Words the Bible translates as search out
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 6 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- ekzēteōἐκζητέωto search something out: to go after a person, a thing, or an answer with real effort, until it is found or understood
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- to require a reckoning: to demand that blood already shed be traced back and answered for
- ḥaqarחָקַרto search out thoroughly: to probe something to its farthest reach in order to uncover what is hidden, whether a place, a legal case, a mystery, or a person's inner life
- exereunaōἐξερευνάωto search outnot studied yet
- turתּוּרto explore or search something out by moving through it, whether scouting a land on foot or searching a matter out in the mind
- ḥaphasחָפַשׂto search out: to look through a place, a person, or a matter thoroughly in order to bring to light what is hidden
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- to disguise oneself: to change one's appearance so as not to be recognized
- ḥapharחָפַרto search out: to explore or scout a place to learn what it holds
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- to dig: to break open the ground to make a well, pit, or hole
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