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It implies a thorough and earnest seeking, often with the connotation of seeking with a purpose or goal in mind. This term is used in the New Testament to describe the pursuit of God, His will, or His righteousness, emphasizing the importance of a sincere and wholehearted effort in one's spiritual journey.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the Greco-Roman world, seeking knowledge or truth was a valued pursuit, often associated with philosophical inquiry. In the Jewish context, seeking God was a central aspect of religious life, rooted in the Hebrew Scriptures. The concept of seeking God with all one's heart is a recurring theme in the Old Testament, reflecting a deep commitment to understanding and following God's ways.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>1567</b> <i>ekzētéō</i> (from <a href="/greek/1537.htm">1537</a> <i>/ek</i>, "<i>out from</i> and <i>to</i>" and <a href="/greek/2212.htm">2212</a> <i>/zētéō</i>, "seek") – properly, seek <i>out</i>, emphasizing the <i>personal intent</i> of the seeker, i.e. the <i>outcome intensely</i> and personally desired by the seeker. This seeking is only as valuable (viable) as the motive which drives it. </p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 1567: ἐκζητέω</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">ἐκζητέω</span></span>, <span class="greek2">ἐκζήτω</span>; 1 aorist <span class="greek2">ἐξεζήτησα</span>; passive, 1 aorist <span class="greek2">ἐξεζητήθην</span>; 1 future <span class="greek2">ἐκζητηθήσομαι</span>; (<span class="greek2">ἐκ</span> <span class="accented">out</span> from a secret place, from all sides); the <span class="manuref">Sept.</span> very often for <span class="hebrew">דָּרַשׁ</span>, also for <span class="hebrew">בִּקֵּשׁ</span>, etc.; <p><span class="emphasized">a.</span> <span class="accented">to seek out, search for</span>: properly, <span class="greek2">τινα</span>, 1 Macc. 9:26; figuratively: <span class="greek2">τόν</span> <span class="greek2">κύριον</span>, <span class="greek2">τόν</span> <span class="greek2">Θεόν</span>, to seek the favor of God, worship him, <a href="/interlinear/acts/15-17.htm">Acts 15:17</a>; <a href="/interlinear/romans/3-11.htm">Romans 3:11</a> (<span class="manuref">Tr</span> marginal reading <span class="manuref">WH</span> marginal reading <span class="greek2">ζητῶν</span>); <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/11-6.htm">Hebrews 11:6</a> (<a href="/interlinear/psalms/13-2.htm">Psalm 13:2</a><FOOTNOTE:10> (<BIBLE/CHAPTER_VERSE:Ps. 14:2>); <a href="/interlinear/psalms/33-5.htm">Psalm 33:5</a>; (<a href="/interlinear/psalms/34-5.htm">Psalm 34:5</a>); <a href="/interlinear/psalms/68-33.htm">Psalm 68:33</a><FOOTNOTE:10> (<BIBLE/CHAPTER_VERSE:Ps. 69:33>); <a href="/interlinear/amos/5-4.htm">Amos 5:4</a>, etc.). <p><span class="emphasized">b.</span> <span class="accented">to seek out</span> i. e. <span class="accented">investigate, scrutinize</span>: <span class="greek2">τί</span>, Sir. 39:1, 3; <span class="greek2">περί</span> <span class="greek2">τίνος</span>, to examine into anything, <a href="/interlinear/1_peter/1-10.htm">1 Peter 1:10</a>, where it is joined with <span class="greek2">ἐξερευναν</span> (to <span class="accented">seek out</span> and <span class="accented">search out</span>), as in 1 Macc. 9:26. <p><span class="emphasized">c.</span> <span class="accented">to seek out for oneself, beg, crave</span>: <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/12-17.htm">Hebrews 12:17</a>. <p><span class="emphasized">d.</span> <span class="accented">to demand back, require</span>: <span class="greek2">τό</span> <span class="greek2">αἷμα</span> <span class="greek2">τῶν</span> <span class="greek2">προφητῶν</span> <span class="greek2">ἀπό</span> <span class="greek2">τῆς</span> <span class="greek2">γενεάς</span> <span class="greek2">ταύτης</span>, to take vengeance on this generation for the slaughter of the prophets (after the Hebrew, cf. <a href="/interlinear/2_samuel/4-11.htm">2 Samuel 4:11</a>; <a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/3-18.htm">Ezekiel 3:18</a>; see <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">ἐκ</span></span>, I. 7): <a href="/interlinear/luke/11-50.htm">Luke 11:50</a> (51). (In secular authors thus far only a single passage has been noted in which this word appears, Aristid. or. 8, i., p. 488 (i. e. orat. 38, i., p. 726, Dindorf edition).)<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>enquire, seek after diligently. <p>From <a href="/greek/1537.htm">ek</a> and <a href="/greek/2212.htm">zeteo</a>; to search out, i.e. (figuratively)investigate, crave, demand, (by Hebraism) worship -- en- (re-)quire, seek after (carefully, diligently). <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/1537.htm">ek</a> <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/2212.htm">zeteo</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>εκζητεί εκζητείται εκζητείτε εκζητηθη εκζητηθή ἐκζητηθῇ εκζητηθησεται εκζητηθήσεται ἐκζητηθήσεται εκζητηθήσονται εκζητήσαι εκζητήσαί εκζήτησαι εκζητήσαντες εκζητησας εκζητήσας ἐκζητήσας εκζητήσατε εκζητήσει εκζητήσετε εκζητήσετέ εκζητήση εκζητήσης εκζητήσητε εκζητήσητέ εκζητήσουσι εκζητήσουσιν εκζητήσω εκζήτησω εκζητησωσιν εκζητήσωσιν ἐκζητήσωσιν εκζητούμεν εκζητούντα εκζητούντάς εκζητούντες εκζητούσι εκζητουσιν εκζητούσιν ἐκζητοῦσιν εκζητων εκζητών ἐκζητῶν εξεζητημένα εξεζήτησα εξεζήτησά εξεζητήσαμεν εξεζητησαν εξεζήτησαν ἐξεζήτησαν εξεζήτησας εξεζήτησε εξεζήτησεν εξεζήτουν ekzetesas ekzetḗsas ekzētēsas ekzētḗsas ekzetesosin ekzetḗsosin ekzētēsōsin ekzētḗsōsin ekzetethe ekzētēthē ekzetethêi ekzētēthē̂i ekzetethesetai ekzetethḗsetai ekzētēthēsetai ekzētēthḗsetai ekzeton ekzetôn ekzētōn ekzētō̂n ekzetousin ekzetoûsin ekzētousin ekzētoûsin exezetesan exezētēsan exezḗtesan exezḗtēsan<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/luke/11-50.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 11:50</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Passive - 3rd Person Singular">V-ASP-3S</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/11.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἵνα <b>ἐκζητηθῇ</b> τὸ αἷμα</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/11.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of the world, <span class="itali">may be charged</span> against<br><a href="/kjvs/luke/11.