαν, Jhn.18:38, Act.13:28, al.; pass., Mat.1:18, Luk.17:18, Rom.7:10, 1Co.4:2, Gal.2:17, 1Pe.1:7, Rev.5:4, al.; of attaining to the knowledge of God, εὑ. θεόν, Act.17:27; pass., Rom.10:20 (LXX). Mid., to find for oneself, gain, procure, obtain: with accusative of thing(s), λύτρωσιν, Heb.9:12; act. in same sense (so cl. poets, but not in Attic prose), Mat.10:39 11:29, Luk.1:30, Act.7:46, 2Ti.1:18, al. (cf. ἀν-ευρίσκω).
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2147 appears in 168 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- find155
- findeth12
- be6
- shall6
- have3
- can2
- get1
- obtain1
- perceive1
- see1
- they1
First verses
- Matthew 1:18Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.
- Matthew 2:8And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.
- Matthew 2:11And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.
- Matthew 7:7Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
- Matthew 7:8For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
- Matthew 7:14Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
- Matthew 8:10When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.
- Matthew 10:39He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.
- Matthew 11:29Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
- Matthew 12:43When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.
- Matthew 12:44Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.
- Matthew 13:44Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
- Matthew 13:46Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.
- Matthew 16:25For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.
- Matthew 17:27Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money: that take, and give unto them for me and thee.
- Matthew 18:13And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth more of that sheep, than of the ninety and nine which went not astray.
- Matthew 18:28But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest.
- Matthew 20:6And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?
- Matthew 21:2Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me.
- Matthew 21:19And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered away.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
εὑρίσκω,
imperfect ηὕρισκον or εὕρ- [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 68, etc.)]: future εὑρήσω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“hymnus ad Mercurium” 302, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.67, etc.)]: aorist 2 εὗρον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.498, etc., later ηὗρον or εὗρον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 553, etc.)]; 3rd.pers. plural εὕροσαν [LXX+1st c.AD+ (LXX.Deu.31.17, “BGU” 1201.16 (1st c.AD); _imperative_ εὑρέ Hdn.Gr. 2.23)]; Epic dialect infinitive εὑρέμεναι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.393)]: later aorist 1 εὕρησα [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD(?): Manetho Astrologus 5.137)]; εὗρα variant in [NT+2nd c.AD+ (NT.Luke.8.35, NT.Act.5.10, (ἐν-) “PGen.” 3.19 (2nd c.AD))]: perfect εὕρηκα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 546, etc.)], perfect imperative 2nd pers. singular εὕρηκε [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Nausicrates Comicus 1 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator)]:—middle, future εὑρήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.6, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 13.9, etc.)]: aorist 2 εὑρόμην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, _Attic dialect_ ηὑρ- or εὑρ- 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 269, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.58, etc.)]: aorist 1 εὑράμην [NT+8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Fragmenta” 116.3 (testes omnes), 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 12.34.4, 4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “de vita Pythagorica” 35.255, “Anthologia Graeca” 9.29 (1st c.AD: Antiphilus Epigrammaticus), epigram cited in 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 6.20.14, NT.Heb.9.12, “IG” 3.900 (2nd c.AD))]:—passive, future εὑρεθήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 108, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 1105, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 9.41)]: aorist 1 ηὑρέθην or εὑρέθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1135)], etc.: perfect ηὕρημαι or εὕρ- [Refs 8th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 743 (troch), etc.— 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] has only aorist active and middle, except ἔθ᾽ εὑρίσκω (variant{ἐφευρίσκω}) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.158. (Earlier _Attic dialect_ Inscrr. have ηὑρέθην, ηὕρημαι, as “IG” 22.1636.32, +others, “epigram Gr.” 35 (4th c.BC): εὑρέθην “SIG” 679.80 (5th c.BC: Magnes Comicus Mae., 2nd c.BC))]: the augment is seldom found in Papyri, ηὕρισκεν [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PPetr.” 3p.101 (3rd c.BC))]; never in those of [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus or 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus))]:—find, εὗρεν δ᾽ εὐρύοπα Κρονίδην ἄτερ ἥμενον ἄλλων [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.498, etc.)]; εὕρημα εὑ., see at {εὕρημα}.
