Quick Definition
ἀναζητέω v. I seek out, search for
Strong's Definition
from 303 and 2212; to search out
KJV Usage: seek
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | ζητέω
27.42 · Learn · Try To Learn
to seek, to search, to try to find out by looking for to try to learn the location of something by searching for it (presumably somewhat more emphatic or goal-directed than in the case of ζητέω[a] ‘to try to learn where something is,’ 27.41)
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀνα-ζητέω, -@; [impf. ἀνεζήτουν); 1 aor. ἀνεζήτησα; ‘to run through with the eyes any series or succession of men or things, and so to seek out, search through, make diligent search, Germ. daran hinsuchen, aufsuchen’ (Win. De verb. comp. ete. Pt. iii. p. 14): τινά, Lk. ii. 44, (and 45 Ltxt. T Tr WH); Acts xi. 25. (See exx. fr. Grk. writ. [fr. Plato on] in Win. 1. c.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀναζητέω anazēteō 3x
to track; to seek diligently, inquire after, search for, Lk. 2:44, 45; Acts 11:25*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἀνα-ζητέω, -ῶ
[in LXX: Jb 3:4 (דרשׁ), Jb 10:6 (בּקשׁ pi.), II Mac 13:21*;]
to look for or seek carefully ("specially of searching for human beings, with an implication of difficulty": MM, VGT, s.v.): Lk 2:44, 45, Ac 11:25.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀναζητέω. The verb is capable of general use, as in P Oxy VII. 106618 (iii/A.D.) ἀναζήτησον [ῥίνην] ‘look for a file.” But it is specially used of searching for human beings, with an implication of difficulty, as in the NT passages. So P Hib I. 71° (B.c. 245-4) τὴν πᾶσαν σπουδὴν ποίησαι ὅπίως
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀναζητέω (anazēteō) — to search. ἀναζητ-έω, investigate, τὰς αἰτίας[Refs 5th c.BC+]: —passive, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. search out, discover, τὰ παραλελειμμένα ὑπὸ τῶν προτέρων ἀρχείων[Refs 3rd c.BC+]; search for, μαστροπούς[Refs 1st c.AD+]