'Sought' in the Bible

Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child's life.

But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.

And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him.

Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;