2 with participle, find that.., εὕρισκε Λακεδαιμονίους.. προέχοντας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.56, compare 1.5)]:—and in passive, ἤν εὑρεθῇς μὴ δίκαιος ὤν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 411, compare “OT” 839, “OC” 946: with)]participle omitted, ὅταν τοὺς θεοὺς εὕρω κακούς (i.e. ὄντας) [Refs ([prev. author] “Ph.” 452)]; εὑρήσει τοσαῦτα ἔτη (i.e. ὄντα) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.26)]; θῆλυς εὕρημαι (i.e. ὤν) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1075; ἄνους ηὑρέθη [prev. author] “Aj.” 763.)]
3 with infinitive, εὕρισκε πρῆγμά οἱ εἶναι.. found that the thing for him was.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.79:)] —middle, εὑρίσκεται (sed to be read εὕρισκέ τε) ταῦτα καιριώτατα εἶναι[Refs ([prev. work] 125)]:—active, also, find means, be able, οὐχ εὑρίσκει χρήσασθαι [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 2.12.2.)]
4 εὑ. ὅπως.. to find by what means.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.67)]:—middle, c.infinitive, find out or discover how to.., ηὕρετο.. παύειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 196 (_anapaest meter_).)]
5 passive, εὑρέθη ὅτι.. it was found that.., [LXX (LXX.1Esd.2.22(26).)]
6 befall, of evils, τινα[LXX (LXX.Gen.44.34, LXX.Deu.31.17.)]
II find out, discover, οὐδέ τι μῆχος εὑρέμεναι δυνάμεσθα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.393; οὐδέ τι τέκμωρ εὑρέμεναι δύνασαι 4.374, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.31; εὑ. ὁδόν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 10.29; ἐξ ἀμηχάνων πόρον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 59; μηχανὴν σωτηρίας [prev. author] “Th.” 209; πημάτων ἄρηξιν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 875; τινα ἐμοῦ βελτίονα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 104, etc.: _absolutely_, εὕρηκα 3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra cited in 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1094c)]:—middle, εὕρετο τέκμωρ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.472)]; ὄνομ᾽ εὕρεο think of a name to give him, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.403; εἴ τιν᾽ ἑταίροισιν θανάτου λύσιν.. εὑροίμην 9.422.)]
II.2 with infinitive, get a chance of, be able, ἵνα εὕρωμεν ἐπιστολὴν γράψαι [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“BGU” 822.28 (2nd-3rd c.AD), compare 17, 20, “PGrenf.” 1.64.3 (6th c.AD), etc.)]
III devise, invent, ὀχήματα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 468, etc.; πρόφασιν 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.65:)] —middle, τὰ δ᾽ ἔργα τοὺς λόγους εὑρίσκεται deeds make themselves words, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 625.)]
