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Strong's #2147 - εὑρίσκω
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- to come upon, hit upon, to meet with
- after searching, to find a thing sought
- without previous search, to find (by chance), to fall in with
- those who come or return to a place
- to find by enquiry, thought, examination, scrutiny, observation, to find out by practice and experience
- to see, learn, discover, understand
- to be found i.e. to be seen, be present
- to be discovered, recognised, detected, to show one's self out, of one's character or state as found out by others (men, God, or both)
- to get knowledge of, come to know, God
- to find out for one's self, to acquire, get, obtain, procure
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εὑρίσκω,
impf. ηὕρισκον or εὕρ - S. OT 68, etc.: fut. εὑρήσω h.Merc. 302, Th. 7.67, etc.: aor. 2 εὗρον Il. 1.498, etc., later ηὗρον or εὗρον E. Med. 553, etc.; 3 pl. εὕροσαν LXX De. 31.17, BGU 1201.16 (i A.D.); imper. εὑρέ Hdn.Gr. 2.23; inf. εὑρέμεναι Od. 12.393: later aor. 1 εὕρησα Man. 5.137; εὗρα v.l. in Luke 8:35, Acts 5:10, (ἐν -) PGen. 3.19 (ii A.D.): pf. εὕρηκα S. OT 546, etc., pf. imper. 2 sg. εὕρηκε Nausicr. 1 D.: — Med., fut. εὑρήσομαι Hdt. 9.6, Lys. 13.9, etc.: aor. 2 εὑρόμην Hom., Att. ηὑρ - or εὑρ - A. Pr. 269, Th. 1.58, etc.: aor.1 εὑράμην Hes. Fr. 116.3 (testes omnes), Str. 12.34.4, Iamb. VP 35.255, AP 9.29 (Antiphil.), Epigr. ap. Paus. 6.20.14, Hebrews 9:12, IG 3.900 (ii A.D.): — Pass., fut. εὑρεθήσομαι S. OT 108, E. IA 1105, Isoc. 9.41: aor. 1 ηὑρέθην or εὑρέθην S. Aj. 1135, etc.: pf. ηὕρημαι or εὕρ - A. Pers. 743 (troch), etc. — Hom. has only aor. Act. and Med., exc. ἔθ' εὑρίσκω (v.l. cross ἐφευρίσκω) Od. 19.158. (Earlier Att. Inscrr. have ηὑρέθην, ηὕρημαι, as IG 22.1636.32, al., Epigr.Gr. 35 (iv B.C.): εὑρέθην SIG 679.80 (Magn. Mae., ii B.C.): the augm. is seldom found in Papyri, ηὕρισκεν PPetr. 3p.101 (iii B. C.); never in those of Men. or Phld.): —
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1. find, εὗρεν δ' εὐρύοπα Κρονίδην ἄτερ ἥμενον ἄλλων Il. 1.498, etc.; εὕρημα εὑ., v. cross εὕρημα.
2. c. part., find that.., εὕρισκε Λακεδαιμονίους.. προέχοντας Hdt. 1.56, cf. 1.5: — and in Pass., ἤν εὑρεθῇς μὴ δίκαιος ὤν S. Tr. 411, cf. OT 839, OC 946: with part. omitted, ὅταν τοὺς θεοὺς εὕρω κακούς (sc. ὄντας) Id. Ph. 452; εὑρήσει τοσαῦτα ἔτη (sc. ὄντα) Th. 5.26; θῆλυς εὕρημαι (sc. ὤν) S. Tr. 1075; ἄνους ηὑρέθη Id. Aj. 763.
3. c. inf., εὕρισκε πρῆγμά οἱ εἶναι.. found that the thing for him was.., Hdt. 1.79: — Med., εὑρίσκεται (sed leg. εὕρισκέ τε) ταῦτα καιριώτατα εἶναι ib. 125: — Act., also, find means, be able, οὐχ εὑρίσκει χρήσασθαι Arr. Epict. 2.12.2.
