signifies (a) "to seek, to seek for," e.g., Mat 1:7-8, Mat 13:45, Luk 24:5, Joh 6:24; of plotting against a person's life, Mat 2:20, Act 21:31, Rom 11:3; metaphorically, to "seek" by thinking, to "seek" how to do something, or what to obtain, e.g., Mar 11:18, Luk 12:29; to "seek" to ascertain a meaning, Joh 16:19, "do ye inquire;" to "seek" God, Act 17:27, RV; Rom 10:20; (b) "to seek or strive affter, endeavor, to desire," e.g., Mat 1:12-47, RV, "seeking" (AV, "desiring"); Luk 9:9, RV, "sought" (AV, "desired"); Joh 7:19, RV, "seek ye" (AV, "go ye about"); so Joh 7:20, Rom 10:3, RV, "seeking" (AV, "going about"); of "seeking" the kingdom of God and His righteousness, in the sense of coveting earnestly, striving after, Mat 6:33; "the things that are above," Col 3:1; peace, 1Pe 3:11; (c) "to require or demand," e.g., Mar 8:12, Luk 11:29 (some mss. have No. 4); 1Co 4:2, "it is required;" 2Co 13:3, "ye seek." See ABOUT, B, Note, DESIRE, B, Note (2) ENDEAVOR, GO, Note (2) (a), INQUIRE, REQUIRE.
<2,,327, anazeteo>
"to seek carefully" (ana, "up," used intensively, and No. 1), is used of searching for human beings, difficulty in the effort being implied Luk 1:2-45 (some mss. have No. 1 in the latter verse); Act 11:25; numerous illustrations of this particular meaning in the papyri are given by Moulton and Milligan. In the Sept., Job 3:4, Job 10:6.
<3,,1567, ekzeteo>
signifies (a) "to seek out (ek) or after, to search for;" e.g., God, Rom 3:11; the Lord, Act 15:17; in Heb 11:6, RV, "seek after" (AV, "diligently seek"); Heb 12:17, RV, "sought diligently" (AV, "sought carefully"); 1Pe 1:10, RV, "sought" (AV, "have inquired"), followed by exeraunao, "to search diligently;" (b) "to require or demand," Luk 1:11-51. See INQUIRE, Note (3), REQUIRE.
<4,,1934, epizeteo>
"to seek after" (directive, epi, "towards") is always rendered in the RV, by some form of the verb "to seek," Act 13:7, "sought" (AV, "desired"); Act 19:39, "seek" (AV, "inquire"); Phi 4:17, "seek for" (AV, "desire"), twice; elsewhere, Mat 6:32, Mat 12:39, Mat 16:4, Mar 8:12 (in some texts); Luk 12:30, Act 12:19, Rom 11:7, Heb 11:14, Heb 13:14. See DESIRE, INQUIRE.
<5,,3713, orego>
"to reach out, or after," used in the Middle Voice is translated "seeketh" in 1Ti 3:1, RV, of "seeking overseership" (AV, "desireth"). See DESIRE, No. 5.
Note: For the RV renderings of zeloo, in Gal 1:4-18, "they zealously seek," "ye may seek," "to be zealously sought," see AFFECT, Note, and ZEALOUS.
