Definition

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

Etymology

of uncertain affinity;

How the KJV renders it

• be (go) about
• desire
• endeavour
• enquire (for)
• require
• (X will) seek (after
• for
• means)

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.