Strong G2147 — εὑρίσκω

G2147 G2147 = G2147 εὑρίσκω ehuriskō G:V to find/meet εὑρίσκω, [in LXX chiefly for מצא, also for נשׂג hi., etc. ;] to find, with or without previous search: absol., opposite to ζητέω, Mt 7:7, 8 Łk 11:9, 10; with accusative, Mt 2:8, Mk 1:37, Dz 13:22, 2Tm 1:17, al.; pass., οὐχ εὑ., of disappearance, Hbr 11:5, Obj 16:20, al.; γῆ κ. τὰ ἐν αὐτῇ ἔργα εὑρεθήσεται (for conjectures as to the meaning of this reading, see Mayor, ICC, in l.), 2P 3:10, WH, R, mg. Metaphorical, to find, find out by inquiry, learn, discover: Łk 19:48, Dz 4:21; αἰτίαν, Jn 18:38, Dz 13:28, al.; pass., Mt 1:18, Łk 17:18, Rz 7:10, 1Kor 4:2, Ga 2:17, 1P 1:7, Obj 5:4, al.; of attaining to the knowledge of God, εὑ. θεόν, Dz 17:27; pass., Rz 10:20 (LXX). Mid., to find for oneself, gain, procure, obtain: with accusative of thing(s), λύτρωσιν, Hbr 9:12; act. in same sense (so cl. poets, but not in Attic prose), Mt 10:39 11:29, Łk 1:30, Dz 7:46, 2Tm 1:18, al. (cf. ἀν-ευρίσκω). (AS)