IV get, gain, ἀρετάν, δόξαν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.89, “P.” 2.64; τὰ χρήματ᾽ ἀνθρώποισιν εὑρίσκει φίλους 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 88; ἐξ ὀλβίων ἄζηλον εὑροῦσαι βίον [prev. author] “Tr.” 284, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1107 (_anapaest meter_); δεινὰ δ᾽ εὑροῦσαν πρὸς αὐθαίμων πάθη 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1078 (Lyric poetry); ἀφ᾽ ὧν ὄνασιν εὕρωσι [prev. author] “El.” 1061)]; μέγ᾽ εὑρεῖν κέρδος[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 1305; εὑ. σωτηρίαν τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 321c)]; εὑ. μητρὶ φόνον bring about murder, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 650)]: absolutely, acquire wealth, [LXX (LXX.Lev.25.47)]:—middle, find or get for oneself, bring on oneself, οἷ.. αὐτῷ πρώτῳ κακὸν εὕρετο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.304)] (so in active, μή πού τις ἐπίσπαστον κακὸν εὕρῃ [Refs 4th c.BC+ (24.462); αὐτὸς ηὑρόμην πόνους 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 269; μοῖραν ηὕρετ᾽ ἀσφαλῆ [prev. author] “Ag.” 1588, compare “Th.” 880 (Lyric poetry))]: so in perfect passive, μέγα πένθος ηὕρηται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 615 (Lyric poetry))]; εὑρήσεται τιμωρίην will get for himself, obtain, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.148, compare 9.26; ἀλεωρήν [prev. author] 9.6; κλέος 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 3.111; ἄδειαν εὑρόμενος 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.15; ἀτέλειαν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.1; εὑρίσκεσθαι ὠφελίαν ἀπό τινος 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.31; τι παρά τινος “IG” 12.108.47, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 13.9)]; εὑ. παρά τινος with infinitive, procure from him that.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.28; δεηθέντες οὐκ ἐδύναντο εὑρέσθαι 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 14.20.)]
V especially of merchandise, etc., fetch, earn money, εὑροῦσα πολλὸν χρυσίον having fetched a large sum, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.196; ηὗρε πλέον ἢ ἐνενήκοντα τάλαντα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.4.24, compare “Vect.” 4.40)]; οἰκία εὑρίσκουσα δισχιλίας (i.e. δραχμάς) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 8.35)]; ἐγδίδομεν.. τοὺς θριγκοὺς.. ὅτι ἂν εὕρωσιν for what they will fetch, [Refs (Inscriptiones Graecae 7.3073.7 (Lebad.))]; ἐρωτᾶν τί εὑρίσκει what it will fetch, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 15.4.)]
V.2 of the sum or bid which secures an article or contract, οἰκέτην.. ἀποδίδοται τοῦ εὑρόντος sells for what he will fetch, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.5.5; τοῦ ἤδη εὑρίσκοντος ἀπεδίδοτο 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.96, compare “SIG” 966.37 (Attica, 4th c.BC), 581.99 (Rhodes-Hierapytna, 2nd c.BC))]; ἐκτιθέτωσαν τὸ εὑρίσκον ἐφ᾽ ἡμέρας δέκα the highest or winning bid, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PRev.Laws” 48.16 (3rd c.BC),compare “UPZ” 112vi9 (3rd c.BC))]; προσέβαλον αὐτῷ τοῦ εὑρίσκοντος ἀνὰ [x] ἱερεῖα [x] I have placed at his disposal [x] pigs at the current price of [x], [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PCair.Zen.” 161.5 (3rd c.BC),compare “UPZ” 114(1).24 (2nd c.BC).)]
