ἀναζητέω
anazētéō · G327 · Greek · 3 occurrences
Meanings
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to seek, to search, to try to find out by looking for
To try to learn the location of something by searching for it (presumably somewhat more emphatic or goal-directed than in the case of ζητέω ‘to try to learn where something is,’)
ExamplesLuke 2:44 Instead, they thought that He was somewhere in the caravan, and they went a day’s journey; and then they began looking for Him among their relatives and acquaintances.
Luke 2:45 And when they did not find Him, they returned to Jerusalem, looking for Him.
Acts 11:25 And he left for Tarsus to look for Saul;
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- Not stated: they 1
- Not stated (infinitive) 1
- Not stated (participle) 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 2
- ΣαῦλοςSaul 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 2 groups
- ἐνin+ γνωστόςknown, acquaintance 1
- ἐνin+ συγγενήςrelative 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 3 words
- דָּרַשׁ dârash · H1875 · to look for, to inquire
- דָּרַשׁ is the standard Hebrew verb for seeking/searching out, whether for information, objects, or divine guidance; it corresponds directly to ἀναζητέω's sense of 'searching out' or 'seeking diligently'
- בָּקַשׁ bâqash · H1245 · to search, to seek, to look for
- בָּקַשׁ is a common Hebrew verb for seeking or searching, often used for seeking out people, things, or information with diligence; it overlaps semantically with ἀναζητέω's core meaning of 'to search out'
- חָקַר châqar · H2713 · to look for, to try out, to test
- חָקַר emphasizes thorough searching and investigation, corresponding to the intensive aspect of ἀναζητέω (the ἀνα- prefix adds thoroughness to ζητέω); used for deep searching or examining
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To seek, to search, to try to find out by looking for27.42
- In Luke 2:44, when Jesus's parents could not find Him, “they began looking for (anazētoũntes) Him among their relatives and acquaintances,” describing an active search for a missing person.
Word family 9 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (ῶ; (imperfect ἀνεζήτουν); 1 aorist ἀνεζήτησα; 'to run through with the eyes any series…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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