ἀναζητέω
anazēteō · look for
Greek word · Strong’s number G327 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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anazēteō (ἀναζητέω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “look for”.
Search carefully for someone.
How to say it
a·na·zē·te·ō
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- To track someone down with effort.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- searching for ×2
- look for ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Luke 2:44
But supposing him to be in the caravan, they went a day’s journey and were searching for him among the relatives and the acquaintances;
- Luke 2:45
and when they did not find him, they returned to Jerusalem, searching for him.
- Acts 11:25
And he went out to Tarsus to look for Saul,