ἈΝΑΖΗΤΗΣΑΣ, ἀναζητησας
ANAZĒTĒSAS, anazētēsas
Sounds Like: ah-nah-zee-TAY-sas
Translations: having sought out, having searched for, having looked for, having examined
From the root: ἈΝΑΖΗΤΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb (Participle)
Explanation: This word is an aorist active participle of the verb 'ἈΝΑΖΗΤΕΩ', meaning 'to seek out' or 'to search for'. It is a compound word formed from 'ἀνά' (ana), meaning 'up' or 'again', and 'ζητέω' (zēteō), meaning 'to seek'. It implies a thorough or diligent search, often with the aim of finding something specific or investigating a matter completely. As a participle, it describes an action that has been completed before or at the same time as the main verb of the sentence, often functioning adverbially to indicate cause, time, or manner.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Participle, Masculine, Singular, Nominative
Strong’s number: G0303 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Polycarp of Smyrna
- Martyrdom of Polycarp — 22:3
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
- ἈΝΑΖΗΤΟΥΝΤΕΣ — seeking, searching, looking for, inquiring for
- ἈΝΑΖΗΤΩΝ — seeking, searching, looking for, inquiring, investigating
- ἈΝΕΖΗΤΟΥΝ — they sought, they searched for, they looked for
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