UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Related lemmas: ζητέω

Sense 1: to seek, to search, to try to find out by looking for

Semantic entry: 27.42

Semantic domains: Learn

Subdomains: Try To Learn

Definition: to try to learn the location of something by searching for it (presumably somewhat more emphatic or goal-directed than in the case of ζητέω[a] ‘to try to learn where something is,’ 27.41: ζητέω)

LUK 2:44: RV LUK 2:44 · LV LUK 2:44 · Read together LUK 2:44

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OET-RV LUK 2:44

44 They thought he was with others in the group, but at the end of the day’s hiking when they looked for him among the relatives and acquaintances,

OET-LV LUK 2:44

44 But having _thought him to _be in the caravan, they _came the_journey of_a_day and they _were _seeking_ him _out among the relatives and the acquaintances,

LUK 2:45: RV LUK 2:45 · LV LUK 2:45 · Read together LUK 2:45

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OET-RV LUK 2:45

45 they couldn’t find him, so they returned to Yerushalem to look for him.

OET-LV LUK 2:45

45 and not having _found him, they _returned to Hierousalaʸm, seeking_ him _out.

All 3 recorded passages for this sense

LUK: RV LUK 2:44–45 · LV LUK 2:44–45 · Read together LUK 2:44–45

ACT: RV ACT 11:25 · LV ACT 11:25 · Read together ACT 11:25

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἀναζητέω

Form 1

Sense 1: to seek, to search, to try to find out by looking for