Words the Bible translates as seek
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 10 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
- darashדָּרַשׁto seek something out with care and effort, going after it deliberately until it is found, answered, or settled
- 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
- katadiōkōκαταδιώκωto seeknot studied yet
- epizēteōἐπιζητέωto seek a definite thing: to go after some particular person, thing, or answer that one wants, has lost, or has a claim to
- 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
- be'aבְּעָאto be after something: to search for it, or to ask the one who can give it.
- shaḥarשָׁחַרto seek earnestly: to look hard for someone or something, pressing after it with eager, whole-hearted effort
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