seek as pictured in the Old Testament:
Jeremiah 29:13
And ye shall seek (baqash) me, and find me, when ye shall search (darash) for me with all your heart.
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Sample abstract:
To "seek" for God
... is to be done with all my heart;
... will result in finding God
Sample Commentary:
In seeking God we must search for him, accomplish a diligent search, search for directions in seeking him and encouragements to our faith and hope. We must continue seeking, and take pains in seeking, as those that search; and this we must do with our heart (that is, in sincerity and uprightness), and with our whole heart (that is, with vigour and fervency, putting forth all that is within us in prayer), and those who thus seek God shall find him, and shall find him their bountiful rewarder, Hebrews 11:6. He never said to such, Seek you me in vain.
-- Matthew Henry
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Strong's Lexicon Definition
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Word: baqash (baw-kash')
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Hebrew verb
Strongs number 01245
Number of verses: 225
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Meaning:
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1) to seek, require, desire, exact, request
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a) (Piel)
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1) to seek to find
2) to seek to secure
3) to seek the face
4) to desire, demand
5) to require, exact
6) to ask, request
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b) (Pual) to be sought
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Jer 29:13 You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.
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Deuteronomy 4:29-31 But if from there you seek the LORD your God, you will find him if you look for him with all your heart and with all your soul. 30 When you are in distress and all these things have happened to you, then in later days you will return to the LORD your God and obey him. 31 For the LORD your God is a merciful God; he will not abandon or destroy you or forget the covenant with your forefathers, which he confirmed to them by oath.
1 Kings 8:47-50 and if they have a change of heart in the land where they are held captive, and repent and plead with you in the land of their conquerors and say, 'We have sinned, we have done wrong, we have acted wickedly'; 48 and if they turn back to you with all their heart and soul in the land of their enemies who took them captive, and pray to you toward the land you gave their fathers, toward the city you have chosen and the temple I have built for your Name; 49 then from heaven, your dwelling place, hear their prayer and their plea, and uphold their cause. 50 And forgive your people, who have sinned against you; forgive all the offenses they have committed against you, and cause their conquerors to show them mercy;
Psalms 91:15 He will call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him.
Isaiah 55:6,7 Seek the LORD while he may be found; call on him while he is near. 7 Let the wicked forsake his way and the evil man his thoughts. Let him turn to the LORD , and he will have mercy on him, and to our God, for he will freely pardon.
Hosea 5:15; 6:1-3 Then I will go back to my place until they admit their guilt. And they will seek my face; in their misery they will earnestly seek me."
Amos 5:4-6 This is what the LORD says to the house of Israel: "Seek me and live; 5 do not seek Bethel, do not go to Gilgal, do not journey to Beersheba. For Gilgal will surely go into exile, and Bethel will be reduced to nothing. " 6 Seek the LORD and live, or he will sweep through the house of Joseph like a fire; it will devour, and Bethel will have no one to quench it.
Zephaniah 2:1-3 Gather together, gather together, O shameful nation, 2 before the appointed time arrives and that day sweeps on like chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD comes upon you, before the day of the LORD's wrath comes upon you. 3 Seek the LORD , all you humble of the land, you who do what he commands. Seek righteousness, seek humility; perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the LORD's anger.
Luke 11:9,10 "So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 10 For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.
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| seek as revealed in the New Testament:
John 5:30
I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek (zeteo) not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.
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Sample abstract:
to "seek" is
... to do God's will
Sample Commentary:
This does not imply that his own judgment would be wrong if he sought his own will, but that he had no private ends, no selfish views, no improper bias. He came not to aggrandize himself, or to promote his own views, but he came to do the will of God. Of course his decision would be impartial and unbiased, and there is every security that it will be according to truth.
-- Albert Barnes
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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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John 5:30 By myself I can do nothing; I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me.
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John 4:34 "My food," said Jesus, "is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work.
John 6:38 For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me.
John 8:50 I am not seeking glory for myself; but there is one who seeks it, and he is the judge.
John 17:4 I have brought you glory on earth by completing the work you gave me to do.
John 18:11 Jesus commanded Peter, "Put your sword away! Shall I not drink the cup the Father has given me?"
Psalms 40:7,8 Then I said, "Here I am, I have come- it is written about me in the scroll. 8 I desire to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart."
Matthew 26:39 Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, "My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will."
Romans 15:3 For even Christ did not please himself but, as it is written: "The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me."
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