verb

anazētamō

Greekἀναζητέω (anazēteō)

Strong’sG327

I seek out, search for

stem anazēt-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books3 forms occur

Translated as

look for1×looking for1×search for1×

What it means

ἀνα-ζητέω, -ῶ

[in LXX: Jb 3:4 (דרשׁ), Jb 10:6 (בּקשׁ pi.), II Mac 13:21*;]

to look for or seek carefully ("specially of searching for human beings, with an implication of difficulty": MM, VGT, s.v.): Lk 2:44, 45, Ac 11:25.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G327 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidan-ad-zay-teh'-o

to search out

Fromfrom G303 and G2212;

King Jamesseek.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Forms in the New Testament

Form and the Greek behind it	What it is	Usually	Times
anazētaleἀνεζήτουν	was happening · theyimperfect active indicative 3rd person plural	looking for	1×
anazētaraἀναζητῆσαι	happened · the “to …” formaorist active infinitive	look for	1×
anazētarōtoisἀναζητοῦντες	happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative plural masculine	search for	1×

Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.

Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses

Statements — indicative mood, 1 occurrence

Who person	happening now present	was happening imperfect	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect	had happened pluperfect
I 1st person singular	anazētamō	anazētame	anazētami	anazētama	anazētamē	anazētamelē
you 2nd person singular	anazētasō	anazētase	anazētasi	anazētasa	anazētasē	anazētaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	anazētatō	anazētate	anazētati	anazētata	anazētatē	anazētatelē
we 1st person plural	anazētanō	anazētane	anazētani	anazētana	anazētanē	anazētanelē
ye 2nd person plural	anazētavō	anazētave	anazētavi	anazētava	anazētavē	anazētavelē
they 3rd person plural	anazētalō	anazētale1×ἀνεζήτουν	anazētali	anazētala	anazētalē	anazētalelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	anazētameiō	anazētameia	anazētameiē
you 2nd person singular	anazētaseiō	anazētaseia	anazētaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	anazētateiō	anazētateia	anazētateiē
we 1st person plural	anazētaneiō	anazētaneia	anazētaneiē
ye 2nd person plural	anazētaveiō	anazētaveia	anazētaveiē
they 3rd person plural	anazētaleiō	anazētaleia	anazētaleiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	anazētasōr	anazētasar	anazētasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	anazētatōr	anazētatar	anazētatēr
ye 2nd person plural	anazētavōr	anazētavar	anazētavēr
they 3rd person plural	anazētalōr	anazētalar	anazētalēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	anazētamoiō	anazētamoia
you 2nd person singular	anazētasoiō	anazētasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	anazētatoiō	anazētatoia
we 1st person plural	anazētanoiō	anazētanoia
ye 2nd person plural	anazētavoiō	anazētavoia
they 3rd person plural	anazētaloiō	anazētaloia

The “to …” form — infinitive, 1 occurrence

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	anazētarō	anazētari	anazētara1×ἀναζητῆσαι	anazētarē

Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	anazētarōtos1×	anazētaritos	anazētaratos	anazētarētos

Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.

How every form is built — the slots that make them

anazētstem+aeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—tthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

anazēt is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

3 occurrences, every one of them listed

anazētale“looking for”was happening · theyimperfect active indicative 3rd person plural1×

Luke 2:44“looking for”nomizaratois de auton arō en ta sunodia erchala hēmerau hodan kai anazētale auton en toi sungenoi kai toi gnōstoi,Assuming He was in their company, they traveled on for a day before they began to look for Him among their relatives and friends.

anazētara“look for”happened · the “to …” formaorist active infinitive1×

Acts 11:25“look for”exerchata de eis Tarsan anazētara Saulon,Then Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul,

anazētarōtois“search for”happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative plural masculine1×

Luke 2:45“search for”kai mē heuriskaratois hupostrefala eis Ierousalēm anazētarōtois auton.When they could not find Him, they returned to Jerusalem to search for Him.