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Koine Greek wordlink #56769

SR GNT Luke 19:10 ζητῆσαι (zaʸtaʸsai) ‘the son of Man to seek and to save the thing’ Strongs=22120 Lemma=zēteō
Word role=verb mood=infinitive tense=aorist voice=active

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Only use of identical word form ζητῆσαι (V-NAA....) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ζητῆσαι’ (V-NAA....) is always and only glossed as ‘to seek’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘zēteō’ have 29 different glosses: ‘am seeking’, ‘are seeking’, ‘be seeking’, ‘is seeking’, ‘let_be seeking’, ‘may seek’, ‘to seek’, ‘to_be seeking’, ‘was seeking’, ‘was_being sought’, ‘were seeking’, ‘will_be seeking’, ‘will_be_being sought’, ‘I am seeking’, ‘he was seeking’, ‘he sought’, ‘him let seek’, ‘it is seeking’, ‘it is_being required’, ‘they are seeking’, ‘they were seeking’, ‘we sought’, ‘you are seeking’, ‘you_all are seeking’, ‘you_all were seeking’, ‘you_all will_be seeking’, ‘seek’, ‘seeking’, ‘sought’.

Greek words (3) other than ζητῆσαι (V-NAA....) with a gloss related to ‘seek’

LUKE 17:33 ζητήσῃ (zaʸtaʸsaʸ) V-SAA3..S ‘whoever may seek the life of him’ SR GNT Luke 17:33 word 6

ACTs 9:11 ζήτησον (zaʸtaʸson) V-MAA2..S ‘being called Straight and seek in the house of Youdas/(Yəhūdāh)’ SR GNT Acts 9:11 word 16

1PET 3:11 ζητησάτω (zaʸtaʸsatō) V-MAA3..S ‘and him let do good him let seek peace and him let pursue’ SR GNT 1Pet 3:11 word 8

Key: V=verb MAA2..S=imperative,aorist,active,2nd person singular MAA3..S=imperative,aorist,active,3rd person singular NAA....=infinitive,aorist,active SAA3..S=subjunctive,aorist,active,3rd person singular