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εὑρίσκω

ehuriskōto find/meetHow to read Greek
greekNew TestamentVerb176 occurrences16 books167 verses

Definition

εὑρίσκω,

[in LXX chiefly for מצא, also for נשׂג hi., etc. ;]

to find, with or without previous search: absol., opposite to ζητέω, Matthew 7:7, 8 Luke 11:9, 10; with accusative, Matthew 2:8, Mark 1:37, Acts 13:22, 2 Timothy 1:17, al.; pass., οὐχ εὑ., of disappearance, Hebrews 11:5, Revelation 16:20, al.; γῆ κ. τὰ ἐν αὐτῇ ἔργα εὑρεθήσεται (for conjectures as to the meaning of this reading, see Mayor, ICC, in l.), 2 Peter 3:10, WH, R, mg. Metaphorical, to find, find out by inquiry, learn, discover: Luke 19:48, Acts 4:21; αἰτίαν, John 18:38, Acts 13:28, al.; pass., Matthew 1:18, Luke 17:18, Romans 7:10, 1 Corinthians 4:2, Galatians 2:17, 1 Peter 1:7, Revelation 5:4, al.; of attaining to the knowledge of God, εὑ. θεόν, Acts 17:27; pass., Romans 10:20 (LXX). Mid., to find for oneself, gain, procure, obtain: with accusative of thing(s), λύτρωσιν, Hebrews 9:12; act. in same sense (so cl. poets, but not in Attic prose), Matthew 10:39; 11:29, Luke 1:30, Acts 7:46, 2 Timothy 1:18, al. (cf. ἀν-ευρίσκω).

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as εὑρίσκω:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

