εὑρίσκω

imperfect εὕρισκον (Mk 14:55 (R G T); Lk 19:48 (R G T); Acts 7:11 (except Tr WH)) and more rarely ηὕρισκον (cf. Kühner, § 343, i. 825f (especially Veitch, under the word at the end) and references under εὐδοκέω); future εὑρήσω; perfect εὕρηκα; 1 aorist ἑύρησα (which aorist, unknown to the earlier Greeks, occurs in Aesop fab. 131 (f. 41 edition Furia, p. 333 edition Cor.); Manetho, 5, 137 and in Byzantine writings; cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 721; Winers Grammar, 86 (82); (cf. Buttmann, 36 (31))), Rev 18:14 Rec.; 2 aorist εὗρον, 1 person plural in Alex. form L WHs Appendix, p. 164; Buttmann, 39 (34); Winers Grammar, § 13, 1 (see ἀπέρχομαι)) εὕραμεν, Lk 23:2 T Tr WH, 3 person plural εὗραν, Lk 8:35 Tr WH; Acts 5:10 Tr (in the Sept. often εὕροσαν); passive, present ἑυρίσκομαι; imperfect 3 person singular εὑρίσκετο, Heb 11:5 R G, ηὑρίσκετο L T Tr WH (cf. Bleek and Delitzsch at the passage (Veitch, as above)); 1 aorist εὑρέθην; future εὑρεθήσομαι; 2 aorist middle ἑυρομην and later εὑράμην (Heb 9:12 (cf. references above (on 2 aorist active))); the Sept. numberless times for מָצָא, sometimes for הִשִּׂיג to attain to, and for Chaldean שְׁכַח; (from Homer down); to find; i. e.
1. properly, to come upon, hit upon, to meet with;
a. after searching, to find a thing sought: absolutely, opposed to ζητεῖν, Mt 7:7; Lk 11:9f (ζητεῖ καί εὑρήσεις, Epictetus diss. 4, 1, 51); τινα, Mt 2:8; Mk 1:37; Lk 2:45; Acts 11:26 (); ; 2 Cor 2:13 (); 2 Tim 1:17; Rev 20:15, etc.; οὐχ εὑρίσκετο, he had vanished, Heb 11:5; with a specification of place added: πέραν with the genitive Jn 6:25; ἐν with the dative Acts 5:22; εὑρέθη εἰς, Acts 8:40 (see εἰς, C. 2); with the accusative of the thing, Mt 7:14; Mt 13:46; Mt 18:13; Lk 24:3; Jn 10:9; Acts 7:11; Rom 7:18 Rec., etc.; followed by indirect discourse, Lk 5:19; οὐχ εὑρέθησαν, had disappeared, Rev 16:20, cf. Rev 18:21; with the dative of advantage, Rev 20:11; followed by ἐν with the dative of place, Mt 21:19; Rev 12:8. τινα or τί ζητεῖν καί οὐχ εὑρίσκειν: Mt 12:43; Mt 26:60; Mk 14:55; Lk 11:24; Lk 13:6; Jn 7:34; Rev 9:6 (2 Kgs 2:17; Neh 7:64; Psalm 9:36; Eccl 7:29; Ezek 22:30; Ezek 26:21 Ald.; Complutensian; Hos 2:7); γῆ καί τά ἐν αὐτῇ ἔργα εὑρεθήσεται shall be found namely, for destruction, i. e. will be unable to hide themselves from the doom decreed them by God, 2 Pet 3:10 Tr WH, after the strange but improbable reading of manuscripts א B and other authorities; (see WH. Introductory § 365 and Appendix at the passage).
b. without previous search, to find (by chance), to fall in with: τινα, Mt 18:28; Mt 27:32; Jn 1:41 (), (); Jn 5:14; ; Acts 13:6; Acts 18:2; Acts 19:1; Acts 28:14; followed by ἐν with the dative of place, Jn 2:14. τί, Mt 13:44; Mt 17:27; Lk 4:17; Jn 12:14; Acts 17:23; followed by ἐν, with the dative of place, Mt 8:10; Lk 7:9.
c. εὑρίσκω τινα or τί with a predicate accusative is used of those who come or return to a place, the predicate participle or adjective describing the state or condition in which the person or thing met with is found, or the action which one is found engaged in: with an adjective, Acts 5:10; 2 Cor 9:4; 2 Cor 12:20; with a participle (cf. Buttmann, 301 (258)), Mt 12:44; Mt 20:6; Mt 21:2; Mt 24:46; Mt 26:40, Mt 26:43; Mk 11:2; Mk 13:36; Mk 14:37, Mk 14:40; Lk 2:12; Lk 7:10; Lk 8:35; Lk 11:25; Lk 12:37, Lk 12:43; Lk 19:30; Lk 23:2; Lk 24:2, Lk 24:33; Acts 5:23; Acts 9:2; Acts 10:27; Acts 21:2; Acts 24:12, Acts 24:18; Acts 27:6; followed by καθώς, Mk 14:16; Lk 19:32; Lk 22:13; followed by a predicate substantive to which ὄντα must be supplied, Acts 24:5 (cf. Winers Grammar, § 45, 6 b.; Buttmann, 304 (261)).
