Lexicon anazéteó: to seek carefully Original Word: ἀναζητέωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: anazéteó Phonetic Spelling: (an-ad-zay-teh'-o) Short Definition: I seek out, search for Definition: I seek out, search for (implying the difficulty of the task). HELPS word-Studies 327 anazētéō (from 303 /aná, "up to down," intensifying 2212 /zētéō, "seek") – properly, search up and down; fully inquire (thoroughly investigate). 327 /anazētéō ("search up-and-down") conveys persistent seeking – "not easily put off by difficulties" (Souter) because driven by the felt (personal) need of the seeker. [The intensifying prefix (ana, "again/up") implies "determined seeking" (as also in the papyri, MM).] NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom ana and zéteóDefinitionto seek carefully NASB Translationlook (1), looking (2).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 327: ἀναζητέωἀναζητέω, (ῶ; (imperfect ἀνεζήτουν); 1 aorist ἀνεζήτησα; 'to run through with the eyes any series or succession of men or things, and so to seek out, search through, make diligent search, German daranhinsuchen, aufsuchen' ( Winer's De verb. comp. etc. Part 3, p. 14): τινα, Luke 2:44 (and Luke 2:45 L text T Tr WH); Acts 11:25. (See examples from Greek writings (from Plato on) in Winer's, the passage cited.)
Strong's seek. From ana and zeteo; to search out -- seek. see GREEK ana see GREEK zeteo |
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