seek as pictured in the Old Testament:
Genesis 9:5
And surely your blood of your lives will I require (darash); at the hand of every beast will I require it , and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man .
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Sample abstract:
"To seek" is
...to require by God my blood from me, from every beast, and every man;
... to require by God the life of every man
Sample Commentary:
though God had given them liberty to slay the creatures, and shed their blood, and eat them, yet he did not allow them to shed their own blood, or the blood of their fellow creatures; should they do this, he would surely make inquisition, and punish them for it:
-- John Gill
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Strong's Lexicon Definition
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Word: darash (daw-rash')
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Hebrew verb
Strongs number 01875
number of verses 152
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Meaning
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1) to resort to, seek, seek with care, enquire, require
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a) (Qal)
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1) to resort to, frequent (a place), (tread a place)
2) to consult, enquire of, seek
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a) of God
b) of heathen gods, necromancers
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3) to seek deity in prayer and worship
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a) God
b) heathen deities
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4) to seek (with a demand), demand, require
5) to investigate, enquire
6) to ask for, require, demand
7) to practice, study, follow, seek with application
8) to seek with care, care for
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b) (Niphal)
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1) to allow oneself to be enquired of, consulted (only of God)
2) to be sought, be sought out
3) to be required (of blood)
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Verses with same theme word
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Gen 9:5 And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man.
1. every
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Exodus 21:12 "Anyone who strikes a man and kills him shall surely be put to death.
Exodus 21:28,29 "If a bull gores a man or a woman to death, the bull must be stoned to death, and its meat must not be eaten. But the owner of the bull will not be held responsible. 29 If, however, the bull has had the habit of goring and the owner has been warned but has not kept it penned up and it kills a man or woman, the bull must be stoned and the owner also must be put to death.
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Genesis 4:9,10 Then the LORD said to Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" "I don't know," he replied. "Am I my brother's keeper?" 10 The LORD said, "What have you done? Listen! Your brother's blood cries out to me from the ground.
Leviticus 19:16 " 'Do not go about spreading slander among your people. " 'Do not do anything that endangers your neighbor's life. I am the LORD .
Numbers 35:31-33 " 'Do not accept a ransom for the life of a murderer, who deserves to die. He must surely be put to death. 32 " 'Do not accept a ransom for anyone who has fled to a city of refuge and so allow him to go back and live on his own land before the death of the high priest. 33 " 'Do not pollute the land where you are. Bloodshed pollutes the land, and atonement cannot be made for the land on which blood has been shed, except by the blood of the one who shed it.
Deuteronomy 21:1-9 If a man is found slain, lying in a field in the land the LORD your God is giving you to possess, and it is not known who killed him, 2 your elders and judges shall go out and measure the distance from the body to the neighboring towns. 3 Then the elders of the town nearest the body shall take a heifer that has never been worked and has never worn a yoke 4 and lead her down to a valley that has not been plowed or planted and where there is a flowing stream. There in the valley they are to break the heifer's neck. 5 The priests, the sons of Levi, shall step forward, for the LORD your God has chosen them to minister and to pronounce blessings in the name of the LORD and to decide all cases of dispute and assault. 6 Then all the elders of the town nearest the body shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley, 7 and they shall declare: "Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it done. 8 Accept this atonement for your people Israel, whom you have redeemed, O LORD , and do not hold your people guilty of the blood of an innocent man." And the bloodshed will be atoned for. 9 So you will purge from yourselves the guilt of shedding innocent blood, since you have done what is right in the eyes of the LORD .
Psalms 9:12 For he who avenges blood remembers; he does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.
Matthew 23:35 And so upon you will come all the righteous blood that has been shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berekiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.
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| seek as revealed in the New Testament:
Matthew 2:13
And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until bring thee word: for Herod will seek (zeteo) the young child to destroy him .
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Sample abstract:
"to seek" is
... what those who wish to afflict Christ do.
Sample Commentary:
Thus joy at the honor of the magi's visit and worship gives place to terror at the wrath of Herod. The quiet days at Bethlehem are followed by a night of fear and flight. The parents of Jesus were experiencing those conflicting joys and sorrows which characterize the lives of all who have to do with Christ (Mark 10:30; 2 Timothy 3:12).
-- The Fourfold Gospel
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Strong's Lexicon Definition
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Word: zeteo (dzay-teh'-o)
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Greek verb
Strongs number 2212
Number of verses: 121
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Meaning
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1) to seek in order to find
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a) to seek a thing
b) to seek [in order to find out] by thinking, meditating, reasoning, to enquire into
c) to seek after, seek for, aim at, strive after
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2) to seek i.e. require, demand
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a) to crave, demand something from someone
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Verses with same theme word
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Mat 2:13 And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.
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Matthew 2:16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.
Exodus 1:22 And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.
Exodus 2:2,3 And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months. 3 And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink.
Job 33:15,17 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed; 17 That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.
Acts 7:19 The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.
Revelation 12:4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.
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