ἐκζητέω, ἐκζήτω; 1 aorist ἐξεζήτησα; passive, 1 aorist ἐξεζητήθην; 1 future ἐκζητηθήσομαι; (ἐκ out from a secret place, from all sides); the Sept. very often for γΘΜψΗωΡ, also for αΔΜχΕΜωΡ, etc.; a. to seek out, search for: properly, τινα, 1Ma_9:26; figuratively: τόν κύριον, τόν Θεόν, to seek the favor of God, worship him, Act_15:17; Rom_3:11 (Tr marginal reading WH marginal reading ζητῶν); Heb_11:6 (Psa_13:2 (); Psa_33:5; (Psa_34:5); Psa_68:33 (); Amo_5:4, etc.). b. to seek out i. e. investigate, scrutinize: τί, Sir_39:1; Sir_39:3; περί τίνος, to examine into anything, 1Pe_1:10, where it is joined with ἐξερευναν (to seek out and search out), as in 1Ma_9:26. c. to seek out for oneself, beg, crave: Heb_12:17. d. to demand back, require: τό αἷμα τῶν προφητῶν ἀπό τῆς γενεάς ταύτης, to take vengeance on this generation for the slaughter of the prophets (after the Hebrew, cf. 2Sa_4:11; Eze_3:18; see ἐκ, I. 7): Luk_11:50 (51). (In secular authors thus far only a single passage has been noted in which this word appears, Aristid. or. 8, i., p. 488 (i. e. orat. 38, i., p. 726, Dindorf edition).)

ἐκζητέω ekzēteō 7x to seek out, investigate diligently, scrutinize, 1Pe_1:10 ; to ask for, beseech earnestly, Heb_12:17 ; to seek diligently or earnestly after, Act_15:17 ; Rom_3:11 ; Heb_10:6 ; from the Hebrew, to require, exact, demand, Luk_11:50-51 ; Heb_12:07 ἐκζήτησις ekzētēsis 1x useless speculation, 1Ti_1:4

† ἐκ -ζητέω , -ῶ , [in LXX chiefly for H1875 , also for H5341 , H1245 , etc.;] 1. to seek out or after, search for: c . acc pers . ( 1Ma_9:26 ); fig ., τ . κύριον , θεόν ( cf. Psa_14:2 , Amo_5:4 , al. ), Act_15:17 , Rom_3:11 , Heb_11:6 ; εὐλογίαν , Heb_12:17 ; ἐξεζήτησαν κ . ἐξηραύνησαν (as in 1Ma_9:26 ), sought and searched out: 1Pe_1:10 . 2. As in 2Sa_4:11 , Eze_3:18 ; Eze_3:20 al. ( H1875 ), to demand, require: Luk_11:50-51 †

ἐκζητέω [page 194] To the single instance of this verb from profane sources (Aristid. I. 488) cited by Thayer and LS, we can now add BGU IV. 1141 .41 (B.C. 14) περὶ δὲ τῆς σκιᾶς φανερόν μοι ἐγενήθη ἐκζητήσαντι ἠλλάχθαι μὲν τὴν πορφυρᾶν ῢ̣π̣ο̣, τοῦ Διοδώρου καὶ μὴ δεδωκέναι σοί , P Oxy XII. 1465 .11 (i/B.C.) ἀξιῶ συντ [ά ]ξ̣α̣ι̣ ἐ̣[κ ] η̣τ̣ήσαντα̣ς̤ τ̣ο̣υ̣ς̣ α̣[ἰτίο ]ὐ̣ , I request you to give orders (to your subordinates) to search out the guilty persons (Edd.), and the inscr. from Hierapolis Cagnat IV. 834 .5 δώσει . . τῷ ἐκζητήσαντι δηνάρια δισχίλια . With Luk_11:50 ἵνα ἐκζητηθῇ τὸ αἶμα πάντων τῶν προφητῶν , cf. the use of the simplex in the Jewish prayer for vengeance Syll 816 .12 (ii/B.C.) ἵνα ἐγδικήσῃς τὸ αἷμα τὸ ἀναίτιον ζητήσῃς καὶ τὴν ταχίστην : for the text and the date, see Deissmann LAE p. 423 ff.

ἐκζητέω fut. ήσω "to seek out, enquire", NTest. "to demand an account of" a thing, c. acc., id=NTest.

ἐκ-ζητέω, -ῶ [in LXX chiefly for דָּרַשׁ, also for נָצַר, בָּקַשׁ, etc. ;] __1. to seek out or after, search for: with accusative of person(s) (1Ma.9:26); figuratively, τ. κύριον, θεόν (cf. Psa.14:2, Amo.5:4, al.), Act.15:17, Rom.3:11, Heb.11:6; εὐλογίαν, Heb.12:17; ἐξεζήτησαν κ. ἐξηραύνησαν (as in 1Ma.9:26), sought and searched out: 1Pe.1:10. __2. As in 2Ki.4:11, Eze.3:18, 20 al. (דָּרַשׁ), to demand, require: Luk.11:50-51 † (AS)