'Sought' in the Bible

saying, “Get up! Take the child and His mother and go to the land of Israel, because those who sought the child’s life are dead.”

For if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion for a second one.

For you know that later, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected because he didn’t find any opportunity for repentance, though he sought it with tears.