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Koine Greek wordlink #39505

SR GNT Luke 2:44 ἀνεζήτουν (anezaʸtoun) ‘of a day the journey and they were seeking_out him among the’ Strongs=3270 Lemma=anazēteō
Word role=verb mood=indicative tense=imperfect voice=active person=3rd number=plural
Year=8 AD TimeSeries=Jesus_as_a_child_in_the_Temple Refers to Word #39488

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Only use of identical word form ἀνεζήτουν (V-IIA3··P) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἀνεζήτουν’ (V-IIA3··P) is always and only glossed as ‘they were seeking_out’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘anazēteō’ have 3 different glosses: ‘to seek_out’, ‘they were seeking_out’, ‘seeking_out’.

Greek words (3) other than ἀνεζήτουν (V-IIA3··P) with a gloss related to ‘seeking_out’

LUKE 2:45 ἀναζητοῦντες (anazaʸtountes) V-PPA·NMP ‘they returned to Hierousalaʸm/(Yərūshālayim) seeking_out him’ SR GNT Luke 2:45 word 9

OET-LV: 45 and not having _found him, they _returned to Hierousalaʸm, seeking_ him _out. (LUK_2:45)

OET-RV: 45 they couldn’t find him, so they returned to Yerushalem to look for him. (LUK 2:45)

ROM 3:11 ἐκζητῶν (ekzaʸtōn) V-PPA·NMS Lemma=ekzēteō ‘not there is the one seeking_out god’ SR GNT Rom 3:11 word 8

OET-LV: 11 not there _is understanding, not there _is the one seeking _out the god. (ROM_3:11)

OET-RV: 11 No one understands,
⇔ there’s not even one person trying to find God. (ROM 3:11)

HEB 11:6 ἐκζητοῦσιν (ekzaʸtousin) V-PPA·DMP Lemma=ekzēteō ‘he is and to the ones seeking_out him a rewarder is becoming’ SR GNT Heb 11:6 word 18

OET-LV: 6 And without faith, impossible it _is to _please him, because/for to _believe it _is _fitting the one approaching to_ the _god that he _is, and to _the ones seeking _out him, a_rewarder is _becoming. (HEB_11:6)

OET-RV: 6 and without faith it’s impossible to please him. Because it’s necessary for anyone who approaches God to believe that he exists, and that he rewards those who search for him. (HEB 11:6)

Key: V=verb