εὑρίσκω

εὑρίσκω — heurískō

εὑρίσκω; imperfect εὕρισκον (Mar 14:55 (R G T); Luk 19:48 (R G T); Act 7:11 (except Tr WH)) and more rarely ηὕρισκον (cf. Kühner, § 343, i. 825f (especially Veitch, under the word at the end) and references under εὐδοκέω); future εὑρήσω; perfect εὕρηκα; 1 aorist ἑύρησα (which aorist, unknown to the earlier Greeks, occurs in Aesop fab. 131 (f. 41 edition Furia, p. 333 edition Cor.); Manetho, 5, 137 and in Byzantine writings; cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 721; Winers Grammar, 86 (82); (cf. Buttmann, 36 (31))), Rev 18:14 Rec.; 2 aorist εὗρον, 1 person plural in Alex. form L WHs Appendix, p. 164; Buttmann, 39 (34); Winers Grammar, § 13, 1 (see ἀπέρχομαι)) εὕραμεν, Luk 23:2 T Tr WH, 3 person plural εὗραν, Luk 8:35 Tr WH; Act 5:10 Tr (in the Sept. often εὕροσαν); passive, present ἑυρίσκομαι; imperfect 3 person singular εὑρίσκετο, Heb 11:5 R G, ηὑρίσκετο L T Tr WH (cf. Bleek and Delitzsch at the passage (Veitch, as above)); 1 aorist εὑρέθην; future εὑρεθήσομαι; 2 aorist middle ἑυρομην and later εὑράμην (Heb 9:12 (cf. references above (on 2 aorist active))); the Sept. numberless times for מָצָא, sometimes for הִשִּׂיג to attain to, and for Chaldean שְׁכַח; (from Homer down); to find; i. e.

1. properly, to come upon, hit upon, to meet with;

a. after searching, to find a thing sought: absolutely, opposed to ζητεῖν, Mat 7:7; Luk 11:9 f (ζητεῖ καί εὑρήσεις, Epictetus diss. 4, 1, 51); τινα, Mat 2:8; Mar 1:37; Luk 2:45; Act 11:26;; 2Co 2:13; 2Ti 1:17; Rev 20:15, etc.; οὐχ εὑρίσκετο, he had vanished, Heb 11:5; with a specification of place added: πέραν with the genitive Joh 6:25; ἐν with the dative Act 5:22; εὑρέθη εἰς, Act 8:40 (see εἰς, C. 2); with the accusative of the thing, Mat 7:14; Mat 13:46; Mat 18:13; Luk 24:3; Joh 10:9; Act 7:11; Rom 7:18 Rec., etc.; followed by indirect discourse, Luk 5:19; οὐχ εὑρέθησαν, had disappeared, Rev 16:20, cf. Rev 18:21; with the dative of advantage, Rev 20:11; followed by ἐν with the dative of place, Mat 21:19; Rev 12:8. τινα or τί ζητεῖν καί οὐχ εὑρίσκειν: Mat 12:43; Mat 26:60; Mar 14:55; Luk 11:24; Luk 13:6; Joh 7:34; Rev 9:6 (2Ki 2:17; Neh 7:64; Psalm 9:36; Ecc 7:29; Eze 22:30; Eze 26:21 Ald.; Complutensian; Hos 2:7); γῆ καί τά ἐν αὐτῇ ἔργα εὑρεθήσεται shall be found namely, for destruction, i. e. will be unable to hide themselves from the doom decreed them by God, 2Pe 3:10 Tr WH, after the strange but improbable reading of manuscripts א B and other authorities; (see WH. Introductory § 365 and Appendix at the passage).

b. without previous search, to find (by chance), to fall in with: τινα, Mat 18:28; Mat 27:32; Joh 1:41,;; Act 13:6; Act 18:2; Act 19:1; Act 28:14; followed by ἐν with the dative of place, Joh 2:14. τί, Mat 13:44; Mat 17:27; Luk 4:17; Joh 12:14; Act 17:23; followed by ἐν, with the dative of place, Mat 8:10; Luk 7:9.

c. εὑρίσκω τινα or τί with a predicate accusative is used of those who come or return to a place, the predicate participle or adjective describing the state or condition in which the person or thing met with is found, or the action which one is found engaged in: with an adjective, Act 5:10; 2Co 9:4; 2Co 12:20; with a participle (cf. Buttmann, 301 (258)), Mat 12:44; Mat 20:6; Mat 21:2; Mat 24:46; Mat 26:40; Mat 26:43; Mar 11:2; Mar 13:36; Mar 14:37; Mar 14:40; Luk 2:12; Luk 7:10; Luk 8:35; Luk 11:25; Luk 12:37; Luk 12:43; Luk 19:30; Luk 23:2; Luk 24:2; Luk 24:33; Act 5:23; Act 9:2; Act 10:27; Act 21:2; Act 24:12; Act 24:18; Act 27:6; followed by καθώς, Mar 14:16; Luk 19:32; Luk 22:13; followed by a predicate substantive to which ὄντα must be supplied, Act 24:5 (cf. Winers Grammar, § 45, 6 b.; Buttmann, 304 (261)).