imperfect ηὕρισκον or εὕρ- [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 68, etc.)]: future εὑρήσω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“hymnus ad Mercurium” 302, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.67, etc.)]: aorist 2 εὗρον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.498, etc., later ηὗρον or εὗρον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 553, etc.)]; 3rd.pers. plural εὕροσαν [LXX+1st c.AD+ (LXX.Deu.31.17, “BGU” 1201.16 (1st c.AD); _imperative_ εὑρέ Hdn.Gr. 2.23)]; Epic dialect infinitive εὑρέμεναι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.393)]: later aorist 1 εὕρησα [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD(?): Manetho Astrologus 5.137)]; εὗρα variant in [NT+2nd c.AD+ (NT.Luke.8.35, NT.Act.5.10, (ἐν-) “PGen.” 3.19 (2nd c.AD))]: perfect εὕρηκα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 546, etc.)], perfect imperative 2nd pers. singular εὕρηκε [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Nausicrates Comicus 1 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator)]:—middle, future εὑρήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.6, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 13.9, etc.)]: aorist 2 εὑρόμην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, _Attic dialect_ ηὑρ- or εὑρ- 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 269, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.58, etc.)]: aorist 1 εὑράμην [NT+8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Fragmenta” 116.3 (testes omnes), 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 12.34.4, 4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “de vita Pythagorica” 35.255, “Anthologia Graeca” 9.29 (1st c.AD: Antiphilus Epigrammaticus), epigram cited in 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 6.20.14, NT.Heb.9.12, “IG” 3.900 (2nd c.AD))]:—passive, future εὑρεθήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 108, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 1105, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 9.41)]: aorist 1 ηὑρέθην or εὑρέθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1135)], etc.: perfect ηὕρημαι or εὕρ- [Refs 8th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 743 (troch), etc.— 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] has only aorist active and middle, except ἔθ᾽ εὑρίσκω (variant{ἐφευρίσκω}) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.158. (Earlier _Attic dialect_ Inscrr. have ηὑρέθην, ηὕρημαι, as “IG” 22.1636.32, +others, “epigram Gr.” 35 (4th c.BC): εὑρέθην “SIG” 679.80 (5th c.BC: Magnes Comicus Mae., 2nd c.BC))]: the augment is seldom found in Papyri, ηὕρισκεν [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PPetr.” 3p.101 (3rd c.BC))]; never in those of [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus or 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus))]:—find, εὗρεν δ᾽ εὐρύοπα Κρονίδην ἄτερ ἥμενον ἄλλων [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.498, etc.)]; εὕρημα εὑ., see at {εὕρημα}.
2 with participle, find that.., εὕρισκε Λακεδαιμονίους.. προέχοντας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.56, compare 1.5)]:—and in passive, ἤν εὑρεθῇς μὴ δίκαιος ὤν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 411, compare “OT” 839, “OC” 946: with)]participle omitted, ὅταν τοὺς θεοὺς εὕρω κακούς (i.e. ὄντας) [Refs ([prev. author] “Ph.” 452)]; εὑρήσει τοσαῦτα ἔτη (i.e. ὄντα) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.26)]; θῆλυς εὕρημαι (i.e. ὤν) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1075; ἄνους ηὑρέθη [prev. author] “Aj.” 763.)]
3 with infinitive, εὕρισκε πρῆγμά οἱ εἶναι.. found that the thing for him was.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.79:)] —middle, εὑρίσκεται (sed to be read εὕρισκέ τε) ταῦτα καιριώτατα εἶναι[Refs ([prev. work] 125)]:—active, also, find means, be able, οὐχ εὑρίσκει χρήσασθαι [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 2.12.2.)]
4 εὑ. ὅπως.. to find by what means.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.67)]:—middle, c.infinitive, find out or discover how to.., ηὕρετο.. παύειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 196 (_anapaest meter_).)]
5 passive, εὑρέθη ὅτι.. it was found that.., [LXX (LXX.1Esd.2.22(26).)]
6 befall, of evils, τινα[LXX (LXX.Gen.44.34, LXX.Deu.31.17.)]
II find out, discover, οὐδέ τι μῆχος εὑρέμεναι δυνάμεσθα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.393; οὐδέ τι τέκμωρ εὑρέμεναι δύνασαι 4.374, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.31; εὑ. ὁδόν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 10.29; ἐξ ἀμηχάνων πόρον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 59; μηχανὴν σωτηρίας [prev. author] “Th.” 209; πημάτων ἄρηξιν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 875; τινα ἐμοῦ βελτίονα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 104, etc.: _absolutely_, εὕρηκα 3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra cited in 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1094c)]:—middle, εὕρετο τέκμωρ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.472)]; ὄνομ᾽ εὕρεο think of a name to give him, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.403; εἴ τιν᾽ ἑταίροισιν θανάτου λύσιν.. εὑροίμην 9.422.)]
II.2 with infinitive, get a chance of, be able, ἵνα εὕρωμεν ἐπιστολὴν γράψαι [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“BGU” 822.28 (2nd-3rd c.AD), compare 17, 20, “PGrenf.” 1.64.3 (6th c.AD), etc.)]