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of the world, <span class="itali">may be required</span> of<br><a href="/interlinear/luke/11-50.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> that <span class="itali">might be required</span> the blood<p><b><a href="/text/luke/11-51.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 11:51</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Future Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular">V-FIP-3S</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/11.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">λέγω ὑμῖν <b>ἐκζητηθήσεται</b> ἀπὸ τῆς</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/11.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> I tell <span class="itali">you, it shall be charged</span> against<br><a href="/kjvs/luke/11.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> unto you, <span class="itali">It shall be required</span> of<br><a href="/interlinear/luke/11-51.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> I say to you <span class="itali">it will be required</span> of the<p><b><a href="/text/acts/15-17.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Acts 15:17</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Plural">V-ASA-3P</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/15.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ὅπως ἂν <b>ἐκζητήσωσιν</b> οἱ κατάλοιποι</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/acts/15.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> OF MANKIND <span class="itali">MAY SEEK</span> THE LORD,<br><a href="/kjvs/acts/15.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of men <span class="itali">might seek after</span> the Lord,<br><a href="/interlinear/acts/15-17.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> so that anyhow <span class="itali">might seek out</span> the remnant<p><b><a href="/text/romans/3-11.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Romans 3:11</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular">V-PPA-NMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/romans/3.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἔστιν ὁ <b>ἐκζητῶν</b> τὸν θεόν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/romans/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> THERE IS NONE <span class="itali">WHO SEEKS</span> FOR GOD;<br><a href="/kjvs/romans/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> there is none <span class="itali">that seeketh after</span> God.<br><a href="/interlinear/romans/3-11.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> there is [one] who <span class="itali">seeks after</span> God<p><b><a href="/text/hebrews/11-6.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Hebrews 11:6</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Present Participle Active - Dative Masculine Plural">V-PPA-DMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/hebrews/11.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">καὶ τοῖς <b>ἐκζητοῦσιν</b> αὐτὸν μισθαποδότης</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/hebrews/11.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of those <span class="itali">who seek</span> Him.<br><a href="/kjvs/hebrews/11.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> a rewarder <span class="itali">of them that diligently seek</span> him.<br><a href="/interlinear/hebrews/11-6.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and [that] for those who <span class="itali">seek out</span> him a rewarder<p><b><a href="/text/hebrews/12-17.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Hebrews 12:17</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular">V-APA-NMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/hebrews/12.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">μετὰ δακρύων <b>ἐκζητήσας</b> αὐτήν </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/hebrews/12.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> though <span class="itali">he sought</span> for it with tears.<br><a href="/kjvs/hebrews/12.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> he sought it <span class="itali">carefully</span> with tears.<br><a href="/interlinear/hebrews/12-17.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> with tears <span class="itali">having earnestly sought</span> it<p><b><a href="/text/1_peter/1-10.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Peter 1:10</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural">V-AIA-3P</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_peter/1.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἧς σωτηρίας <b>ἐξεζήτησαν</b> καὶ ἐξηραύνησαν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_peter/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of the grace <span class="itali">that [would come] to you made</span> careful<br><a href="/kjvs/1_peter/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> the prophets <span class="itali">have enquired</span> and<br><a href="/interlinear/1_peter/1-10.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> this salvation <span class="itali">sought out</span> and searched out<p><b><a href="/greek/1567.htm">Strong's Greek 1567</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_1567.htm">7 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/ekze_te_sas_1567.htm">ἐκζητήσας — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/ekze_te_so_sin_1567.htm">ἐκζητήσωσιν — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/ekze_te_the__1567.htm">ἐκζητηθῇ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/ekze_te_the_setai_1567.htm">ἐκζητηθήσεται — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/ekze_to_n_1567.htm">ἐκζητῶν — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/ekze_tousin_1567.htm">ἐκζητοῦσιν — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/exeze_te_san_1567.htm">ἐξεζήτησαν — 1 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/1566.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1566"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1566" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/1567a.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1567a"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1567a" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>