UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Notes: Passage: RV MAT 10:39 · LV MAT 10:39 · Read together MAT 10:39
The implication of ‘to try to’ is derived from the form of the present participle.; εὑρίσκομαι in the sense of ‘to be found to be’ is typical of a complex semantic structure which involves not only intellectual discovery but a type of semantic equational relation.

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Inflections: εὑρίσκω; impf.; εὑ-; ηὑ-; εὑρίσκω; fut.; εὑρήσω; εὑρίσκω; aor.; εὗρον; εὑρίσκω; aor.opt.3pl.; εὕροιεν; εὑρίσκω; pf.; εὕρηκα; εὑρίσκω; aor.pass.; εὑρέθην; εὑρίσκω; fut.pass.; εὑρεθήσομαι

Related lemmas: ἀνευρίσκω · ἐφευρετής

Sense 1: to learn the whereabouts of something, to find, to discover, to come upon, to happen to find

Semantic entry: 27.27

Semantic domains: Learn

Subdomains: Learn the Location of Something

Definition: to learn the location of something, either by intentional searching or by unexpected discovery

MAT 2:8: RV MAT 2:8 · LV MAT 2:8 · Read together MAT 2:8

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OET-RV MAT 2:8

8 Then he sent them on to Beyt-Lehem with these instructions: “Go on and carefully investigate about the child, and when you find him, report back to me so that I can also come and worship him.”

OET-LV MAT 2:8

8 And having _sent them to Baʸthleʼem he _said:
Having _been _gone, search _out exactly for the little _child, and when you _all _may _find him, report to _me so _that also _I, having _come, may _prostrate before _him.

MAT 7:7: RV MAT 7:7 · LV MAT 7:7 · Read together MAT 7:7

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OET-RV MAT 7:7

7 “Make your requests, and they’ll be given to you. Keep looking, and you’ll find it. Knock on doors, and they’ll be opened.

OET-LV MAT 7:7

7 Be _requesting and it _will _be _being _given to _you _all, be _seeking and you _all _will _be _finding, be _knocking and it _will _be _being _opened _up to _you _all.

All 109 recorded passages for this sense

MRK: RV MRK 1:37 · RV MRK 11:2 · RV MRK 11:4 · RV MRK 13:36 · RV MRK 14:16 · RV MRK 14:37 · RV MRK 14:40 · RV MRK 14:55 · LV MRK 1:37 · LV MRK 11:2 · LV MRK 11:4 · LV MRK 13:36 · LV MRK 14:16 · LV MRK 14:37 · LV MRK 14:40 · LV MRK 14:55 · Read together MRK 1:37 · Read together MRK 11:2 · Read together MRK 11:4 · Read together MRK 13:36 · Read together MRK 14:16 · Read together MRK 14:37 · Read together MRK 14:40 · Read together MRK 14:55

CO2: RV CO2 2:13 · LV CO2 2:13 · Read together CO2 2:13

TI2: RV TI2 1:17 · LV TI2 1:17 · Read together TI2 1:17

HEB: RV HEB 11:5 · LV HEB 11:5 · Read together HEB 11:5

PE1: RV PE1 2:22 · LV PE1 2:22 · Read together PE1 2:22

PE2: RV PE2 3:10 · LV PE2 3:10 · Read together PE2 3:10

REV: RV REV 12:8 · RV REV 16:20 · RV REV 18:14 · RV REV 18:21–22 · RV REV 20:11 · LV REV 12:8 · LV REV 16:20 · LV REV 18:14 · LV REV 18:21–22 · LV REV 20:11 · Read together REV 12:8 · Read together REV 16:20 · Read together REV 18:14 · Read together REV 18:21–22 · Read together REV 20:11

Sense 2: to learn, to find out, to discover

Semantic entry: 27.1

Semantic domains: Learn

Subdomains: Learn

Definition: to learn something previously not known, frequently involving an element of surprise

MAT 1:18: RV MAT 1:18 · LV MAT 1:18 · Read together MAT 1:18

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OET-RV MAT 1:18

18 Now this is how the birth of Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) came about: Maria (Mary; Heb. Miryam; Grk. Maria /Mariam) his mother was engaged to Yosef (Joseph). But before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the work of the holy spirit.

OET-LV MAT 1:18

18 And the birth the of_Yaʸsous chosen _one /messiah was thus:
Maria the mother of _him, having _been _betrothed to_ the _Yōsaʸf, before or/than them to _come _together, she _was _found having in womb by the_ holy _spirit.

MAT 12:44: RV MAT 12:44 · LV MAT 12:44 · Read together MAT 12:44

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OET-RV MAT 12:44

44 So it says to itself, ‘I’ll go back to the house I just left.’ Then when it gets back, it finds that it’s not only unoccupied, but it’s been swept and tidied up.

OET-LV MAT 12:44