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Below is a complete word study from the collection — Matthew 6:33, the word translated "seek."
"But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you."
English Gloss
to seek, search for, strive after, crave, desire with urgency
Grammar
What the Grammar Tells You
The present active imperative in Greek does not describe a one-time decision. It commands continuous, ongoing action — something you keep doing. A more literal rendering: "Keep on craving. Keep on pursuing. Make this your constant direction." The command is not "find the Kingdom once." It is "let your seeking never stop."
Classical and Koine Usage
In classical Greek, zēteō was used for a hunter pursuing prey and a scholar investigating a problem. Both images carry intensity of focus, not casual glancing. In the Septuagint (the Greek Old Testament), the same word translates the Hebrew darash — to inquire earnestly, to resort to, to seek with all one's weight. The word assumes that what you are seeking is worth your whole attention.
Kingdom Meaning
Jesus is not giving advice about priorities on a list. He is describing a way of being. Zēteō in this verse governs everything else in the sentence — the Kingdom, His righteousness, and the provision that follows. The person who is "seeking first" is someone whose whole orientation has shifted toward the Kingdom. They are not adding the Kingdom to their life. They have made it the source from which their life flows. This is why the "all these things" are added — they are not chased. They come to the one who is already running in the right direction.
Related Words in This Collection
basileia (kingdom / reign), dikaiosyne (righteousness / covenant status), proton (first / of first rank) — all three appear in this verse and each has its own full study in the collection.
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Every study follows the same format: gloss, grammar, classical usage, Septuagint or New Testament context, and a full Kingdom meaning section that explains what the word unlocks in your reading of Scripture.
Kingdom and Reign — Greek
Covenant and Promise — Hebrew
Salvation, Redemption, and Life — Greek and Hebrew
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These studies come from 30 years of working in original Hebrew and Greek — not as an academic exercise but as the daily practice of a pastor who needed to know what the text actually said. Every word in this collection has been studied in context, compared across the testaments, and tested against the lived experience of pastoral ministry.
The goal throughout is not to impress with scholarship but to hand you a tool that changes how you read the Bible. When you know what zēteō means in Matthew 6:33, that verse never reads the same way again.
The English text is a door. The original languages are the room. These 73 studies hand you the key.
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