verb
anazētamō
Strong’sG327
I seek out, search for
stem anazēt-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books3 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
ἀνα-ζητέω, -ῶ
[in LXX: Jb 3:4 (דרשׁ), Jb 10:6 (בּקשׁ pi.), II Mac 13:21*;]
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
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
investigate, τὰς αἰτίαςRefs 5th c.BC+: —passive, Refs 5th c.BC+
II search out, discover, τὰ παραλελειμμένα ὑπὸ τῶν προτέρων ἀρχείωνRefs 3rd c.BC+; search for, μαστροπούςRefs 1st c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| 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× |
| anazētarōntoisἀναζητοῦντες | 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 | anazētarōntos1× | anazētarintos | anazētarantos | anazētarēntos |
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
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
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
anazētale“looking for”was happening · theyimperfect active indicative 3rd person plural1×
Luke 2:44“looking for”… ta sunodia erchala hēmerau hodan kai anazētale auton en toi sungenoi kai toi …… look for Him among their relatives and friends.
anazētara“look for”happened · the “to …” formaorist active infinitive1×
Acts 11:25exerchata de eis Tarsan anazētara Saulon,Then Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul,
anazētarōntois“search for”happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative plural masculine1×
Luke 2:45kai mē heuriskarantois hupostrefala eis Ierousalēm anazētarōntois auton.… Him, they returned to Jerusalem to search for Him.