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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [1]

1: Ἐραυνάω (Strong'S #2045 — Verb — eraunao | ereunao — er-yoo-nah'-o )

an earlier form, "to search, examine," is used (a) of God, as "searching" the heart,  Romans 8:27; (b) of Christ, similarly,  Revelation 2:23; (c) of the Holy Spirit, as "searching" all things,  1—Corinthians 2:10 , acting in the spirit of the believer; (d) of the OT prophets, as "searching" their own writings concerning matters foretold of Christ, testified by the Spirit of Christ in them,  1—Peter 1:11 (cp. No. 2); (e) of the Jews, as commanded by the Lord to "search" the Scriptures,   John 5:39 , AV, and RV marg., "search," RV text, "ye search," either is possible grammatically; (f) of Nicodemus as commanded similarly by the chief priests and Pharisees,  John 7:52 .

2: Ἐξεραυνάω (Strong'S #1830 — Verb — exeraunao — ex-er-yoo-nah'-o )

a strengthened form of No. 1 (ek, or ex, "out"), "to search out," is used in  1—Peter 1:10 , "searched diligently;" cp. No. 1 (d).

3: Ἐξετάζω (Strong'S #1833 — Verb — exetazo — ex-et-ad'-zo )

"to examine closely, inquire carefully" (from etazo, "to examine"), occurs in  Matthew 2:8 , RV, "search out;" so  Matthew 10:11 , RV: see Inquire , No. 4.

 Acts 17:11Examine.

Webster's Dictionary [2]

(1): ( v. t.) The act of seeking or looking for something; quest; inquiry; pursuit for finding something; examination.

(2): ( v. t.) To examine; to try; to put to the test.

(3): ( v. t.) To look over or through, for the purpose of finding something; to examine; to explore; as, to search the city.

(4): ( v. t.) To examine or explore by feeling with an instrument; to probe; as, to search a wound.

(5): ( v. i.) To seek; to look for something; to make inquiry, exploration, or examination; to hunt.

(6): ( v. t.) To inquire after; to look for; to seek.

King James Dictionary [3]

Search  5t. serch

1. To look over or through for the purpose of finding something to explore to examine by inspection as, to search the house for a book to search the wood for a thief.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [4]

sûrch  : Some peculiar senses are: (1) In the books of Moses, especially in Nu, "searching out the land" means to spy out ( רגּל , raggēl ), to investigate carefully, to examine with a view to giving a full and accurate report on. (2) When applied to the Scriptures, as in   Ezra 4:15 ,  Ezra 4:19 ( בּקר , baḳḳēr );  John 5:39;  1 Peter 1:11 ( ἐραυνάω , eraunáō ), it means to examine, to study out the meaning. In  Acts 17:11 , the Revised Version (British and American) substitutes "examining" for the "searched" of the King James Version. See Searchings . (3) "Search out" often means to study critically, to investigate carefully, e.g.  Job 8:8;  Job 29:16;  Ecclesiastes 1:13;  Lamentations 3:40;  Matthew 2:8;  1 Corinthians 2:10;  1 Peter 1:10 . (4) When the word is applied to God's searching the heart or spirit, it means His opening up, laying bare, disclosing what was hidden, e.g.  1 Chronicles 28:9;  Psalm 44:21;  Psalm 139:1;  Proverbs 20:27;  Jeremiah 17:10;  Romans 8:27 .

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