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3794. ochuroma -- a stronghold, fortress
... walled fortress (), used only in 2 Cor 10:4. Here 3794 ("a heavily-fortified
containment") is used figuratively of a in which a person seeks "shelter" ("a safe ...
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1934. epizeteo -- to inquire for
... from epi and zeteo Definition to inquire for NASB Word Usage craves (1), eagerly
seek (2), searched (1), searching (1), seek (2), seeking (3), seeks after (1 ...
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2212. zeteo -- to seek
... 1), demanding (1), inquire (1), looking (11), made efforts (1), search (4), searched
(1), seek (36), seek after (1), seeking (35), seeks (9), sought (4 ...
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2480. ischuo -- to be strong, have power
... is energized (by God).". [Here the believer seeks to make (1162 ) in -- ie
which are in (the of His will).]. Word Origin from ischus ...
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1567a. ekzeteo -- to seek out, demand, inquire
... Word Origin from ek and zeteo Definition to seek out, demand, inquire NASB Word
Usage charged (2), made careful* (1), searches (1), seek (2), seeks (1), sought ...
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1783. enteuxis -- a petition, ie spec. supplication
... True intercession (1783 ) seeks to act only as the Lord directs, ie following
His will to act as His hand extended (cf. 1 Jn 4:17). ...
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Strong's Hebrew
7836. shachar -- to look early or diligently for
... denominative verb from shachar Definition to look early or diligently for NASB Word
Usage diligently (1), diligently seek (1), diligently seeks (1), earnestly ...
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1245. baqash -- to seek
... 2), require (7), required (1), requires (1), search (8), search will be made (1),
searched (8), searching (1), seek (94), seeking (24), seeks (16), set about (1 ...
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1875. darash -- to resort to, seek
... 1), requires (1), resort (3), search (6), searched (1), searched carefully (1),
searches (2), seek (53), seek after (1), seeking (2), seeks (3), sought (18 ...
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God Seeks Intercessors
... CHAPTER XIV God seeks Intercessors. ... God seeks intercessors."There is a world with
its perishing millions, with intercession as its only hope. ...
/.../murray/the ministry of intercession/chapter xiv god seeks intercessors.htm

Faustus Seeks to Justify the Docetism of the Manichæans. Augustin ...
... Book XXIX. Faustus seeks to justify the docetism of the Manichæans. Augustin
insists that there is nothing disgraceful in being born. ...
/.../faustus seeks to justify the.htm

God Seeks for Adornment of this Kind, and Desires a Soul Arrayed ...
... The Doubtful Letters Of Sulpitius Severus. Chapter XIV. God seeks for adornment
of this kind, and desires a soul arrayed in such a� ...
/.../severus/life and writings of sulpitius severus /chapter xiv god seeks for.htm

The Man who Fears God Seeks Diligently in Holy Scripture for a ...
... Book 3 Chapter 1. The man who fears God seeks diligently in Holy Scripture
for a knowledge of� 1. The man who fears God seeks ...
/.../augustine/on christian doctrine in four books/chapter 1 the man who.htm

God Desires and Seeks the Salvation of all Men.
... Chapter I. God Desires And Seeks The Salvation of All Men. Love is the
root of creation,"God's essence. Worlds without number ...
/.../a theodicy or vindication of the divine glory/chapter i god desires and.htm

Faustus Seeks to Bring into Ridicule the Orthodox Claim to Believe ...
... Faustus seeks to bring into ridicule the orthodox claim to believe in the infinity
of God by caricaturing the anthropomorphic representations of the Old ...
/.../faustus seeks to bring into.htm

He Seeks Rest in God, and Pardon of his Sins.
... Book I. Chapter V."He Seeks Rest in God, and Pardon of His Sins. 5. Oh!
how shall I find rest in Thee? Who will send Thee into ...
/.../augustine/the confessions and letters of st/chapter v he seeks rest in.htm

The Highest Seeks the Lowest.
... THE HIGHEST SEEKS THE LOWEST. 6,6,8,6,8,8 Du unvergleichlich Gut. [222]Johann Scheffler.
trans. by Catherine Winkworth, 1869. O Good beyond compare! ...
/.../winkworth/christian singers of germany/the highest seeks the lowest.htm

