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ἀναζητέωStrong’s G0327

anazēteō

Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament

In short

Anazēteō is the Greek word usually translated “were seeking”, “searching” and “seek”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.

“But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day’s journey; and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance.”
Luke 2:44 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “were seeking”, “searching” and “seek”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • were seeking 1
  • searching 1
  • to seek 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Luke 2
  • Acts 1

2 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

ἀναζητέω anazēteō · to search

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)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “search” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

SEARCH, verb transitive

serch

  1. To look over or through for the purpose of finding something; to explore; to examine by inspection; as, to search the house for a book; to search the wood for a thief.“Send though men, that they may search the land of Canaan” Numbers 13:2
  2. To inquire; to seek for.
  3. To probe; to seek the knowledge of by feeling with instrument; as to search a wound.
  4. To examine; to try. Psalms 139:23
All definitions and other forms of “search”

    SEARCH, verb intransitive

    serch.

    1. To seek; to look for; to make search
    2. To make inquiry; to inquire.

    SEARCH, noun

    serch.

    1. A seeking or looking for something that is lost, or the place of which us unknown; with for or after; as a search for lost money; a search for mines of gold and silver; a search after happiness or knowledge.
    2. Inquiry; a seeking.
    3. Quest; pursuit for finding.

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.