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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #2213 - ζήτημα

Transliteration

zḗtēma

Phonetics

dzay'-tay-mah

Origin

from (G2212)

Parts of Speech

neuter noun

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

a question, debate
1. about the law

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 1875 ‑ דָּרַשׁ (daw‑rash');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (4)

Acts 4

BSB (5)

Acts 5

CSB (5)

Acts 5

ESV (5)

Acts 5

KJV (5)

Acts 5

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (7)

Acts 7

N95 (6)

Acts 6

NAS (7)

Acts 6

NLT (4)

Acts 5

WEB (4)

Acts 4

YLT (5)

Acts 5

ASV (4)

question 1

questions 3

BSB (5)

a dispute 1

contentions 1

controversies 1

question 1

questions 1

CSB (5)

controversies 1

controversy 1

disagreements 1

matters 1

questions 1

ESV (5)

controversies 1

dispute 1

question 1

questions 2

KJV (5)

question 2

questions 3

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (7)

disagreement 1

issue 1

of 1

points 1

questions 3

N95 (6)

disagreement 1

issue 1

points 1

questions 3

NAS (7)

disagreement 1

issue 1

of 1

points 1

questions 3

NLT (4)

controversies 1

question 2

something 1

WEB (4)

question 1

questions 3

YLT (5)

a question 1

question 1

questions 3

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

N-APN 1

N-GPN 2

N-GSN 1

N-NSN 1

ANT

N-APN 1

N-GPN 2

N-GSN 1

N-NSN 1

BEZ

N-APN 1

N-GPN 2

N-GSN 1

N-NPN 1

BGB

N-APN 1

N-GPN 2

N-GSN 1

N-NSN 1

BMT

N-APN 1

N-GPN 2

N-GSN 1

N-NSN 1

BYZ

N-APN 1

N-GPN 2

N-GSN 1

N-NSN 1

ELZ

N-APN 1

N-GPN 2

N-GSN 1

N-NPN 1

NA26

N-APN 1

N-GPN 2

N-GSN 1

N-NPN 1

SBL

N-APN 1

N-GPN 2

N-GSN 1

N-NSN 1

SCV

N-APN 1

N-GPN 2

N-GSN 1

N-NSN 1

STV

N-APN 1

N-GPN 2

N-GSN 1

N-NPN 1

TIS

N-APN 1

N-GPN 2

N-GSN 1

N-NSN 1

N-APN 1

N-GPN 2

N-GSN 1

N-NPN 1

TRG

N-APN 1

N-GPN 2

N-GSN 1

N-NPN 1

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ζήτ-ημα, ατος, τό,

I that which is sought, Hp. VM 3; οὐ ῥάδιον ζ. a thing not easy to find, of Pentheus' mutilated limbs, E. Ba. 1139; δυσνοούμενον ζ., of God, Secund. Sent. 3.

1. inquiry, question, S. OT 278, Acts 15:2,al.; esp. of a philosophic nature, τὸ περὶ νόμους ζ. Pl. Lg. 631a; τὰ περὶ φύσεως ζ. ib. 891c; ποιητικῶν ζ. λύσεις Metrod. Herc. 831.13; also τοῦτ'.. οὗ τυγχάνει ζ. Pl. Cra. 421a; ἐκεῖνό γ' ἦν τὸ ζ. πρῶτον, πότερον.. Id. Sph. 221c; search, σῶμα μυρίοις ζητήμασιν εὑρών E. Ba. 1218; μητρός after her, Id. Ion 1352.

2. official or judicial inquiry, POxy. 97.14 (ii A.D.). III in pl., claims, PRyl. 117.14 (iii A.D.); subjects of dispute, SIG 785.8 (i A.D.), Acts 25:19.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

ζήτημα, ζητητός, τό (ζητέω), a question, debate: Acts 15:2; Acts 26:3; νόμου, about the law, Acts 23:29; περί τίνος, Acts 18:15; Acts 25:19. (From Sophocles down.)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ζήτημα , -τος , τό

(< ζητέω ),

[in LXX: ζ . τίθεσθαι (H1875 ni.), Ezekiel 36:37 A *;]

an inquiry, question: Acts 15:2; Acts 18:15; Acts 23:29; Acts 25:19; Acts 26:3.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

For ζήτημα, which in the NT is confined to Ac, cf. P Oxy IX. 1188.5 (A.D. 13) ὡς πρὸς σὲ τοῦ περὶ τῶν ἀγνο ̣η (θέντων) ζ ̣η ̣(τήματος) ἐ ̣σ ̣ο ̣(μένου), ";knowing that you will be held accountable in any inquiry concerning facts that remain unknown"; (Ed.), ib. I. 97.14 (A.D. 115–6) περὶ ἧς τὸ ζήτημα ὑπερετέθη ἐπὶ τὸν κράτιστον ἡγεμόνα. The word = ";claim"; in P Ryl II. 117.14 (A.D. 269) τοὺς μηδὲν [τ ]ῶν κ ̣α ̣τοιχομένων κεκληρονομηκότας μὴ κατέχεσθαι τοῖς ἐκείνων ὀφε ̣[ιλήμασι ]ν ἢ καὶ ζητήμασιν, ";that those who have inherited nothing from deceased persons cannot be held responsible for their debts or the claims made against them"; (Edd.). In MGr ζήτημα = ";controversy.";

List of Word Forms

ζήτημά ζητηματα ζητήματα ζητήματά ζητηματος ζητήματος ζητηματων ζητημάτων zetemata zetḗmata zetḗmatá zētēmata zētḗmata zētḗmatá zetematon zetemáton zētēmatōn zētēmátōn zetematos zetḗmatos zētēmatos zētḗmatos