ἈΝΕΖΗΤΟΥΝ, ἀνεζητουν
ANEZĒTOUN, anezētoun
Sounds Like: ah-neh-zay-TOON
Translations: they sought, they searched for, they looked for
From the root: ἈΝΑΖΗΤΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb meaning 'to seek out,' 'to search for,' or 'to look for.' It implies a diligent or thorough search, often for something lost or someone absent. It is a compound word formed from 'ἀνά' (ana), meaning 'up' or 'again,' and 'ζητέω' (zēteō), meaning 'to seek.'
Inflection: Imperfect Indicative, Active, Third Person Plural
Strong’s number: G0327 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Four — 5:11
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Luke — 2:44
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΝΑΖΗΤΕΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἈΝΑΖΗΤΕΙ — seek, search, look for, investigate, examine
- ἈΝΑΖΗΤΕΙΝ — to seek out, to search for, to look for, to investigate
- ἈΝΑΖΗΤΗΘΕΝΤΟΣ — (of) having been sought out, (of) having been searched for, (of) having been looked for
- ἈΝΑΖΗΤΗΣΑΙ — to seek, to search for, to look for, to inquire for
- ἈΝΑΖΗΤΗΣΑΣ — having sought out, having searched for, having looked for, having examined
- ἈΝΑΖΗΤΟΥΝΤΕΣ — seeking, searching, looking for, inquiring for
- ἈΝΑΖΗΤΩΝ — seeking, searching, looking for, inquiring, investigating
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