2. tropically, "to find by inquiry, thought, examination, scrutiny, observation, hearing; to find out by practice and experience," i. e. to see, learn, discover, understand: κατηγορίαν, Luk 6:7 (T Tr text WH κατηγορεῖν); τινα followed by participle in the predicate, Act 23:29; by ὅτι, Rom 7:21; after an examination (πειράζειν), τινα (τί) with a predicate adjective (participle), Rev 3:2; of a judge: αἰτίαν θανάτου, Act 13:28; αἰτίαν, κακόν, ἀδίκημα ἐν τίνι, Joh 18:38; Joh 19:4; Joh 19:6; Act 23:9; Act 24:20; after a computation, with an accusative of the price or measure, Act 19:19; Act 27:28; after deliberation, τό τί ποιήσωσι, Luk 19:48; τό πῶς κολάσωνται αὐτούς, Act 4:21. Passive ἑυρίσκομαι to be found, i. e. to be seen, be present: Luk 9:36 (Gen 18:31); often like the Hebrew נִמְצָא to be discovered, recognized, detected, to show oneself out, of one's character or state as found out by others (men, God, or both) (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 65, 8): εὑρέθη ἐν γαστρί ἔχουσα, Mat 1:18; ἵνα εὑρεθῶσι καθώς καί ἡμεῖς, 2Co 11:12; εὑρέθη μοι ἡ ἐντολή εἰς θάνατον namely, οὖσα, the commandment, as I found by experience, brought death to me, Rom 7:10; add, Luk 17:18 (none showed themselves as having returned); Act 5:39; 1Co 4:2; 1Co 15:15; 2Co 5:3; Gal 2:17; 1Pe 1:7; Rev 5:4; τίνι, the dative of the person taking cognizance and judging (Winers Grammar, § 31, 10; Buttmann, 187 (162)), 2Pe 3:14 (add 2Co 12:20, yet cf. Buttmann, the passage cited and § 133, 14; Winer's Grammar, § 31, 4 a.); ἵνα εὑρεθῶ ἐν αὐτῷ i. e. ἐν Χριστῷ, namely, ὤν, Php 3:9; σχήματι εὑρεθείς ὡς ἄνθρωπος, Php 2:7 (8) (Josephus, b. j. 3, 6, 1; so the Latinincenior, Cicero, de amic. 19, 70; reperior, Tuscul. i. 39, 94). εὑρίσκειν Θεόν (opposed to ζητεῖν αὐτόν, see ζητέω, 1 c. (cf. ἐκζητέω, a.)), to get knowledge of, come to know, God, Act 17:27; εὑρίσκεται (ὁ Θεός) τίνι, discloses the knowledge of himself to one, Wis 1:2; cf. Grimm, exgt. Hdb. at the passage (who refers to Philo, monarch. i. § 5; Origen contra Celsus 7, 42). On the other hand, in the O. T. εὑρίσκεται ὁ Θεός is used of God heaving prayer, granting aid implored (1Ch 28:9; 2Ch 15:2; 2Ch 15:4; 2Ch 15:15; Jer 36:13 ); hence, εὑρέθην (L and Tr in brackets WH marginal reading add ἐν) τοῖς ἐμέ μή ζητοῦσι, Rom 10:20 from Isa 65:1, means, according to Paul's conception, I granted the knowledge and deliverance of the gospel.

3. Middle, as in Greek writings, to find for oneself, to acquire, get, obtain, procure: λύτρωσιν, Heb 9:12; contrary to better Greek usage, the active is often used in the Scriptures in the same sense (cf. Buttmann, 193 (167); Winer's Grammar, 18; 33 (32) n.): τήν ψυχήν, Mat 10:39; Mat 16:25; ἀνάπαυσιν, (Sir 11:19) ταῖς ψυχαῖς ὑμῶν, Mat 11:29; μετανοίας τόπον, place for recalling the decision, changing the mind (of his father), Heb 12:17 (cf. Winer's Grammar, 147 (139)); σκήνωμα τῷ Θεῷ, opportunity of building a house for God, Act 7:46; χάριν εὕρωμεν, grace, favor, Heb 4:16; χάριν παρά τῷ Θεῷ, Luk 1:30; ἐνώπιον, τοῦ Θεοῦ, Act 7:46; ἔλεος παρά κυρίου, 2Ti 1:18; (בֲּעֵינֵי חֵן מָצָא, Gen 6:8; Gen 18:3; Gen 30:27; Gen 32:6; Exo 33:12; Deu 24:1, etc.; 1Es 8:4). (Compare: ἀνευρίσκω.)