Definition

to search out, i.e. (figuratively)investigate, crave, demand, (by Hebraism) worship

Etymology

from G1537 (ἐκ) and G2212 (ζητέω);

Where the KJV renders it

• en- (re-)quire
• seek after (carefully
• diligently)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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