ἐκζητέω

ἐκζητέω — ekzētéō

ἐκζητέω, ἐκζήτω; 1 aorist ἐξεζήτησα; passive, 1 aorist ἐξεζητήθην; 1 future ἐκζητηθήσομαι; (ἐκ out from a secret place, from all sides); the Sept. very often for דָּרַשׁ, also for בִּקֵּשׁ, etc.;

a. to seek out, search for: properly, τινα, 1Ma 9:26; figuratively: τόν κύριον, τόν Θεόν, to seek the favor of God, worship him, Act 15:17; Rom 3:11 (Tr marginal reading WH marginal reading ζητῶν); Heb 11:6 (Psa 13:2; Psa 33:5; (Psa 34:5); Psa 68:33; Amo 5:4, etc.).

b. to seek out i. e. investigate, scrutinize: τί, Sir 39:1; Sir 39:3; περί τίνος, to examine into anything, 1Pe 1:10, where it is joined with ἐξερευναν (to seek out and search out), as in 1Ma 9:26.

c. to seek out for oneself, beg, crave: Heb 12:17.

d. to demand back, require: τό αἷμα τῶν προφητῶν ἀπό τῆς γενεάς ταύτης, to take vengeance on this generation for the slaughter of the prophets (after the Hebrew, cf. 2Sa 4:11; Eze 3:18; see ἐκ, I. 7): Luk 11:50 (51). (In secular authors thus far only a single passage has been noted in which this word appears, Aristid. or. 8, i., p. 488 (i. e. orat. 38, i., p. 726, Dindorf edition).)