4. εὑ. ὅπως.. to find by what means.., Th. 7.67: — Med., c. inf., find out or discover how to.., ηὕρετο.. παύειν E. Med. 196 (anap.).
5. Pass., εὑρέθη ὅτι.. it was found that.., LXX 1 Esdras 2:22(26).
6. befall, of evils, τινα ib. Genesis 44:34, Deuteronomy 31:17.
II
1. find out, discover, οὐδέ τι μῆχος εὑρέμεναι δυνάμεσθα Od. 12.393; οὐδέ τι τέκμωρ εὑρέμεναι δύνασαι 4.374, cf. Il. 7.31; εὑ. ὁδόν Pi. P. 10.29; ἐξ ἀμηχάνων πόρον A. Pr. 59; μηχανὴν σωτηρίας Id. Th. 209; πημάτων ἄρηξιν S. El. 875; τινα ἐμοῦ βελτίονα Ar. Pl. 104, etc.: abs., εὕρηκα Archim. ap. Plu. 2.1094c: — Med., εὕρετο τέκμωρ Il. 16.472; ὄνομ' εὕρεο think of a name to give him, Od. 19.403; εἴ τιν' ἑταίροισιν θανάτου λύσιν.. εὑροίμην 9.422.
2. c. inf., get a chance of, be able, ἵνα εὕρωμεν ἐπιστολὴν γράψαι BGU 822.28 (ii/iii A.D.), cf. 17, 20, PGrenf. 1.64.3 (vi A.D.), etc.
III
1. devise, invent, ὀχήματα A. Pr. 468, etc.; πρόφασιν Antipho 5.65: — Med., τὰ δ' ἔργα τοὺς λόγους εὑρίσκεται deeds make themselves words, S. El. 625. get, gain, ἀρετάν, δόξαν, Pi. O. 7.89, P. 2.64; τὰ χρήματ' ἀνθρώποισιν εὑρίσκει φίλους S. Fr. 88; ἐξ ὀλβίων ἄζηλον εὑροῦσαι βίον Id. Tr. 284, cf. E. Med. 1107 (anap.); δεινὰ δ' εὑροῦσαν πρὸς αὐθαίμων πάθη S. OC 1078 (lyr.); ἀφ' ὧν ὄνασιν εὕρωσι Id. El. 1061; μέγ' εὑρεῖν κέρδος ib. 1305; εὑ. σωτηρίαν τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ Pl. Prt. 321c; εὑ. μητρὶ φόνον bring about murder, E. El. 650: abs., acquire wealth, LXX Leviticus 25:47 : — Med., find or get for oneself, bring on oneself, οἷ.. αὐτῷ πρώτῳ κακὸν εὕρετο Od. 21.304 (so in Act., μή πού τις ἐπίσπαστον κακὸν εὕρῃ 24.462); αὐτὸς ηὑρόμην πόνους A. Pr. 269; μοῖραν ηὕρετ' ἀσφαλῆ Id. Ag. 1588, cf. Th. 880 (lyr.): so in pf. Pass., μέγα πένθος ηὕρηται S. Aj. 615 (lyr.); εὑρήσεται τιμωρίην will get for himself, obtain, Hdt. 3.148, cf. 9.26; ἀλεωρήν Id. 9.6; κλέος Pi. P. 3.111; ἄδειαν εὑρόμενος And. 1.15; ἀτέλειαν D. 20.1; εὑρίσκεσθαι ὠφελίαν ἀπό τινος Th. 1.31; τι παρά τινος IG 12.108.47, Lys. 13.9; εὑ. παρά τινος c. inf., procure from him that.., Hdt. 9.28; δεηθέντες οὐκ ἐδύναντο εὑρέσθαι Lys. 14.20. esp. of merchandise, etc., fetch, earn money, εὑροῦσα πολλὸν χρυσίον having fetched a large sum, Hdt. 1.196; ηὗρε πλέον ἢ ἐνενήκοντα τάλαντα X. HG 3.4.24, cf. Vect. 4.40; οἰκία εὑρίσκουσα δισχιλίας (sc. δραχμάς) Isa 8.35; ἐγδίδομεν.. τοὺς θριγκοὺς.. ὅτι ἂν εὕρωσιν for what they will fetch, IG 7.3073.7 (Lebad.); ἐρωτᾶν τί εὑρίσκει what it will fetch, Thphr. Char. 15.4.
