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Question, Questioning
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
or primarily "a seeking, search" (zeteo, "to seek"), for which see DISPUTATION , is used in John 3:25; Acts 25:20 , RV , "(being perplexed) how to inquire (concerning these things)," AV "(because I doubted of such manner) of questions," lit., "being perplexed as to the inquiry (or discussion) concerning these things;" in 1 Timothy 1:4 (in some mss.); 6:4; 2 Timothy 2:23; Titus 3:9 . See INQUIRY.
synonymous with No. 1, but, generally speaking, suggesting in a more concrete form the subject of an inquiry, occurs in Acts 15:2; 18:15; 23:29; 25:19; 26:3 .
"a word," is translated "question" in Matthew 21:24 (AV, "thing"); in Mark 11:29 (RV, marg., "word") and Luke 20:3 , AV, "one thing:" there is no word in the original for "one," hence the RV, "a question."
"a questioning," is found in the best texts in 1 Timothy 1:4 (see RV); cp. No. 1.
Notes: (1) In Matthew 22:41 , there is no word in the original for "question." (2) For suzetesis or sunzetesis, "a questioning together" (sun, "with"), see DISPUTATION. (3) In Acts 19:40 , AV, enkaleo, "to bring a charge against," is translated "to be called in question" (RV, "to be accused").or sunzeteo, "to search together" (cp. Note, above), "to discuss, dispute," is translated "to question" (or "question with or together") in Mark 1:27; 8:11; 9:10,14,16; 12:28 , RV (AV, "reasoning together"); Luke 22:23 , RV (AV, "inquire"); 24:15, RV (AV, "reasoned"). See DISPUTE , B, No. 3, INQUIRE, REASON.
"to ask," is translated "asked ... a question," in Matthew 22:35,41; in Luke 2:46 , "asking ... questions;" "questioned" in Luke 23:9 . See ASK , A, No. 3.
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Question, Questioning'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/q/question-questioning.html. 1940.
