Worship With Us Sunday School10 AM Sunday Morning11 AM Sunday Evening4 PM Thursday Night7 PM
1377 S 20th St, Louisville, KY 40210 Contact
True Words Baptist Church — Revelation 21:5
DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Sought

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.

126exact KJV occurrences 87Old Testament 39New Testament 36books containing the word 9mapped Strong's IDs 114occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

Genesis 43:30

And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there.

Read in context →
LAST OCCURRENCE

Hebrews 12:17

For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.

Read in context →
KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where sought appears.

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

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'

53 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).

Strong's first: Genesis 43:30Strong's last: Zechariah 6:7

Open full H1245 profile →
GreekG2212
ζητέω

zētéō · dzay-teh'-o

31 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).

Strong's first: Matthew 2:20Strong's last: Hebrews 8:7

Open full G2212 profile →
HebrewH1875
דָּרַשׁ

dârash · daw-rash'

23 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.

Strong's first: Leviticus 10:16Strong's last: Jeremiah 10:21

Open full H1875 profile →
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: Luke 2:44Strong's last: Luke 2:44

Open full G327 profile →
AramaicH1934
הָוָא

hâvâʼ · hav-aw'

1 times translated as this KJV form66 total Strong's occurrences

v

to exist; used in a great variety of applications (especially in connection with other words)

Strong's KJV usage: be, become, behold, came (to pass), cease, cleave, consider, do, give, have, judge, keep, labour, mingle (self), put, see, seek, set, slay, take heed, tremble, walk, would.

Strong's first: Daniel 6:4Strong's last: Daniel 6:4

Open full H1934 profile →

Strong's data is a concordance/lexical reference layer. Scripture context controls interpretation. Lexical source data is shown separately from future TWBC editorial teaching.

EVERY OCCURRENCE

Read the word in context.

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

Jeremiah 50:20
no direct Strong's tag

In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I reserve.

Lamentations 1:19
H1245

I called for my lovers, but they deceived me: my priests and mine elders gave up the ghost in the city, while they sought their meat to relieve their souls.

Ezekiel 22:30
H1245

And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.

Ezekiel 26:21
no direct Strong's tag

I will make thee a terror, and thou shalt be no more: though thou be sought for, yet shalt thou never be found again, saith the Lord GOD.

Ezekiel 34:4
H1245

The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them.

Daniel 2:13
H1156

And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.

Daniel 4:36
H1156

At the same time my reason returned unto me; and for the glory of my kingdom, mine honour and brightness returned unto me; and my counsellers and my lords sought unto me; and I was established in my kingdom, and excellent majesty was added unto me.

Daniel 6:4
H1934

Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him.

Daniel 8:15
H1245

And it came to pass, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, and sought for the meaning, then, behold, there stood before me as the appearance of a man.

Obadiah 1:6
no direct Strong's tag

How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things sought up!

Zephaniah 1:6
H1245

And them that are turned back from the LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD, nor inquired for him.

Zechariah 6:7
H1245

And the bay went forth, and sought to go that they might walk to and fro through the earth: and he said, Get you hence, walk to and fro through the earth. So they walked to and fro through the earth.

Matthew 2:20
G2212

Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child's life.

Matthew 21:46
G2212

But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.

Matthew 26:59
G2212

Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;

Mark 11:18
G2212

And the scribes and chief priests heard it, and sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him, because all the people was astonished at his doctrine.

Mark 12:12
G2212

And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went their way.

Mark 14:1
G2212

After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death.

Mark 14:11
G2212

And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him money. And he sought how he might conveniently betray him.

Mark 14:55
no direct Strong's tag

And the chief priests and all the council sought for witness against Jesus to put him to death; and found none.

Luke 2:44
G327

But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day's journey; and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance.

Luke 2:48
G2212

And when they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing.

Luke 2:49
G2212

And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business?

Luke 4:42
G2212

And when it was day, he departed and went into a desert place: and the people sought him, and came unto him, and stayed him, that he should not depart from them.

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

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

sought

SOUGHT, pret and participle passive of seek, pron, sawt. I am found of them who sought me not. Isaiah 65:1.

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.

SOURCE & METHOD

Know what each layer is—and what it is not.

KJV English usageExact token counts, verse counts, first/last occurrence, and book distribution come from the canonical TWBC PCE KJV index.
Webster 1828Historical English dictionary material is reproduced as dictionary data, not as inspired Scripture or TWBC commentary.
Original Word / Strong'sHebrew, Aramaic, and Greek links attach by exact verse + KJV token position. No global “English word always equals Strong's ID” rule is used.

Curated TWBC teaching will remain a separate editorial layer. Raw source data is never silently rewritten to force a doctrinal conclusion.