Dictionary entry

ἀναζητέω

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

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.†