For in Every Respect that Deceiver Seeks to Make Himself Appear ...
... Piece XX. For in every respect that deceiver seeks to make himself appear
like the Son of� For in every respect that deceiver ...
/.../the extant works and fragments of hippolytus/piece xx for in every.htm

Faustus Claims that the Manichæans and not the Catholics are ...
... Book V. Faustus claims that the Manichæans and not the Catholics are consistent
believers in the Gospel, and seeks to establish this claim by comparing ...
/.../faustus claims that the manichaeans.htm

Thesaurus
Seeks (48 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Seeks (48 Occurrences). Matthew 7:8 For everyone who asks
receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened. ...
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Asks (41 Occurrences)
... (WEB WEY DBY NAS NIV). Matthew 7:8 For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks
finds. ... Luke 11:10 For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. ...
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Seek (368 Occurrences)
... Matthew 12:39 But he answered them, "An evil and adulterous generation seeks after
a sign, but no sign will be given it but the sign of Jonah the prophet. ...
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Miraculous (54 Occurrences)
... Matthew 12:39 But he answered them, "An evil and adulterous generation seeks after
a sign, but no sign will be given it but the sign of Jonah the prophet. ...
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Trying (68 Occurrences)
... John 7:20 The multitude answered, "You have a demon! Who seeks to kill you?" (See
NIV). ... What is my sin before your father, that he seeks my life?" (See NIV). ...
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Generation (150 Occurrences)
... Matthew 12:39 But he answered them, "An evil and adulterous generation seeks after
a sign, but no sign will be given it but the sign of Jonah the prophet. ...
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Knocks (5 Occurrences)
... Knocks (5 Occurrences). Matthew 7:8 For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks
finds. ... Luke 11:10 For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. ...
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Unrighteousness (57 Occurrences)
... John 7:18 He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory, but he who seeks the glory
of him who sent him is true, and no unrighteousness is in him. ...
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Opened (182 Occurrences)
... Matthew 7:8 For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To ... Luke
11:10 For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To ...
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Loses (17 Occurrences)
... men. (See NIV). Matthew 10:39 He who seeks his life will lose it; and he
who loses his life for my sake will find it. (WEB RSV NIV). ...
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Bible Concordance
Seeks (48 Occurrences)

Matthew 7:8 For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.
(WEB WEY DBY NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 10:39 He who seeks his life will lose it; and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.
(WEB)

Matthew 12:39 But he answered them, "An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, but no sign will be given it but the sign of Jonah the prophet.
(WEB DBY RSV)

Matthew 16:4 An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and there will be no sign given to it, except the sign of the prophet Jonah." He left them, and departed.
(WEB DBY NAS RSV)

Luke 11:10 For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.
(WEB WEY DBY NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 11:29 When the multitudes were gathering together to him, he began to say, "This is an evil generation. It seeks after a sign. No sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah, the prophet.
(WEB DBY NAS RSV)

Luke 17:33 Whoever seeks to save his life loses it, but whoever loses his life preserves it.
(WEB NAS RSV)

John 4:23 But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such to be his worshippers.
(WEB DBY NAS RSV NIV)

John 7:4 For no one does anything in secret, and himself seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, reveal yourself to the world."
(WEB DBY NAS RSV)

John 7:18 He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory, but he who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.
(WEB DBY NAS RSV)

John 7:20 The multitude answered, "You have a demon! Who seeks to kill you?"
(WEB DBY NAS)

John 8:50 But I don't seek my own glory. There is one who seeks and judges.
(WEB DBY NAS RSV NIV)

Romans 3:11 There is no one who understands. There is no one who seeks after God.
(WEB DBY NAS RSV NIV)

Romans 11:7 What then? That which Israel seeks for, that he didn't obtain, but the chosen ones obtained it, and the rest were hardened.
(WEB DBY)

1 Timothy 3:1 This is a faithful saying: if a man seeks the office of an overseer, he desires a good work.
(WEB)

Revelation 11:5 And if any one seeks to injure them--fire comes from their mouths and devours their enemies; and if any one seeks to injure them, he will in this way certainly be killed.
(WEY)

Deuteronomy 22:2 And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him not, then thou shalt bring it unto thine own house, and it shall be with thee until thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore it to him again.
(See RSV)

1 Samuel 19:2 Jonathan told David, saying, "Saul my father seeks to kill you. Now therefore, please take care of yourself in the morning, and live in a secret place, and hide yourself.
(WEB DBY RSV)