III devise, invent, ὀχήματα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 468, etc.; πρόφασιν 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.65:)] —middle, τὰ δ᾽ ἔργα τοὺς λόγους εὑρίσκεται deeds make themselves words, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 625.)]
IV get, gain, ἀρετάν, δόξαν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.89, “P.” 2.64; τὰ χρήματ᾽ ἀνθρώποισιν εὑρίσκει φίλους 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 88; ἐξ ὀλβίων ἄζηλον εὑροῦσαι βίον [prev. author] “Tr.” 284, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1107 (_anapaest meter_); δεινὰ δ᾽ εὑροῦσαν πρὸς αὐθαίμων πάθη 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1078 (Lyric poetry); ἀφ᾽ ὧν ὄνασιν εὕρωσι [prev. author] “El.” 1061)]; μέγ᾽ εὑρεῖν κέρδος[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 1305; εὑ. σωτηρίαν τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 321c)]; εὑ. μητρὶ φόνον bring about murder, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 650)]: absolutely, acquire wealth, [LXX (LXX.Lev.25.47)]:—middle, find or get for oneself, bring on oneself, οἷ.. αὐτῷ πρώτῳ κακὸν εὕρετο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.304)] (so in active, μή πού τις ἐπίσπαστον κακὸν εὕρῃ [Refs 4th c.BC+ (24.462); αὐτὸς ηὑρόμην πόνους 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 269; μοῖραν ηὕρετ᾽ ἀσφαλῆ [prev. author] “Ag.” 1588, compare “Th.” 880 (Lyric poetry))]: so in perfect passive, μέγα πένθος ηὕρηται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 615 (Lyric poetry))]; εὑρήσεται τιμωρίην will get for himself, obtain, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.148, compare 9.26; ἀλεωρήν [prev. author] 9.6; κλέος 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 3.111; ἄδειαν εὑρόμενος 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.15; ἀτέλειαν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.1; εὑρίσκεσθαι ὠφελίαν ἀπό τινος 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.31; τι παρά τινος “IG” 12.108.47, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 13.9)]; εὑ. παρά τινος with infinitive, procure from him that.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.28; δεηθέντες οὐκ ἐδύναντο εὑρέσθαι 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 14.20.)]
V especially of merchandise, etc., fetch, earn money, εὑροῦσα πολλὸν χρυσίον having fetched a large sum, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.196; ηὗρε πλέον ἢ ἐνενήκοντα τάλαντα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.4.24, compare “Vect.” 4.40)]; οἰκία εὑρίσκουσα δισχιλίας (i.e. δραχμάς) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 8.35)]; ἐγδίδομεν.. τοὺς θριγκοὺς.. ὅτι ἂν εὕρωσιν for what they will fetch, [Refs (Inscriptiones Graecae 7.3073.7 (Lebad.))]; ἐρωτᾶν τί εὑρίσκει what it will fetch, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 15.4.)]
V.2 of the sum or bid which secures an article or contract, οἰκέτην.. ἀποδίδοται τοῦ εὑρόντος sells for what he will fetch, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.5.5; τοῦ ἤδη εὑρίσκοντος ἀπεδίδοτο 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.96, compare “SIG” 966.37 (Attica, 4th c.BC), 581.99 (Rhodes-Hierapytna, 2nd c.BC))]; ἐκτιθέτωσαν τὸ εὑρίσκον ἐφ᾽ ἡμέρας δέκα the highest or winning bid, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PRev.Laws” 48.16 (3rd c.BC),compare “UPZ” 112vi9 (3rd c.BC))]; προσέβαλον αὐτῷ τοῦ εὑρίσκοντος ἀνὰ [x] ἱερεῖα [x] I have placed at his disposal [x] pigs at the current price of [x], [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PCair.Zen.” 161.5 (3rd c.BC),compare “UPZ” 114(1).24 (2nd c.BC).)]