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- verb archaic Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
seek .
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Examples
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But we might put more emphasis upon the 'seeketh' without spoiling the logic of the sentence; and thereby we should come nearer the truth of what God's heart to us is, so that if we do seek Him, we shall surely find.
Expositions of Holy Scripture Psalms Alexander Maclaren 1868
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Who answering said to them: An evil and adulterous generation seeketh a sign: and a sign shall not be given it, but the sign of Jonah the prophet.
Ambos, or Ambones 2009
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The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.
Fret Not 2009
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That verb ending on seeketh and returneth is not a poetic flourish, but a mark of the third person singular: He, she, or it returneth.
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[11] There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
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Man seeketh in society comfort, use, and protection.
Todd Kashdan: What You Don't Know About Creating a Happy, Meaningful Life 2009
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Ah Europa, thou who seeketh to undo the Battle of Chrysopolis
The Volokh Conspiracy » Blasphemy Made a Crime in Ireland: 2009
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But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshipers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
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‘I am fleeing from the snake-charmer, for he seeketh to trap me and, if thou wilt save me and hide me with thee, I will make fair thy reward and do thee all manner of kindness.’
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Replied the old woman “O my lady, whoso seeketh the world to come let him weary him in this world, and whoso wearieth not himself in this world shall not attain the dwellings of the just in the world to come.”
tim_retep commented on the word seeketh
(archaic) third-person singular form of to seek.
July 30, 2009