1 Samuel 20:1 David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, "What have I done? What is my iniquity? What is my sin before your father, that he seeks my life?"
(WEB DBY RSV)

1 Samuel 22:23 Stay with me, don't be afraid; for he who seeks my life seeks your life. For with me you shall be in safeguard."
(WEB DBY NAS RSV)

1 Samuel 23:10 Then David said, "O Yahweh, the God of Israel, your servant has surely heard that Saul seeks to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.
(WEB RSV)

1 Samuel 24:9 David said to Saul, "Why do you listen to men's words, saying,'Behold, David seeks your hurt?'
(WEB DBY NAS RSV)

2 Samuel 16:11 David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, "Behold, my son, who came forth from my bowels, seeks my life. How much more this Benjamite, now? Leave him alone, and let him curse; for Yahweh has invited him.
(WEB DBY NAS RSV)

1 Kings 20:7 Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, "Please notice how this man seeks mischief; for he sent to me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I didn't deny him."
(WEB DBY)

2 Kings 5:7 It happened, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he tore his clothes, and said, "Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man sends to me to heal a man of his leprosy? But consider, please, and see how he seeks a quarrel against me."
(WEB DBY)

Psalms 37:32 The wicked watches the righteous, and seeks to kill him.
(WEB NAS RSV)

Psalms 53:2 God looked forth from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any man of understanding, that did seek after God.
(See NAS)

Psalms 86:14 God, the proud have risen up against me. A company of violent men have sought after my soul, and they don't hold regard for you before them.
(See NIV)

Proverbs 11:27 He who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but he who searches after evil, it shall come to him.
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Proverbs 14:6 A scoffer seeks wisdom, and doesn't find it, but knowledge comes easily to a discerning person.
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Proverbs 15:14 The heart of one who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouths of fools feed on folly.
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Proverbs 17:9 He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that harpeth on a matter estrangeth a familiar friend.
(See NAS RSV)

Proverbs 17:11 An evil man seeks only rebellion; therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
(WEB NAS RSV)

Proverbs 17:19 He who loves disobedience loves strife. One who builds a high gate seeks destruction.
(WEB NAS RSV)

Proverbs 18:1 He that separateth himself seeketh his own desire, and snarlest against all sound wisdom.
(See NAS RSV)

Proverbs 18:15 The heart of the discerning gets knowledge. The ear of the wise seeks knowledge.
(WEB NAS RSV)

Proverbs 31:13 She seeks wool and flax, and works eagerly with her hands.
(WEB RSV)

Ecclesiastes 3:15 That which is has been long ago, and that which is to be has been long ago: and God seeks again that which is passed away.
(WEB NAS RSV)

Ecclesiastes 7:28 which my soul still seeks; but I have not found: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.
(WEB)

Isaiah 16:5 And a throne is established through mercy, and there sitteth thereon in truth, in the tent of David, one that judgeth, and seeketh justice, and is ready in righteousness.
(See RSV NIV)

Isaiah 26:9 With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
(See NAS RSV)

Isaiah 40:20 He who is too impoverished for such an offering chooses a tree that will not rot. He seeks a skillful workman to set up an engraved image for him that will not be moved.
(WEB NAS RSV)

Isaiah 56:11 Yes, the dogs are for ever looking for food; while these, the keepers of the sheep, are without wisdom: they have all gone after their pleasure, every one looking for profit; they are all the same.
(See NIV)

Jeremiah 5:1 Run back and forth through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places of it, if you can find a man, if there are any who does justly, who seeks truth; and I will pardon her.
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 30:17 For I will restore health to you, and I will heal you of your wounds, says Yahweh; because they have called you an outcast, saying, It is Zion, whom no man seeks after.
(WEB)

Lamentations 3:25 Yahweh is good to those who wait for him, to the soul that seeks him.
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 14:10 They shall bear their iniquity: the iniquity of the prophet shall be even as the iniquity of him who seeks to him;
(WEB)

Ezekiel 34:12 As a shepherd seeks out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered abroad, so will I seek out my sheep; and I will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
(WEB RSV)

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Preserve (61 Occurrences)

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Brawler (3 Occurrences)

Builds (18 Occurrences)

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Consults (3 Occurrences)

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