to seek out
Definition:
ἐκ-ζητέω, -ῶ [in LXX chiefly for דָּרַשׁ, also for נָצַר, בָּקַשׁ, etc;] 1) to seek out or after, search for: with accusative of person(s) (1Ma.9:26); figuratively, τ. κύριον, θεόν (cf. Psa.14:2, Amo.5:4, al.), Act.15:17, Rom.3:11, Heb.11:6; εὐλογίαν, Heb.12:17; ἐξεζήτησαν κ. ἐξηραύνησαν (as in 1Ma.9:26), sought and searched out: 1Pe.1:10. 2) As in 2Ki.4:11, Eze.3:18, 20 al. (דָּרַשׁ), to demand, require: Luk.11:50-51 (AS)
Pronounciation:
ek-zay-teh'-o
Definition:
to search out, i.e. (figuratively)investigate, crave, demand, (by Hebraism) worship; en- (re-)quire, seek after (carefully, diligently); from
g1537 (ἐκ) and
g2212 (ζητέω);