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Koine Greek wordlink #106338

SR GNT Rom 3:11 ἐκζητῶν (ekzaʸtōn) ‘not there is the one seeking_out god’ Strongs=15670 Lemma=ekzēteō
Word role=verb mood=participle tense=present voice=active case=nominative gender=masculine number=singular
Year=60 AD

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Only use of identical word form ἐκζητῶν (V-PPA·NMS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἐκζητῶν’ (V-PPA·NMS) is always and only glossed as ‘seeking_out’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘ekzēteō’ have 6 different glosses: ‘having sought_out’, ‘may seek_out’, ‘may_be sought_out’, ‘it will_be_being sought_out’, ‘seeking_out’, ‘sought_out’.

Greek words (3) other than ἐκζητῶν (V-PPA·NMS) with a gloss related to ‘seeking_out’

LUKE 2:44 ἀνεζήτουν (anezaʸtoun) V-IIA3··P Lemma=anazēteō ‘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)

LUKE 2:45 ἀναζητοῦντες (anazaʸtountes) V-PPA·NMP Lemma=anazēteō ‘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)

HEB 11:6 ἐκζητοῦσιν (ekzaʸtousin) V-PPA·DMP ‘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