176 total
  1. John 19:6εὑρίσκω · find
    As soon as the chief priests and officers saw Him, they shouted, “Crucify Him! Crucify Him!” “You take Him and crucify Him,” Pilate replied, “for I find no basis for a charge against Him.”
  2. John 21:6εὑρήσετε · you will find [some]
    He told them, “Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some.” So they cast it there, and they were unable to haul it in because of the great number of fish.
  3. Acts 4:21εὑρίσκοντες · They could not find a way
    After further threats they let them go. They could not find a way to punish them, because all the people were glorifying God for what had happened.
  4. Acts 5:10εὗρον · finding
    At that instant she fell down at his feet and died. Then the young men came in and, finding her dead, carried her out and buried her beside her husband.
  5. Acts 5:22εὗρον · did not find
    But on arriving at the jail, the officers did not find them there. So they returned with the report:
  6. Acts 5:23εὕρομεν · We found; εὕρομεν · we found
    “We found the jail securely locked, with the guards posted at the doors; but when we opened them, we found no one inside.”
  7. Acts 5:39εὑρεθῆτε · You may even find yourselves
    But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop them. You may even find yourselves fighting against God.”
  8. Acts 7:11ηὕρισκον · could not find
    Then famine and great suffering swept across Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers could not find food.
  9. Acts 7:46εὗρεν · found; εὑρεῖν · to provide
    …who found favor in the sight of God and asked to provide a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.
  10. Acts 8:40εὑρέθη · appeared
    But Philip appeared at Azotus and traveled through that region, preaching the gospel in all the towns until he came to Caesarea.
  11. Acts 9:2εὕρῃ · he found
    …and requested letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women belonging to the Way, he could bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.
  12. Acts 9:33εὗρεν · he found
    There he found a man named Aeneas who had been paralyzed and bedridden for eight years.
  13. Acts 10:27εὑρίσκει · found
    As Peter talked with him, he went inside and found many people gathered together.
  14. Acts 11:26εὑρὼν · he found [him]
    …and when he found him, he brought him back to Antioch. So for a full year they met together with the church and taught large numbers of people. The disciples were first called Christians at Antioch.
  15. Acts 12:19εὑρὼν · [unsuccessfully]
    After Herod had searched for him unsuccessfully, he examined the guards and ordered that they be executed. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and spent some time there.
  16. Acts 13:6εὗρον · [where] they found
    They traveled through the whole island as far as Paphos, where they found a Jewish sorcerer and false prophet named Bar-Jesus,
  17. Acts 13:22Εὗρον · I have found
    After removing Saul, He raised up David as their king and testified about him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse a man after My own heart; he will carry out My will in its entirety.’
  18. Acts 13:28εὑρόντες · though they found
    And though they found no ground for a death sentence, they asked Pilate to have Him executed.
  19. Acts 17:6εὑρόντες · they could not find
    But when they could not find them, they dragged Jason and some other brothers before the city officials, shouting, “These men who have turned the world upside down have now come here,
  20. Acts 17:23εὗρον · I even found
    For as I walked around and examined your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore what you worship as something unknown, I now proclaim to you.
  21. Acts 17:27εὕροιεν · find [Him]
    God intended that they would seek Him and perhaps reach out for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us.
  22. Acts 18:2εὑρών · he found
    There he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to visit them,
  23. Acts 19:1εὑρεῖν · he found
    While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the interior and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples
  24. Acts 19:19εὗρον · [the total came to]
    And a number of those who had practiced magic arts brought their books and burned them in front of everyone. When the value of the books was calculated, the total came to fifty thousand drachmas.
  25. Acts 21:2εὑρόντες · Finding
    Finding a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, we boarded it and set sail.
  26. Acts 23:9εὑρίσκομεν · We find
    A great clamor arose, and some scribes from the party of the Pharisees got up and contended sharply, “We find nothing wrong with this man. What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?”
  27. Acts 23:29εὗρον · I found that
    I found that the accusation involved questions about their own law, but there was no charge worthy of death or imprisonment.
  28. Acts 24:5Εὑρόντες · We have found
    We have found this man to be a pestilence, stirring up dissension among the Jews all over the world. He is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes,
  29. Acts 24:12εὗρόν · [my accusers] did not find
    Yet my accusers did not find me debating with anyone in the temple or riling up a crowd in the synagogues or in the city.
  30. Acts 24:18εὗρόν · they found
    At the time they found me in the temple, I was ceremonially clean and was not inciting a crowd or an uproar. But there are some Jews from the province of Asia
  31. Acts 24:20εὗρον · they found
    Otherwise, let these men state for themselves any crime they found in me when I stood before the Sanhedrin,
  32. Acts 27:6εὑρὼν · found
    There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy and put us on board.
  33. Acts 27:28εὗρον · [and] found that [the water]; εὗρον · that read
    They took soundings and found that the water was twenty fathoms deep. Going a little farther, they took another set of soundings that read fifteen fathoms.
  34. Acts 28:14εὑρόντες · we found
    There we found some brothers who invited us to spend the week with them. And so we came to Rome.
  35. Romans 4:1εὑρηκέναι · has discovered
    What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh, has discovered?
  36. Romans 7:10εὑρέθη · discovered that
    So I discovered that the very commandment that was meant to bring life actually brought death.
  37. Romans 7:21Εὑρίσκω · I have discovered
    So this is the principle I have discovered: When I want to do good, evil is right there with me.
  38. Romans 10:20Εὑρέθην · I was found
    And Isaiah boldly says: “I was found by those who did not seek Me; I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me.”
  39. 1 Corinthians 4:2εὑρεθῇ · they be found
    Now it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.
  40. 1 Corinthians 15:15εὑρισκόμεθα · we are also exposed as
    In that case, we are also exposed as false witnesses about God. For we have testified about God that He raised Christ from the dead, but He did not raise Him if in fact the dead are not raised.
  41. 2 Corinthians 2:13εὑρεῖν · did not find
    I had no peace in my spirit, because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I said goodbye to them and went on to Macedonia.
  42. 2 Corinthians 5:3εὑρεθησόμεθα · we will not be found
    …because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked.
  43. 2 Corinthians 9:4εὕρωσιν · find
    Otherwise, if any Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, we—to say nothing of you—would be ashamed of having been so confident.
  44. 2 Corinthians 11:12εὑρεθῶσιν · be regarded as
    But I will keep on doing what I am doing, in order to undercut those who want an opportunity to be regarded as our equals in the things of which they boast.
  45. 2 Corinthians 12:20εὕρω · I may not find; εὑρεθῶ · may not find {me}
    For I am afraid that when I come, I may not find you as I wish, and you may not find me as you wish. I fear that there may be quarreling, jealousy, rage, rivalry, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.
  46. Galatians 2:17εὑρέθημεν · are found to be
    But if, while we seek to be justified in Christ, we ourselves are found to be sinners, does that make Christ a minister of sin? Certainly not!