zhtevw zhtevw, zhtw'; imperfect 3 person singular ejzhvtei, plural ejzhvtoun; future zhthvsw; 1 aorist ejzhvthsa; passive, present zhtou'mai; imperfect 3 person singular ejzhtei'to (); future zhthqhvsomai (); (from Homer on); the Septuagint for vr'D;, and much more often for vqeBi; to seek, i. e.1. to seek in order to find; a. universally and absolutely: f; f (see euJrivskw, 1 a); tina, ; ( R L marginal reading), ( Rec.); ; ,; , and often; followed by ejn with the dative of place, ; with the accusative of the thing (margarivta"), of buyers, ; something lost, ; ; tiv ejn tivni, as fruit on a tree, f; ajnavpausin, a place of rest, ; ; after the Hebrew (P vp,n<Ata, vQeBi ... (cf. Winer's Grammar, 33 (32); 18)) yuchvn tivno", to seek, plot against, the life of one, ; , (, etc.); universally, tiv zhtei'"; what dost thou seek? what dost thou wish? (39); (). b. to seek (i. e. in order to find out) by thinking, meditating, reasoning; to inquire into: periv tivno" zhtei'te met! ajllhvlwn; ; followed by indirect discourse, pw'", tiv, tina: ; ,; ; ; ; tovn Qeovn, to follow up the traces of divine majesty and power, (universally, to seek the knowledge of God, Sap. ; ; (Philo, monarch. i. sec. 5)). c. to seek after, seek for, aim at, strive after: eujkairivan, ; ; yeudomarturivan, ; ; tovn qavnaton, an opportunity to die, ; luvsin, ; thvn basileivan tou' Qeou', ; ; tav a[nw, ; eijrhvnhn, ; ajfqarsivan etc. ; dovxan ejk tivno", ; thvn dovxan thvn parav tivno", ; tav tivno", the property of one, ; thvn dovxan Qeou', to seek to promote the glory of God, ; ; tov qevlhma tivno", to attempt to establish, ; tov suvmforon tivno", to seek to further the profit or advantage of one, , equivalent to zhtei'n tav tivno", ; ; ; uJma'", to seek to win your souls, ; tovn Qeovn, to seek the favor of God (see ej