Greek word · G429

ἀνευρίσκω

aneuriskō

to find

To find by searching, track down, discover.

Appears 2 times in 2 verses of the Greek New Testament. ·

What it means

ἀν-ευρίσκω

(ἀνά, εὑρίσκω), [in LXX: 4Ma.3:14 * ;]

to find out by search, discover (see Field, Notes, 47 f.): Luke 2:16, Acts 21:4.†

(AS)

From G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

In depth

From the study of Acts 21:4

Range of meaning

To find by searching, track down, discover.

Against the English

BSB 'sought out' and YLT 'found out' capture the effort. KJV/WEB 'finding' or 'having found' make it sound casual.

Used elsewhere in the period

In the New Testament only here and Luke 2:16, where the shepherds hurry and find Mary, Joseph and the baby. That was also a search with a known goal. In wider Greek it means to discover after looking.

Where it appears

Luke · 1

  1. Luke 2:16 ἀνεῦραν they found

    So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph and the Baby, who was lying in the manger.

Acts · 1

  1. Acts 21:4 Ἀνευρόντες Having sought out

    We sought out the disciples in Tyre and stayed with them seven days. Through the Spirit they kept telling Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.

    Here: Not a chance meeting. The travelers had to look the believers up in a foreign port city where they knew no addresses, and they found them. The participle describes something done before the main verb: they found the disciples first, then stayed.

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