ζητέω zētéō

Meaning

to seek (literally or figuratively); specially, (by Hebraism) to worship (God), or (in a bad sense) to plot (against life)

In the King James Version: be (go) about, desire, endeavour, enquire (for), require, (X will) seek (after, for, means)

Derivation: of uncertain affinity;

Where it is used

• John 7:4 For no one who wants to be known publicly acts in secret. Since You are doing these things, show Yourself to the world.”
• John 7:11 So the Jews were looking for Him at the feast and asking, “Where is He?”
• John 7:18 He who speaks on his own authority seeks his own glory, but He who seeks the glory of the One who sent Him is a man of truth; in Him there is no falsehood.
• John 7:19 Has not Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps it. Why are you trying to kill Me?”
• John 7:20 “You have a demon,” the crowd replied. “Who is trying to kill You?”
• John 7:25 Then some of the people of Jerusalem began to say, “Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill?
• John 7:30 So they tried to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come.
• John 7:34 You will look for Me, but you will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come.”
• John 7:36 What does He mean by saying, ‘You will look for Me, but you will not find Me,’ and, ‘Where I am, you cannot come’?”
• John 8:21 Again He said to them, “I am going away, and you will look for Me, but you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.”
• John 8:37 I know you are Abraham’s descendants, but you are trying to kill Me because My word has no place within you.
• John 8:40 But now you are trying to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham never did such a thing.
• John 8:50 I do not seek My own glory. There is One who seeks it, and He is the Judge.
• John 10:39 At this, they tried again to seize Him, but He escaped their grasp.
• John 11:8 “Rabbi,” they replied, “the Jews just tried to stone You, and You are going back there?”
• John 11:56 They kept looking for Jesus and asking one another as they stood in the temple courts, “What do you think? Will He come to the feast at all?”
• John 13:33 Little children, I am with you only a little while longer. You will look for Me, and as I said to the Jews, so now I say to you: ‘Where I am going, you cannot come.’
• John 16:19 Aware that they wanted to question Him, Jesus said to them, “Are you asking one another why I said, ‘In a little while you will not see Me, and then after a little while you will see Me’?
• John 18:4 Jesus, knowing all that was coming upon Him, stepped forward and asked them, “Whom are you seeking?”
• John 18:7 So He asked them again, “Whom are you seeking?” “Jesus of Nazareth,” they answered.
• John 18:8 “I told you that I am He,” Jesus replied. “So if you are looking for Me, let these men go.”
• John 19:12 From then on, Pilate tried to release Him, but the Jews kept shouting, “If you release this man, you are no friend of Caesar. Anyone who declares himself a king is defying Caesar.”
• John 20:15 “Woman, why are you weeping?” Jesus asked. “Whom are you seeking?” Thinking He was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if you have carried Him off, tell me where you have put Him, and I will get Him.”
• Acts 9:11 “Get up!” the Lord told him. “Go to the house of Judas on Straight Street and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying.
• Acts 10:19 As Peter continued to reflect on the vision, the Spirit said to him, “Behold, three men are looking for you.
• Acts 10:21 So Peter went down to the men and said, “Here am I, the one you are looking for. Why have you come?”
• Acts 13:8 But Elymas the sorcerer (for that is what his name means) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul from the faith.
• Acts 13:11 Now look, the hand of the Lord is against you, and for a time you will be blind and unable to see the light of the sun.” Immediately mist and darkness came over him, and he groped about, seeking someone to lead him by the hand.
• Acts 16:10 As soon as Paul had seen the vision, we got ready to leave for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.
• Acts 17:5 The Jews, however, became jealous. So they brought in some troublemakers from the marketplace, formed a mob, and sent the city into an uproar. They raided Jason’s house in search of Paul and Silas, hoping to bring them out to the people.
• Acts 17:27 God intended that they would seek Him and perhaps reach out for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us.
• Acts 21:31 While they were trying to kill him, the commander of the Roman regiment received a report that all Jerusalem was in turmoil.
• Acts 27:30 Meanwhile, the sailors attempted to escape from the ship. Pretending to lower anchors from the bow, they let the lifeboat down into the sea.
• Romans 2:7 To those who by perseverance in doing good seek glory, honor, and immortality, He will give eternal life.
• Romans 10:3 Because they were ignorant of God’s righteousness and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.
• Romans 10:20 And Isaiah boldly says: “I was found by those who did not seek Me; I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me.”
• Romans 11:3 “Lord, they have killed Your prophets and torn down Your altars. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well”?
• 1 Corinthians 1:22 Jews demand signs and Greeks search for wisdom,
• 1 Corinthians 4:2 Now it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.
• 1 Corinthians 7:27 Are you committed to a wife? Do not seek to be released. Are you free of commitment? Do not look for a wife.
• 1 Corinthians 10:24 No one should seek his own good, but the good of others.
• 1 Corinthians 10:33 as I also try to please everyone in all I do. For I am not seeking my own good, but the good of many, that they may be saved.
• 1 Corinthians 13:5 It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs.
• 1 Corinthians 14:12 It is the same with you. Since you are eager to have spiritual gifts, strive to excel in gifts that build up the church.
• 2 Corinthians 12:14 See, I am ready to come to you a third time, and I will not be a burden, because I am not seeking your possessions, but you. For children should not have to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.
• 2 Corinthians 13:3 since you are demanding proof that Christ is speaking through me. He is not weak in dealing with you but is powerful among you.
• Galatians 1:10 Am I now seeking the approval of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.
• Galatians 2:17 But if, while we seek to be justified in Christ, we ourselves are found to be sinners, does that make Christ a minister of sin? Certainly not!
• Philippians 2:21 For all the others look after their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.
• Colossians 3:1 Therefore, since you have been raised with Christ, strive for the things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
• 1 Thessalonians 2:6 Nor did we seek praise from you or from anyone else, although as apostles of Christ we had authority to demand it.
• 2 Timothy 1:17 Indeed, when he arrived in Rome, he searched diligently until he found me.
• Hebrews 8:7 For if that first covenant had been without fault, no place would have been sought for a second.
• 1 Peter 3:11 He must turn from evil and do good; he must seek peace and pursue it.
• 1 Peter 5:8 Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
• Revelation 9:6 In those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, but death will escape them.