Ehuriskō εὑρίσκω

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Ehuriskō
εὑρίσκω
Transliterationehuriskō
Strong's numberG2147
LanguageGreek
Part of speechverb
Glossto find/meet
Occurrences178 in 168 verses
Most frequent inLuke (44)

Ehuriskō (Greek εὑρίσκω, Strong's G2147) is a Greek verb meaning “to find/meet”. It occurs 178 times in 168 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

εὑρίσκω,
[in LXX chiefly for מצא, also for נשׂג hi., etc. ;]
to find, with or without previous search: absol., opposite to ζητέω, Mat.7:7, 8 Luk.11:9, 10; with accusative, Mat.2:8, Mrk.1:37, Act.13:22, 2Ti.1:17, al.; pass., οὐχ εὑ., of disappearance, Heb.11:5, Rev.16:20, al.; γῆ κ. τὰ ἐν αὐτῇ ἔργα εὑρεθήσεται (for conjectures as to the meaning of this reading, see Mayor, ICC, in l.), 2Pe.3:10, WH, R, mg. Metaphorical, to find, find out by inquiry, learn, discover: Luk.19:48, Act.4:21; αἰτίαν, Jhn.18:38, Act.13:28, al.; pass., Mat.1:18, Luk.17:18, Rom.7:10, 1Co.4:2, Gal.2:17, 1Pe.1:7, Rev.5:4, al.; of attaining to the knowledge of God, εὑ. θεόν, Act.17:27; pass., Rom.10:20 (LXX). Mid., to find for oneself, gain, procure, obtain: with accusative of thing(s), λύτρωσιν, Heb.9:12; act. in same sense (so cl. poets, but not in Attic prose), Mat.10:39 11:29, Luk.1:30, Act.7:46, 2Ti.1:18, al. (cf. ἀν-ευρίσκω).
(AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVfound (98), find (27), findeth (9), ye shall find (8), shall (6), shall find (5), he find (4), finding (4), was (4), i have (3), he findeth (2), they (2), and 20 other renderings
BSBfound (22), he found (14), they found (11), you will find (9), find (9), finds (8), i have found (5), was found (5), they could not find (4), did not find (4), we found (4), finding (4), and 58 other renderings

Verses

Every verse with Ehuriskō, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

Mark

Luke

John

Acts

Romans

1 Corinthians

2 Corinthians

Galatians

Philippians

2 Timothy

Hebrews

1 Peter

2 Peter

2 John

Revelation

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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