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he has not the principle of life in him. This meaning suits the context and the general
tenor of the Epistle.
2.
(
$
, 4703), akin to No. 1, properly “a sowing,” denotes “seed sown,”
(a) natural, Mark 4:26, 27; Luke 8:5, 11 (the natural being figuratively applied to the
Word of God); 2 Cor. 9:10 (1st part); (b) metaphorically of material help to the needy, 2
Cor. 9:10 (2nd part),
RV
, “(your) seed for sowing” (
KJV
, “seed sown”).¶
3.
(
$1
, 4701), akin to No. 1, and like No. 2, “a sowing, seedtime,” denotes
“seed sown,” 1 Pet. 1:23, of human offspring.¶ In the Sept., 2 Kings 19:29.¶
For
SEEING, SEEING THAT
(conjunction), see
†
, p. 1
SEEK
1.
(
!
, 2212) signifies (a) “to seek, to seek for,” e.g., Matt. 7:7, 8; 13:45;
Luke 24:5; John 6:24; of plotting against a person’s life, Matt. 2:20; Acts 21:31; Rom.
11:3; metaphorically, to “seek” by thinking, to “seek” how to do something, or what to
obtain, e.g., Mark 11:18; Luke 12:29; to “seek” to ascertain a meaning, John 16:19, “do
ye inquire”; to “seek” God, Acts 17:27,
RV
; Rom. 10:20; (b) “to seek or strive after,
endeavor, to desire,” e.g., Matt. 12:46, 47,
RV
, “seeking” (
KJV
, “desiring”); Luke 9:9,
RV
,
“sought” (
KJV
, “desired”); John 7:19,
RV
, “seek ye” (
KJV
, “go ye about”); so v. 20; Rom.
10:3,
RV
, “seeking” (KV, “going about”); of “seeking” the kingdom of God and His
righteousness, in the sense of coveting earnestly, striving after, Matt. 6:33; “the things
that are above,” Col. 3:1; peace, 1 Pet. 3:11; (c) “to require or demand,” e.g., Mark 8:12;
Luke 11:29 (some mss. have No. 4); 1 Cor. 4:2, “it is required”; 2 Cor. 13:3, “ye seek.”
See
ABOUT
, B,
:
DESIRE
, B,
Note
(2),
ENDEAVOR
,
GO
,
Note
(2) (a),
INQUIRE
,
REQUIRE
.
2.
(
!
, 327), “to seek carefully” ( , “up,” used intensively, and
No. 1), is used of searching for human beings, difficulty in the effort being implied Luke
2:44, 45 (some mss. have No. 1 in the latter v.), Acts 11:25; numerous illustrations of this
particular meaning in the papyri are given by Moulton and Milligan.¶ In the Sept., Job
3:4; 10:6.¶
3.
(
#
!
, 1567) signifies (a) “to seek out ( ) or after, to search for”; e.g.,
God Rom. 3:11; the Lord, Acts 15:17; in Heb. 11:6,
RV
, “seek after” (
KJV
, “diligently
seek”); 12:17,
RV
, “sought diligently” (
KJV
, “sought carefully”); 1 Pet. 1:10,
RV
, “sought”
(
KJV
, “have inquired”), followed by
@ $
, “to search diligently”, (b) “to require or
demand,” Luke 11:50, 51. See
INQUIRE
,
Note
(3),
REQUIRE
.¶
4.
(
# !
, 1934), “to seek after” (directive, , “towards”) is always
rendered in the
RV
, by some form of the verb “to seek,” Acts 13:7, “sought” (
KJV
,
“desired”); 19:39, “seek” (
KJV
, “inquire”); Phil. 4:17, “seek for” (
KJV
, “desire”), twice;
elsewhere, Matt. 6:32; 12:39; 16:4; Mark 8:12 (in some texts); Luke 12:30; Acts 12:19;
Rom. 11:7; Heb. 11:14; 13:14. See
DESIRE
,
INQUIRE
.¶
5.
(
A$!
, 3713), “to reach out, or after,” used in the middle voice is
translated “seeketh” in 1 Tim. 3:1,
RV
, of “seeking overseership (
KJV
, desireth). See
DESIRE
, No. 5.