{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "G2212",
  "lemma": "ζητέω",
  "transliteration": "zētéō",
  "definition": "to seek (literally or figuratively); specially, (by Hebraism) to worship (God), or (in a bad sense) to plot (against life)",
  "kjv": "be (go) about, desire, endeavour, enquire (for), require, (X will) seek (after, for…",
  "occurrences": 418,
  "language": "Greek",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 2:13",
      "text": "Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, “Arise and take the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/2?v=13"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 2:20",
      "text": "“Arise and take the young child and his mother, and go into Eretz-Israel, for those who sought the young child’s life…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/2?v=20"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 6:33",
      "text": "But seek first God’s Kingdom and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/6?v=33"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 7:7",
      "text": "“Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/7?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 7:8",
      "text": "For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/7?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 12:43",
      "text": "“When an unclean spirit has gone out of a man, he passes through waterless places seeking rest, and doesn’t find it.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/12?v=43"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 12:46",
      "text": "While he was yet speaking to the multitudes, behold, his mother and his brothers stood outside, seeking to speak to him.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/12?v=46"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 12:47",
      "text": "One said to him, “Behold, your mother and your brothers stand outside, seeking to speak to you.”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/12?v=47"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 13:45",
      "text": "“Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a merchant seeking fine pearls,",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/13?v=45"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 18:12",
      "text": "“What do you think? If a man has one hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine, go…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/18?v=12"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/G2212",
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