STRONGS G1567:
ἐκζητέω,
-ῶ; 1 aorist
ἐξεζήτησα; passive, 1 aorist
ἐξεζητήθην; 1 future
ἐκζητηθήσομαι; (
ἐκ out from a secret place, from all sides);
Sept. very often for
דָּרַשׁ, also for
בִּקֵּשׁ, etc.;
a. to seek out, search for: properly,
τινά, 1 Macc. 9:26; figuratively:
τὸν κύριον,
τὸν θεόν, to seek the favor of God, worship him,
Acts 15:17;
Romans 3:11 [Tr marginal reading WH marginal reading
ζητῶν];
Hebrews 11:6, (
Psalm 13:2 (
Ps. 14:2);
Psalm 33:5; (
Psalm 34:5);
Psalm 68:33 (
Ps. 69:33);
Amos 5:4, etc.).
b. to seek out i. e. investigate, scrutinize:
τί, Sir. 39:1, 3;
περί τινος, to examine into anything,
1 Peter 1:10, where it is joined with
ἐξερευνᾶν [to
seek out and
search out], as in 1 Macc. 9:26.
c. to seek out for oneself, beg, crave:
Hebrews 12:17.
d. to demand back, require:
τὸ αἷμα τῶν προφητῶν ἀπὸ τῆς γενεάς ταύτης, to take vengeance on this generation for the slaughter of the prophets (after the Hebrew, cf.
2 Samuel 4:11;
Ezekiel 3:18; see
ἐκ, I. 7):
Luke 11:50 [
51]. (In secular authors thus far only a single passage has been noted in which this word appears, Aristides or. 8, i., p. 488
[i. e. orat. 38, i., p. 726, Dindorf edition].)
Related entry:
ἐκζήτησις, (
ἐκζητέω, which see),
-εως,
ἡ;
1. an investigating.
2. a subject of subtle inquiry and dispute, [R. V. questioning]:
1 Timothy 1:4 T Tr [WH; see Ellicott at the passage and cf.
οἰκονομία]. (Basil the Great of Caesarea, Didymus, and others)
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