Definition

to search (inquire) for; intensively, to demand, to crave

Etymology

from G1909 (ἐπί) and G2212 (ζητέω);

Where the KJV renders it

• desire
• enquire
• seek (after
• for)

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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