Quick Definition
I seek out, search for
Strong's Definition
to search out
Derivation: from G303 (ἀνά) and G2212 (ζητέω);
KJV Usage: seek
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀναζητέω, (ῶ; (imperfect ἀνεζήτουν); 1 aorist ἀνεζήτησα; 'to run through with the eyes any series or succession of men or things, and so to seek out, search through, make diligent search, German daranhinsuchen,aufsuchen' (Winer's De verb. comp. etc. Part 3, p. 14): τινα, Luk_2:44 (and Luk_2:45 L text T Tr WH); Act_11:25. (See examples from Greek writings (from Plato on) in Winer's, the passage cited.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀναζητέω anazēteō 3x
to track; to seek diligently, inquire after, search for, Luk_2:44-45 ; Act_11:25
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἀνα -ζητέω , -ῶ ,
[in LXX : Job_3:4 ( H1875 ), Job_10:6 ( H1245 pi .), 2Ma_13:21 * ;]
to look for or seek carefully ("specially of searching for human beings, with an implication of difficulty": MM , VGT , s.v. ): Luk_2:44-45 Act_11:25 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀναζητέω [page 32]
The verb is capable of general use, as in P Oxy VII. 1066 .18 (iii/A.D.) ἀναζήτησον [ῥίνην ] look for a file. But it is specially used of searching for human beings, with an implication of difficulty, as in the NT passages. So P Hib I. 71 .9 (B.C. 245 4) τὴν πᾶσαν σπουδὴν ποίησαι ὅπ [ως ἀνα ]ζητηθέντες ἀποσταλῶσι , make every effort to search for them etc. with reference to certain slaves who had deserted. P Rein 17 13 (B.C. 109) has nearly the same phrase : cf. Syll 220 .18 (iii/B.C.) ex suppl. , P Flor I. 83 .12 (iii/iv A.D.) ἀναζητηθέντα ἀναπεμφθήσεσθαι πρὸς τὸν κράτιστον ἐπίτροπον . P Tebt I. 138 (late ii/B.C.) ἀναζητούμενος Ὀννῶφρις οὐχ εὑρίσκεται , ib. 53 .22 (B.C. 110) οἱ εὐθυνόμενοι ἀναζητηθ̣[έ ]ντες , the culprits having been searched for. For the noun ἀναζήτησις , cf. P Fay 107 .9 (A.D. 133) ποήσασθαι τὴν καθήκουσαν ἀναζήτησιν , to hold the due inquiry, P. Tebt II. 423 .12 (early iii/A.D.) πρ [ὸς ] ἀναζήτην ( l. -ησιν ) χόρτου , to look for hay, and P Ryl II. 78 .32 (A.D. 157) περὶ ἀναζητήσεως Πάνθηρος .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἀναζητέω "to examine into, investigate", τὰ ὑπὸ γῆς Plat. : Pass., Hdt. , etc.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἀνα-ζητέω, -ῶ
[in LXX: Job.3:4 (דָּרַשׁ), Job.10:6 (בָּקַשׁ pi.), 2Ma.13:21 * ;]
to look for or seek carefully ("specially of searching for human beings, with an implication of difficulty": MM, VGT, see word): Luk.2:44-45 Act.11:25.†
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