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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Seek

Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.

244exact KJV occurrences 187Old Testament 57New Testament 43books containing the word 12mapped Strong's IDs 225occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

Genesis 37:16

And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks.

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LAST OCCURRENCE

Revelation 9:6

And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where seek appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

Genesis 22 verses Leviticus 22 verses Numbers 33 verses Deuteronomy 54 verses Ruth 11 verses 1 Samuel 1313 verses 2 Samuel 11 verses 1 Kings 44 verses 2 Kings 22 verses 1 Chronicles 87 verses 2 Chronicles 1313 verses Ezra 66 verses Nehemiah 11 verses Job 44 verses Psalms 3935 verses Proverbs 99 verses Ecclesiastes 33 verses Song of Solomon 22 verses Isaiah 1615 verses Jeremiah 2020 verses Lamentations 11 verses Ezekiel 66 verses Daniel 11 verses Hosea 76 verses Amos 66 verses Nahum 22 verses Zephaniah 31 verses Zechariah 44 verses Malachi 33 verses Matthew 55 verses Mark 44 verses Luke 1010 verses John 1515 verses Acts 55 verses Romans 22 verses 1 Corinthians 54 verses 2 Corinthians 22 verses Galatians 22 verses Philippians 11 verses Colossians 11 verses Hebrews 33 verses 1 Peter 11 verses Revelation 11 verses
ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?

These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.

HebrewH1245
בָּקַשׁ

bâqash · baw-kash'

110 times translated as this KJV form225 total Strong's occurrences

v

to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after

Strong's KJV usage: ask, beg, beseech, desire, enquire, get, make inquisition, procure, (make) request, require, seek (for).

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Genesis 37:16Strong's last: Malachi 3:1

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HebrewH1875
דָּרַשׁ

dârash · daw-rash'

53 times translated as this KJV form163 total Strong's occurrences

v

properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship

Strong's KJV usage: ask, × at all, care for, × diligently, inquire, make inquisition, (necro-) mancer, question, require, search, seek (for, out), × surely.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Deuteronomy 4:29Strong's last: Amos 5:14

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GreekG2212
ζητέω

zētéō · dzay-teh'-o

45 times translated as this KJV form124 total Strong's occurrences

to seek (literally or figuratively); specially, (by Hebraism) to worship (God), or (in a bad sense) to plot (against life)

Strong's KJV usage: :--be (go) about, desire, endeavour, enquire (for), require, (X will) seek (after, for, means).

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Matthew 2:13Strong's last: Revelation 9:6

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HebrewH7836
שָׁחַר

shâchar · shaw-khar'

3 times translated as this KJV form13 total Strong's occurrences

v

properly, to dawn, i.e. (figuratively) be (up) early at any task (with the implication of earnestness); by extension, to search for (with painstaking)

Strong's KJV usage: (do something) betimes, enquire early, rise (seek) betimes, seek diligently) early, in the morning).

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Job 8:5Strong's last: Proverbs 7:15

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GreekG327
ἀναζητέω

anazētéō · an-ad-zay-teh'-o

1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences

to search out

Strong's KJV usage: :--seek.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Acts 11:25Strong's last: Acts 11:25

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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244 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.

1 Samuel 28:7
H1245

Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and inquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at Endor.

2 Samuel 5:17
H1245

But when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines came up to seek David; and David heard of it, and went down to the hold.

1 Kings 2:40
H1245

And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to Achish to seek his servants: and Shimei went, and brought his servants from Gath.

1 Kings 18:10
H1245

As the LORD thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when they said, He is not there; he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not.

1 Kings 19:10
H1245

And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.

1 Kings 19:14
H1245

And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.

2 Kings 2:16
H1245

And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest peradventure the Spirit of the LORD hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send.

2 Kings 6:19
H1245

And Elisha said unto them, This is not the way, neither is this the city: follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom ye seek. But he led them to Samaria.

1 Chronicles 4:39
H1245

And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.

1 Chronicles 14:8
H1245

And when the Philistines heard that David was anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David. And David heard of it, and went out against them.

1 Chronicles 22:19
H1875

Now set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God; arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the LORD God, to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of the LORD.

1 Chronicles 28:8
H1875

Now therefore in the sight of all Israel the congregation of the LORD, and in the audience of our God, keep and seek for all the commandments of the LORD your God: that ye may possess this good land, and leave it for an inheritance for your children after you for ever.

1 Chronicles 28:9
H1875

And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.

2 Chronicles 7:14
H1245

If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

2 Chronicles 11:16
H1245

And after them out of all the tribes of Israel such as set their hearts to seek the LORD God of Israel came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice unto the LORD God of their fathers.

2 Chronicles 14:4
H1875

And commanded Judah to seek the LORD God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment.

2 Chronicles 15:2
H1875

And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.

2 Chronicles 15:12
H1875

And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul;

2 Chronicles 15:13
H1875

That whosoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.

2 Chronicles 19:3
H1875

Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast taken away the groves out of the land, and hast prepared thine heart to seek God.

2 Chronicles 20:3
H1875

And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.

seek

SEEK, verb transitive pret and participle passive sought, pronounced sawt. [L. sequor, to follow; for to seek is to go after, and the primary sense is to advance, to press, to drive forward, as in the L. peto.]

1. To go in searh or quest of; to look for; to search for by going from place to place.

The man asked him, saying, what seekest thou? And he said, I seek my brethen.

Genesis 37:16.

2. To inquire for; to ask for; to solicit; to endeavor to find or gain by any means.

The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God. Psalms 104:21.

He found no place for repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears. Hebrews 12:1

Others tempting him, sought of him a sign. Luke 11:9.

3.Seek is followed sometimes by out or after. To seek out, properly implies to look for a specific thing among a number. But in general, the use of out and after with seek, is unnecessary and inelegant.

To seek God, his name, or his face, in Scripture, to ask for his favor, direction and assistance. Psalms 83:16.

God seeks men, when he fixes his love on them, and by his word and Spirit, and the righteousness of Christ, reclaims and recovers them from their miserable condition as sinners.

Ezekiel 34:6. Psa 119. Luke 15:8.

To seek after the life, or soul, to attempt by arts or machinations; or to attempt to destroy or ruin. Psa 35.

To seek peace, or judgement, to endeavor to promote it; or to practice it.

Psa 34. Isaiah 1:17.

To seek an altar, temple, or habitation, to frequent it; to restore to it often.

2 Chronicles 1:1. Amos 5:4.

To seek out God's works, to endeavor to understand them. Psa 111.

SEEK, v. i.

1. To make search or inquiry; to endeavor to make discovery.

Seek ye out of the book of the Lord. Isaiah 34:16.

2. To endeavor.

Ask not what pains, nor further seek to know

Their process, or the forms of law below. Dryden.

To seek after, to make pursuit; to attempt to find or take. [See No. 3 supra.]

To seek for, to endeavor to find. Knolles.

To seek to, to apply to; to resort to. 1 Kings 10:1.

To seek, at a loss; without knowledge, measures or experience.

Unpractic'd, unprepar'd and still to seek. Milton. [This phrase, I believe, is wholly obsolete.]

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.

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