Greek

To find/meet

εὑρίσκωStrong’s G2147

ehuriskō

Appears in 167 verses of the New Testament

In short

Ehuriskō is the Greek word usually translated “having found”, “found” and “find”. It appears in 167 verses of the New Testament.

“But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.”

2 Peter 3:10 KJV

Meaning

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

How it's translated

having found 21
found 14
they found 14
will find 10
you will find 9
he found 9
was found 9
finds 7

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

Where it's used most

Luke 44
Acts 32
Matthew 26
John 17
Revelation 13
Mark 10

16 books in all.

Explore in Scripture

All 167 verses, by book

Matthew 26: 1:18 2:8 7:7 7:8 7:14 8:10 10:39 11:29 12:43 12:44 13:44 13:46 16:25 17:27 18:13 18:28 20:6 21:2 21:19 22:9 22:10 24:46 26:40 26:43 26:60 27:32
Mark 10: 1:37 7:30 11:2 11:4 11:13 13:36 14:16 14:37 14:40 14:55
Luke 44: 1:30 2:12 2:45 2:46 4:17 5:19 6:7 7:9 7:10 8:35 9:12 9:36 11:9 11:10 11:24 11:25 12:37 12:38 12:43 13:6 13:7 15:4 15:5 15:6 15:8 15:9 15:24 15:32 17:18 18:8 19:30 19:32 19:48 22:13 22:45 23:2 23:4 23:14 23:22 24:2 24:3 24:23 24:24 24:33
John 17: 1:41 1:43 1:45 2:14 5:14 6:25 7:34 7:35 7:36 9:35 10:9 11:17 12:14 18:38 19:4 19:6 21:6
Acts 32: 4:21 5:10 5:22 5:23 5:39 7:11 7:46 8:40 9:2 9:33 10:27 11:26 12:19 13:6 13:22 13:28 17:6 17:23 17:27 18:2 19:1 19:19 21:2 23:9 23:29 24:5 24:12 24:18 24:20 27:6 27:28 28:14
Romans 5: 4:1 7:10 7:18 7:21 10:20
1 Corinthians 2: 4:2 15:15
2 Corinthians 5: 2:13 5:3 9:4 11:12 12:20
Galatians 1: 2:17
Philippians 1: 3:9
2 Timothy 2: 1:17 1:18
Hebrews 4: 4:16 9:12 11:5 12:17
1 Peter 2: 1:7 2:22
2 Peter 2: 3:10 3:14
2 John 1: 1:4
Revelation 13: 2:2 3:2 5:4 9:6 12:8 14:5 16:20 18:14 18:21 18:22 18:24 20:11 20:15

Greek dictionary

εὑρίσκω ehuriskō · to find/meet

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 …

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

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

FOUND, verb transitive

[Latin fundo, fundare; Heb. to build, that is, to set, found erect.]

To lay the basis of any thing; to set, or place, as on something solid for support.“It fell not, for it was founded on a rock” Matthew 7:25
To begin and build; to lay the foundation, and raise a superstructure; as, to found a city.
To set or place; to establish, as on something solid or durable; as, to found a government on principles of liberty.
To begin; to form or lay the basis; as, to found a college or a library.

All definitions and other forms of “found”

To give birth to; to originate; as, to found an art or a family.
To set; to place; to establish on a basis.
To fix firmly.

FOUND, verb transitive

[Latin fundo, fudi, fusum.]

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.