ΖΗΤΩ, ζητω
ZĒTŌ, zētō
Sounds Like: ZAY-toh
Translations: seek, look for, search for, inquire, demand, desire, live, may he live, long live
From the root: ΖΗΤΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb with two primary meanings. In one sense, it means 'to seek,' 'to look for,' or 'to search for' something or someone, often implying an earnest effort to find or obtain. It can also mean 'to inquire' or 'to investigate.' In another distinct sense, often used in exclamations or blessings, it means 'to live' or 'may he/she/it live,' as in 'long live the king.' The context determines which meaning is intended.
Inflection: First Person Singular, Present Indicative, Active Voice; or Third Person Singular, Present Imperative, Active Voice (in the sense of 'may he live')
Strong’s number: G2212 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- 2 Esdras — 12:3
- Job — 6:5
- Matthew — 7:8
- John — 5:30, 8:50
- 1 Corinthians — 10:33
- 2 Corinthians — 12:14
- Galatians — 1:10
Ignatius of Antioch
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Romans — 6:1
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 6 — 8:160
Mathetes
- Letter to Diognetus — 11:1
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 17:18, 37:16
- Deuteronomy — 33:6
- 1 Samuel — 10:24, 22:23
- 2 Samuel — 16:16
- 1 Kings — 1:25, 1:31, 1:34, 1:39
- 2 Kings — 11:12
- 2 Chronicles — 23:11
- Nehemiah — 2:3
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΖΗΤΩ.
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.
- ΕΠΙΖΗΤΩ — seek after, desire, crave, search for, require, look for
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