Words the Bible translates as look for
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 9 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- zēteōζητέωto seek: to go after something with effort, whether searching for it, striving to get it, or insisting on having it.
- baqashבָּקַשׁto seek: to go after something or someone you want, whether by looking for it, working to get it, or asking for it
- prosdechomaiπροσδέχομαιto wait for or look for: to await something eagerly, ready to welcome it when it comes
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- to welcome or accept: to receive a person or a circumstance to yourself willingly and gladly
- qavahקָוָהto wait, to hope, to look expectantly for someone or something: a tense, leaning-forward expectation, most often directed toward God.
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- to be gathered together, to collect into one place: said of waters drawn together, and of peoples drawn together to a center.
- epizēteōἐπιζητέωto seek a definite thing: to go after some particular person, thing, or answer that one wants, has lost, or has a claim to
- prosdokaōπροσδοκάωto wait for or expect something one is sure is coming: to look ahead to a person's arrival or an event's outcome
- ekdechomaiἐκδέχομαιto wait for someone or something, staying put in the settled expectation that what is awaited will actually come.
- ereunaōἐρευνάωto search something through: to go over the whole of it closely, part by part, until what is inside comes to light
- apekdechomaiἀπεκδέχομαιto wait for something eagerly: to keep looking for what has been promised and is certain to come, but is not here yet
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Every English meaning beginning with L is on its letter page, and the whole index starts at Browse.