† ἐκ-ζητέω, -ῶ
[in LXX chiefly for דָּרַשׁ, also for נָצַר, בָּקַשׁ, etc.;]
1. to seek outor after, search for: c. acc pers. (I Mac 9:26); fig., τ. κύριον, θεόν (cf. Ps 14:2, Am 5:4, al.), Ac 15:17, Ro 3:11, He 11:6; εὐλογίαν, He 12:17; ἐξεζήτησαν κ. ἐξηραύνησαν (as in I Mac l.c.), sought and searched out: I Pe 1:10.
2. As in II Ki 4:11, Ez 3:18, 20 al. (דָּרַשׁ), to demand, require: Lk 11:50, 51 †