2. tropically, "to find by inquiry, thought, examination, scrutiny, observation, hearing; to find out by practice and experience," i. e. to see, learn, discover, understand: κατηγορίαν, Lk 6:7 (T Tr text WH κατηγορεῖν); τινα followed by participle in the predicate, Acts 23:29; by ὅτι, Rom 7:21; after an examination (πειράζειν), τινα (τί) with a predicate adjective (participle), Rev 3:2; of a judge: αἰτίαν θανάτου, Acts 13:28; αἰτίαν, κακόν, ἀδίκημα ἐν τίνι, Jn 18:38; Jn 19:4, Jn 19:6; Acts 23:9; Acts 24:20; after a computation, with an accusative of the price or measure, Acts 19:19; Acts 27:28; after deliberation, τό τί ποιήσωσι, Lk 19:48; τό πῶς κολάσωνται αὐτούς, Acts 4:21. Passive ἑυρίσκομαι to be found, i. e. to be seen, be present: Lk 9:36 (Gen 18:31); often like the Hebrew נִמְצָא to be discovered, recognized, detected, to show oneself out, of one's character or state as found out by others (men, God, or both) (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 65, 8): εὑρέθη ἐν γαστρί ἔχουσα, Mt 1:18; ἵνα εὑρεθῶσι καθώς καί ἡμεῖς, 2 Cor 11:12; εὑρέθη μοι ἡ ἐντολή εἰς θάνατον namely, οὖσα, the commandment, as I found by experience, brought death to me, Rom 7:10; add, Lk 17:18 (none showed themselves as having returned); Acts 5:39; 1 Cor 4:2; 1 Cor 15:15; 2 Cor 5:3; Gal 2:17; 1 Pet 1:7; Rev 5:4; τίνι, the dative of the person taking cognizance and judging (Winers Grammar, § 31, 10; Buttmann, 187 (162)), 2 Pet 3:14 (add 2 Cor 12:20, yet cf. Buttmann, the passage cited and § 133, 14; Winer's Grammar, § 31, 4 a.); ἵνα εὑρεθῶ ἐν αὐτῷ i. e. ἐν Χριστῷ, namely, ὤν, Phm 3:9; σχήματι εὑρεθείς ὡς ἄνθρωπος, Phm 2:7 (8) (Josephus, b. j. 3, 6, 1; so the Latinincenior, Cicero, de amic. 19, 70; reperior, Tuscul. i. 39, 94). εὑρίσκειν Θεόν (opposed to ζητεῖν αὐτόν, see ζητέω, 1 c. (cf. ἐκζητέω, a.)), to get knowledge of, come to know, God, Acts 17:27; εὑρίσκεται (ὁ Θεός) τίνι, discloses the knowledge of himself to one, Wis. 1:2; cf. Grimm, exgt. Hdb. at the passage (who refers to Philo, monarch. i. § 5; Origen contra Celsus 7, 42). On the other hand, in the O. T. εὑρίσκεται ὁ Θεός is used of God heaving prayer, granting aid implored (1 Chr 28:9; 2 Chr 15:2, 2 Chr 15:4, 2 Chr 15:15; Jer 36:13); hence, εὑρέθην (L and Tr in brackets WH marginal reading add ἐν) τοῖς ἐμέ μή ζητοῦσι, Rom 10:20 from Isa 65:1, means, according to Paul's conception, I granted the knowledge and deliverance of the gospel.
3. Middle, as in Greek writings, to find for oneself, to acquire, get, obtain, procure: λύτρωσιν, Heb 9:12; contrary to better Greek usage, the active is often used in the Scriptures in the same sense (cf. Buttmann, 193 (167); Winer's Grammar, 18; 33 (32) n.): τήν ψυχήν, Mt 10:39; Mt 16:25; ἀνάπαυσιν, (Sir. 11:19) ταῖς ψυχαῖς ὑμῶν, Mt 11:29; μετανοίας τόπον, place for recalling the decision, changing the mind (of his father), Heb 12:17 (cf. Winer's Grammar, 147 (139)); σκήνωμα τῷ Θεῷ, opportunity of building a house for God, Acts 7:46; χάριν εὕρωμεν, grace, favor, Heb 4:16; χάριν παρά τῷ Θεῷ, Lk 1:30; ἐνώπιον, τοῦ Θεοῦ, Acts 7:46; ἔλεος παρά κυρίου, 2 Tim 1:18; (בֲּעֵינֵי חֵן מָצָא, Gen 6:8; Gen 18:3; Gen 30:27; Gen 32:6; Ex 33:12; Deut 24:1, etc.; 1 Esdr. 8:4). (Compare: ἀνευρίσκω.)