2. of the sum or bid which secures an article or contract, οἰκέτην.. ἀποδίδοται τοῦ εὑρόντος sells for what he will fetch, X. Mem. 2.5.5; τοῦ ἤδη εὑρίσκοντος ἀπεδίδοτο Aeschin. 1.96, cf. SIG 966.37 (Attica, iv B.C.), 581.99 (Rhodes-Hierapytna, ii B.C.); ἐκτιθέτωσαν τὸ εὑρίσκον ἐφ' ἡμέρας δέκα the highest or winning bid, PRLaws 48.16 (iii B.C.), cf. UPZ 112vi9 (iii B.C.); προσέβαλον αὐτῷ τοῦ εὑρίσκοντος ἀνὰ [ x ] ἱερεῖα [ x ] I have placed at his disposal [ x ] pigs at the current price of [ x ], PCair.Zen. 161.5 (iii B.C.), cf. UPZ 114(1).24 (ii B.C.).
εὑρίσκω; imperfect εὕρισκον (Mark 14:55 (R G T); Luke 19:48 (R G T); Acts 7:11 (except Tr WH)) and more rarely ηὕρισκον (cf. Kühner, § 343, i. 825f (especially Veitch, under the word at the end) and references under εὐδοκέω); future εὑρήσω; perfect εὕρηκα; 1 aorist ἑύρησα (which aorist, unknown to the earlier Greeks, occurs in Aesop fab. 131 (f. 41 edition Furia, p. 333 edition Cor.); Manetho, 5, 137 and in Byzantine writings; cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 721; Winers Grammar, 86 (82); (cf. Buttmann, 36 (31))), Revelation 18:14 Rec.; 2 aorist εὗρον, 1 person plural in Alex. form L WHs Appendix, p. 164; Buttmann, 39 (34); Winers Grammar, § 13, 1 (see ἀπέρχομαι)) εὕραμεν, Luke 23:2 T Tr WH, 3 person plural εὗραν, Luke 8:35 Tr WH; Acts 5:10 Tr (in the Sept. often εὕροσαν); passive, present ἑυρίσκομαι; imperfect 3 person singular εὑρίσκετο, Hebrews 11:5 R G, ηὑρίσκετο L T Tr WH (cf. Bleek and Delitzsch at the passage (Veitch, as above)); 1 aorist εὑρέθην; future εὑρεθήσομαι; 2 aorist middle ἑυρομην and later εὑράμην (Hebrews 9:12 (cf. references above (on 2 aorist active))); the Sept. numberless times for מָצָא, sometimes for הִשִּׂיג to attain to, and for Chaldean שְׁכַח; (from Homer down); to find; i. e.
