ζήτησις
zḗtēsis · G2214 · Greek · 8 occurrences
Meanings
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searching out, seeking information or investigation
Attempting to learn something by careful investigation or searching
ExamplesActs 25:20 “And being at a loss how to investigate such matters, I asked whether he was willing to go to Jerusalem and stand trial there on these matters.
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dispute
The expressing of forceful differences of opinion without necessarily having a presumed goal of seeking a solution
ExamplesJohn 3:25 Then a matter of dispute developed on the part of John’s disciples with a Jew about purification.
Acts 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 15:7 After there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, “Brothers, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles would hear the word of the gospel and believe.
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
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
4 occurrences in 4 groups
- μωρόςunwise 2
- οὐnot 1
- πολύςmany 1
- ἀπαίδευτοςuneducated 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- γίνομαιto become, to happen, to be 1
What it doesIt is the subject
3 occurrences in 1 groups
- γίνομαιto become, to happen, to be 3
What is done to itIt is the object
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- παραιτέομαιto ask for 1
- περιΐστημιto stand around 1
- ἀπορέωto be at a loss 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- περίconcerning, about, for 2
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 4 entries
- To try to learn, to search, to try to find out, to seek information27.34
- In John 3:25, of John's disciples it is written, “a matter of dispute developed on the part of John's disciples with a Jew about purification,” using this word for a search to find out the truth of a matter.
- Dispute33.440
- In Acts 15:7, before the Jerusalem council reached its decision, “after there had been much debate, Peter stood up,” naming this kind of formal argument or dispute.
- Speculation, worthless speculation, imaginings31.33
- In 1 Timothy 1:4, Paul warns against devoting attention “to myths and endless genealogies, which give rise to useless speculation rather than advance the plan of God,” naming this idle, unfounded conjecture.
- Idle dispute, meaningless speculation33.442
- In Acts 25:20, Festus admits, “being at a loss how to investigate such matters, I asked whether he was willing to go to Jerusalem,” using this word for a perplexing, unresolved dispute.
Word family 9 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (ἐκζητέω, which see), ἐκζητησεως, ἡ; 1. an investigating. 2. a subject of subtle inquiry…
1. an investigating.
2. a subject of subtle inquiry and dispute (R. V. questioning): 1 Tim 1:4 T Tr (WH; see Ellicott at the passage and cf. οἰκονομία). (Basil Caesar., Didymus of Alexandria (circa ).)
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 3 entries
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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