1 Corinthians 13:5:41 Cor.13.5.W4TAB
ζητεῖ
dzêtei
“seeks”
- Transliteration
- dzê-TEI
- Extended
- dzê-TEI
- IPA
- /dzɛːˈtiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- seeks
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Zeta | z — as in daze | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
Tap any key to hear its pronunciation
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
dzê-TEI
- sentence
ouk a-skhê-mo-NEI ou dzê-TEI ta he-au-TÊS ou pa-ro-KSY-ne-tai ou lo-GI-dze-tai to ka-KON
Exegesis
The main verbs aschēmonei {ἀσχημονεῖ | a-schē-mo-neî}, zētei {ζητεῖ | zē-teî}, paroxynetai {παροξύνεται | pa-ro-xý-ne-tai}, and logizetai {λογίζεται | lo-gí-ze-tai} are all in the present tense, portraying settled patterns of behavior rather than single events.
The clause zētei ta heautēs {ζητεῖ τὰ ἑαυτῆς | zē-teî tà he-au-tês} literally “seeks the things of itself” uses the article plus neuter plural with the reflexive pronoun in the genitive to express the idea of pursuing one’s own interests.
Root and etymology
zēteōzeta–eta–tau–epsilon–omega
“to seek, look for, desire”
In context — 1 Corinthians 13:5
It does not behave disgracefully , it does not seek its own interests, it is not provoked, it does not reckon the evil done to it.
About this coordinate
1 Corinthians 13:5:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Corinthians 13:5, so the Greek word ζητεῖ (dzêtei) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Cor.13.5.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.13.5.W4.S1) and character.