1. properly, to come upon, hit upon, to meet with;
a. after searching, to find a thing sought: absolutely, opposed to ζητεῖν, Matthew 7:7; Luke 11:9f (ζητεῖ καί εὑρήσεις, Epictetus diss. 4, 1, 51); τινα, Matthew 2:8; Mark 1:37; Luke 2:45; Acts 11:26 (
b. without previous search, to find (by chance), to fall in with: τινα, Matthew 18:28; Matthew 27:32; John 1:41 (
c. εὑρίσκω τινα or τί with a predicate accusative is used of those who come or return to a place, the predicate participle or adjective describing the state or condition in which the person or thing met with is found, or the action which one is found engaged in: with an adjective, Acts 5:10; 2 Corinthians 9:4; 2 Corinthians 12:20; with a participle (cf. Buttmann, 301 (258)), Matthew 12:44; Matthew 20:6; Matthew 21:2; Matthew 24:46; Matthew 26:40, 43; Mark 11:2; Mark 13:36; Mark 14:37, 40; Luke 2:12; Luke 7:10; Luke 8:35; Luke 11:25; Luke 12:37, 43; Luke 19:30; Luke 23:2; Luke 24:2, 33; Acts 5:23; Acts 9:2; Acts 10:27; Acts 21:2; Acts 24:12, 18; Acts 27:6; followed by καθώς, Mark 14:16; Luke 19:32; Luke 22:13; followed by a predicate substantive to which ὄντα must be supplied, Acts 24:5 (cf. Winers Grammar, § 45, 6 b.; Buttmann, 304 (261)).
2. tropically, "to find by inquiry, thought, examination, scrutiny, observation, hearing; to find out by practice and experience," i. e. to see, learn, discover, understand: κατηγορίαν, Luke 6:7 (T Tr text WH κατηγορεῖν); τινα followed by participle in the predicate, Acts 23:29; by ὅτι, Romans 7:21; after an examination (πειράζειν), τινα (τί) with a predicate adjective (participle), Revelation 3:2; of a judge: αἰτίαν θανάτου, Acts 13:28; αἰτίαν, κακόν, ἀδίκημα ἐν τίνι, John 18:38; John 19:4, 6; Acts 23:9; Acts 24:20; after a computation, with an accusative of the price or measure, Acts 19:19; Acts 27:28; after deliberation, τό τί ποιήσωσι, Luke 19:48; τό πῶς κολάσωνται αὐτούς, Acts 4:21. Passive ἑυρίσκομαι to be found, i. e. to be seen, be present: Luke 9:36 (Genesis 18:31); often like the Hebrew נִמְצָא to be discovered, recognized, detected, to show oneself out, of one's character or state as found out by others (men, God, or both) (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 65, 8): εὑρέθη ἐν γαστρί ἔχουσα, Matthew 1:18; ἵνα εὑρεθῶσι καθώς καί ἡμεῖς, 2 Corinthians 11:12; εὑρέθη μοι ἡ ἐντολή εἰς θάνατον namely, οὖσα, the commandment, as I found by experience, brought death to me, Romans 7:10; add, Luke 17:18 (none showed themselves as having returned); Acts 5:39; 1 Corinthians 4:2; 1 Corinthians 15:15; 2 Corinthians 5:3; Galatians 2:17; 1 Peter 1:7; Revelation 5:4; τίνι, the dative of the person taking cognizance and judging (Winers Grammar, § 31, 10; Buttmann, 187 (162)), 2 Peter 3:14 (add 2 Corinthians 12:20, yet cf. Buttmann, the passage cited and § 133, 14; Winer's Grammar, § 31, 4 a.); ἵνα εὑρεθῶ ἐν αὐτῷ i. e. ἐν Χριστῷ, namely, ὤν, Philippians 3:9; σχήματι εὑρεθείς ὡς ἄνθρωπος, Philippians 2:7 (8) (Josephus, b. j. 3, 6, 1; so the Latinincenior, Cicero, de amic. 19, 70; reperior, Tuscul. i. 39, 94). εὑρίσκειν Θεόν (opposed to ζητεῖν αὐτόν, see ζητέω, 1 c. (cf. ἐκζητέω, a.)), to get knowledge of, come to know, God, Acts 17:27; εὑρίσκεται (ὁ Θεός) τίνι, discloses the knowledge of himself to one, Wis. 1:2; cf. Grimm, exgt. Hdb. at the passage (who refers to Philo, monarch. i. § 5; Origen contra Celsus 7, 42). On the other hand, in the O. T. εὑρίσκεται ὁ Θεός is used of God heaving prayer, granting aid implored (1 Chronicles 28:9; 2 Chronicles 15:2, 4, 15; Jeremiah 36:13
3. Middle, as in Greek writings, to find for oneself, to acquire, get, obtain, procure: λύτρωσιν, Hebrews 9:12; contrary to better Greek usage, the active is often used in the Scriptures in the same sense (cf. Buttmann, 193 (167); Winer's Grammar, 18; 33 (32) n.): τήν ψυχήν, Matthew 10:39; Matthew 16:25; ἀνάπαυσιν, (Sir. 11:19) ταῖς ψυχαῖς ὑμῶν, Matthew 11:29; μετανοίας τόπον, place for recalling the decision, changing the mind (of his father), Hebrews 12:17 (cf. Winer's Grammar, 147 (139)); σκήνωμα τῷ Θεῷ, opportunity of building a house for God, Acts 7:46; χάριν εὕρωμεν, grace, favor, Hebrews 4:16; χάριν παρά τῷ Θεῷ, Luke 1:30; ἐνώπιον, τοῦ Θεοῦ, Acts 7:46; ἔλεος παρά κυρίου, 2 Timothy 1:18; (בֲּעֵינֵי חֵן מָצָא, Genesis 6:8; Genesis 18:3; Genesis 30:27; Genesis 32:6; Exodus 33:12; Deuteronomy 24:1, etc.; 1 Esdr. 8:4). (Compare: ἀνευρίσκω.)
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εὑρίσκω ,
[in LXX chiefly for H4672, also for H5381 hi., etc.;]
to find, with or without previous search: absol., opp. to ζητέω , Matthew 7:7-8, Luke 11:9-10; c. acc, Matthew 2:8, Mark 1:37, Acts 13:22, 2 Timothy 1:17, al.; pass., οὐχ εὑ ., of disappearance, Hebrews 11:5, Revelation 16:20, al.; γῆ κ . τὰ ἐν αὐτῇ ἔργα εὑρεθήεται (for conjectures as to the meaning of this reading, v. Mayor, ICC, in l), 2 Peter 3:10, WH, R, mg. Metaph., to find, find out by inquiry, learn, discover: Luke 19:48 Acts 4:21; αἰτίαν , John 18:38, Acts 13:28, al.; pass., Matthew 1:18, Luke 17:18, Romans 7:10, 1 Corinthians 4:2, Galatians 2:17, 1 Peter 1:7, Revelation 5:4, al.; of attaining to the knowledge of God, εὑ . θεόν , Acts 17:27; pass., Romans 10:20 (LXX). Mid., to fnd for oneself, gain, procure, obtain: c. acc rei, λύτρωσιν , Hebrews 9:12; act, in same sense (so cl. poets, but not in Attic prose), Matthew 10:39; Matthew 11:29, Luke 1:30, Acts 7:46, 2 Timothy 1:18, al. (cf. ἀν -ευρίσκω ).
