Definition

to explore (figuratively)

Etymology

from G1537 (ἐκ) and G2045 (ἐρευνάω);

Word family

• ἐκ ek
• ἐρευνάω ereunáō

How the KJV renders it

• search diligently

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.