# G2212 ζητέω

ζητέω (zētéō), Strong’s G2212: 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…

Source: https://besorah.bible/word/G2212 — Besorah, the whole Bible in Hebrew, Greek and English. Texts and licences: https://besorah.bible/about/credits.html

*zētéō* — 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…

Occurs 418 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Matthew 2:13](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/2?v=13) — Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, “Arise and take the…
- [Matthew 2:20](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/2?v=20) — “Arise and take the young child and his mother, and go into Eretz-Israel, for those who sought the young child’s life…
- [Matthew 6:33](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/6?v=33) — But seek first God’s Kingdom and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.
- [Matthew 7:7](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/7?v=7) — “Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.
- [Matthew 7:8](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/7?v=8) — For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.
- [Matthew 12:43](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/12?v=43) — “When an unclean spirit has gone out of a man, he passes through waterless places seeking rest, and doesn’t find it.
- [Matthew 12:46](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/12?v=46) — While he was yet speaking to the multitudes, behold, his mother and his brothers stood outside, seeking to speak to him.
- [Matthew 12:47](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/12?v=47) — One said to him, “Behold, your mother and your brothers stand outside, seeking to speak to you.”
- [Matthew 13:45](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/13?v=45) — “Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a merchant seeking fine pearls,
- [Matthew 18:12](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/18?v=12) — “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…