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P Hib I. 48.6 (B.C. 255) οὐ γὰρ εὑρίσκω ἐν τοῖς βιβλίοις, ";for I cannot find the entry in the books"; (Edd.), P Tebt I. 58.8 (B.C. 111) εὑρήκαμεν δὲ τὸν ἐπιδεδωκότα τὸ ὑπόμνη (μα), P Oxy III. 532.19 (ii/A.D.) καὶ γὰρ ἐν Παώμει τότε σε εὗρον, P Iand 8.11 (ii/A.D.) ἐ ̣ὰν τὸ χυτ ̣ρ ̣ι ̣]ον εὕρωι (for form cf. Mayser Gr. p. 134 f.), διαπέμψ [ομαι διὰ το ]ῦ ὀνολ ̣α ̣του ἀμερίμνω [ς : cf. for the passive P Rein 11.11 (B.C. 111) διὰ τὸ τοῦτον ἐκπεπτωκέναι καὶ μὴ εὑρίσκεσθαι, ";because this man has left the country and is not to be found,"; P Oxy IV. 743.25 (B.C. 2) καὶ εὑρέθη μήτε εἰληφὼς μήτε δεδωκώ (ς), ";it was discovered that he had neither received nor paid anything,"; and P Giss I. 47.4 (Hadrian) λείαν ἄξια εὑρῆσθαι. For a weaker sense, as in Matthew 27:32 al., see P Tebt II. 330.5 (ii/A.D.) παραγενομένου εἰς τὴν κώμην εὗρον τὴν οἰκίαν μου σεσυλημένην, P Gen I. 54.31 (iv/A.D.) ἀπελθόντων ἡμῶν ἐκεῖσαι εὑρήκαμεν τὸν πραιπόσιτον τοῦ σάγου ἐκῖσαι. Cf. also Ev. Petr. 6 εὑρέθη ὥρα ἐνάτη. The verb is used absolutely in the curious acrostic P Tebt II. 278.30 (early i/A.D.) ζητῶι καὶ οὐχ εὑρίσκωι : cf. P Leid Wvi. 3 (ii/iii A.D.) ἐλθὼν εἰς τὴν ἑπτάζωνον, μέτρει ἀποκάτωθεν, καὶ εὑρήσεις. With Luke 6:7; Luke 11:54 D, we may compare the use of εὑρίσκω in P Par 45.7 (B.C. 153) προσέχων μὴ εὕρῃ τι κατὰ σοῦ ἰπῖν. In Syll 535.37 (ii/B.C.) τοῦ δὲ εὑρόντος ἀργυρίου λογισάμενοι ἐπὶ δραχμεῖ τὸν τόκον, it is = ";fetch"; (by sale), and in PSI IV. 403.10 (iii/B.C.) τοῦ εὑρίσκοντος καὶ ἔτι ἐλάττονός σοι ὑπάρξει, it is used of the ";current"; price (see the editors’ notes). For the form εὑρήκειμεν see P Eleph 13.5 (B.C. 223–2), and for εὕροσαν, as often in LXX, see BGU IV. 1201.16 (A.D. 2) εὕροσαν τὸν στροφέα τοῦ ἑνὸς μ ̣ε ̣ρ ̣ο ̣υ ̣ς ̣ [τ ]ῆς θύρας h̔̓ρμένον χ [ε ]ρσ ̣ε ̣ι ̣ν ̣. The verb occurs in the Christian prayer P Oxy VI. 925.6 (v/vi A.D.) (= Selections, p. 131) φανέρωσον. . εἰ. . εὑρίσκω σε σὺν ἐμοὶ πράττοντα (καὶ) εὐμενῆν, ";reveal whether I shall find Thee aiding me and gracious,"; and in the new Logion, P Oxy IV. 654.17, ἡ βασ [ίλεια τῶν οὐρανῶν ] ἐντὸς ὑμῶν [ἐ ]στι [καὶ ὅστις ἂν ἑαυτὸν ] γνῶ ταύτην εὑρή [σει. . . . . It is perhaps worth noting that in p Ryl II. 125.27 (a charge of robbery—A.D. 28–9) ὡμολ [ό ]γησεν τὴν πυξίδα ὡς προφέρεται κενήν, ";he acknowledges (having found) the box but alleges that it was empty"; (Edd.), the omission of εὑρηκέναι, is oddly like Romans 4:1 B. In P Grenf I. 1.4 (ii/B.C.) the faithless lover is called ἀκαταστασίης εὑρέτης, while for εὕρημα we may compare P Oxy III. 472.33 (c. A.D. 130) εἰς συκοφαντίαν εὕρημα, ";an excuse for calumnies"; (Edd). For exx. of the unaspirated εὐρίσκω, see Crönert Mem. Herc. p. 146 1. MGr εὑρίσκω, βρίσκω, βρίστω, εὑρήκω : ξεύρω, ";I know.";
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