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The New Testament Greek Lexicon

 Strong's Number:  2212 encodedOriginalWord
Original WordWord Origin
 ζητέω  of uncertain affinity
Transliterated WordPhonetic Spelling
 zēteō dzay-teh'-o
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Parts of SpeechTDNT
 Verb 2:892,300
 Definition
 
  1. to seek in order to find
    1. to seek a thing
    2. to seek [in order to find out] by thinking, meditating, reasoning, to enquire into
    3. to seek after, seek for, aim at, strive after
  2. to seek i.e. require, demand
    1. to crave, demand something from someone
 Translated Words
 KJV (119) - desire, 3; go about, 4; misc, 7; seek, 100; seek for, 5;

NAS (115) - deliberating, 1; demanding, 1; inquire, 1; kept trying to obtain, 2; looking, 11; made efforts, 1; search, 4; searched, 1; seek, 36; seek after, 1; seeking, 35; seeks, 9; sought, 4; striving, 1; tried, 1; trying, 6;

 Verse Count
KJVNAS
 
Matthew14
Mark9
Luke27
John33
Acts10
Romans4
1 Corinthians7
2 Corinthians2
Galatians2
Philippians1
Colossians1
1 Thessalonians1
2 Timothy1
Hebrews1
1 Peter2
Revelation1
 
Matthew14
Mark10
Luke24
John32
Acts10
Romans4
1 Corinthians6
2 Corinthians2
Galatians2
Philippians1
Colossians1
1 Thessalonians1
2 Timothy1
Hebrews1
1 Peter2
Revelation1
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TDNT - Theological Dictionary of the New Testament;

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The New Testament Greek Lexicon based on Thayer's and Smith's Bible Dictionary plus others; this is keyed to the large Kittel and the "Theological Dictionary of the New Testament." These files are public domain.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries. Copyright © 1981, 1998 by The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved. http://www.lockman.org/.

Bibliography Information
Thayer and Smith. "Greek Lexicon entry for Zeteo". "The New Testament Greek Lexicon".
<http://www.searchgodsword.org/lex/grk/view.cgi?number=2212>.  

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