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To find

ἀνευρίσκωStrong’s G0429

aneuriskō

Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament

In short

Aneuriskō is the Greek word usually translated “found” and “having sought out”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.

“And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.”
Luke 2:16 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “found” and “having sought out”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • they found 1
  • having sought out 1

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

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

2 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

ἀνευρίσκω aneuriskō · to find

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)

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

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

FIND, verb transitive

preterit tense and participle passive found. [Latin venio; but in sense, with invenio. The primary sense is to come to, to rush, to fall on, to meet, to set on.]

  1. Literally, to come to; to meet; hence, to discover by the eye; to gain first sight or knowledge of something lost; to recover either by searching for it or by accident.“Doth she not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it? and when she hath found it -” Luke 15:8
  2. To meet; to discover something not before seen or known.“He saith to him, we have found the Messiah” John 1:41
  3. To obtain by seeking.“Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find” Matthew 7:7
  4. To meet with.
All definitions
  1. To discover or know by experience.
  2. To reach; to attain to; to arrive at.“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth to life, and few there be that find it” Matthew 7:14
  3. To discover by study, experiment or trial.
  4. To gain; to have; as, to find leisure for a visit.
  5. To perceive; to observe; to learn.
  6. To catch; to detect.
  7. To meet.
  8. To have; to experience; to enjoy.“Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure” Isaiah 58:3
  9. To select; to choose; to designate.“I have found David my servant” Psalms 89:20
  10. To discover and declare the truth of disputed facts; to come to a conclusion and decide between parties, as a jury.
  11. To determine and declare by verdict.
  12. To establish or pronounce charges alleged to be true.
  13. To supply; to furnish.
  14. To discover or gain knowledge of by touching or by sounding.
  15. To find out.
  16. To unriddle; to solve; as, to find out the meaning of a parable of an enigma.
  17. To discover; to obtain knowledge of what is hidden; as, to find out a secret.
  18. To understand; to comprehend.“Canst thou by searching find out God?” Job 11:7
  19. To detect; to discover; to bring to light; as, to find out a thief or a theft; to find out a trick.

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.