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Koine Greek wordlink #39523

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SR GNT Luke 2:45 ἀναζητοῦντες (anazaʸtountes) ‘they returned to Hierousalaʸm/(Yərūshālayim) seeking_out him’ Strongs=3270 Lemma=anazēteō
Word role=verb mood=participle tense=present voice=active case=nominative gender=masculine 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 ἀναζητοῦντες (V-PPA·NMP) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἀναζητοῦντες’ (V-PPA·NMP) is always and only glossed as ‘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 ἀναζητοῦντες (V-PPA·NMP) with a gloss related to ‘seeking_out’

LUKE 2:44 ἀνεζήτουν (anezaʸtoun) V-IIA3··P ‘of a day the journey and they were seeking_out him among the’ SR GNT Luke 2:44 word 15

OET-LV: 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_2:44)

OET-RV: 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, (LUK 2:44)

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