ζήτημα
zḗtēma · G2213 · Greek · 5 occurrences
Meanings
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dispute
Expressing of forceful differences of opinion without necessarily having a presumed goal of seeking a solution
ExamplesActs 15:2 And after Paul and Barnabas had a heated argument and debate with them, the brothers determined that Paul and Barnabas and some others of them should go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and elders concerning this issue.
Acts 18:15 but if there are questions about teaching and persons and your own law, see to it yourselves; I am unwilling to be a judge of these matters.”
Acts 23:29 and I found that he was being accused regarding questions in their Law, but was not charged with anything deserving death or imprisonment.
How it’s used In 5 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- νόμοςlaw, the Law 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- οὗτοςthis 1
- τὶςsomeone 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἔχωto have 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- περίconcerning, about, for 4
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- γνώστηςone who knows 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Semantic domains 1 entry
- Dispute33.440
- In Acts 25:19, Festus explains to King Agrippa that Paul's accusers had certain “points of disagreement... about their own religion and about a dead man, Jesus,” naming this kind of contested question.
Word family 9 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ζητητός, τό (ζητέω), a question, debate: Acts 15:2; Acts 26:3; νόμου, about the law, Acts…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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