εὑρίσκω

εὑρίσκω,

[in LXX chiefly for מצא, also for נשׂג hi., etc. ;]

to find, with or without previous search: absol., opposite to ζητέω, Matt 7,7, 8 Luk 11,9, 10; with accusative, Matt 2,8, Mark 1,37, ApG 13,22, 2 Tim 1,17, al.; pass., οὐχ εὑ., of disappearance, Hebr 11,5, Åb 16,20, al.; γῆ κ. τὰ ἐν αὐτῇ ἔργα εὑρεθήσεται (for conjectures as to the meaning of this reading, see Mayor, ICC, in l.), 2 Pet 3,10, WH, R, mg. Metaphorical, to find, find out by inquiry, learn, discover: Luk 19,48, ApG 4,21; αἰτίαν, Joh 18,38, ApG 13,28, al.; pass., Matt 1,18, Luk 17,18, Rom 7,10, 1 Kor 4,2, Gal 2,17, 1 Pet 1,7, Åb 5,4, al.; of attaining to the knowledge of God, εὑ. θεόν, ApG 17,27 pass., Rom 10,20 (LXX). Mid., to find for oneself, gain, procure, obtain: with accusative of thing(s), λύτρωσιν, Hebr 9,12 act. in same sense (so cl. poets, but not in Attic prose), Matt 10,39; 11,29, Luk 1,30, ApG 7,46, 2 Tim 1,18, al. (cf. ἀν-ευρίσκω).