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Strong's #2214 - ζήτησις

Transliteration

zḗtēsis

Phonetics

dzay'-tay-sis

Root Word (Etymology)

from (G2212)

Parts of Speech

Noun Feminine

TDNT

2:893,300

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

a seeking
enquiry
a questioning, debate
a subject of questioning or debate, matter of controversy

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

KJV (6)

John 1

Acts 1

1 Timothy 2

2 Timothy 1

Titus 1

NAS (9)

John 1

Acts 4

1 Timothy 2

2 Timothy 1

Titus 1

HCS (8)

John 1

Acts 3

1 Timothy 2

2 Timothy 1

Titus 1

BSB (8)

John 1

Acts 3

1 Timothy 2

2 Timothy 1

Titus 1

ESV (5)

John 1

Acts 1

1 Timothy 1

2 Timothy 1

Titus 1

WEB (6)

John 1

Acts 1

1 Timothy 2

2 Timothy 1

Titus 1

KJV (6)

question 1

questions 5

NAS (9)

controversial 1

controversies 1

debate 2

discussion 1

how 1

investigate 1

questions 1

speculations 1

HCS (8)

a dispute 1

debate 2

debates 1

disputes 2

empty speculations 1

in a dispute 1

BSB (8)

A dispute 1

controversies 2

debate 1

discussion 1

how to investigate 1

speculation 2

ESV (5)

controversies 2

controversy 1

discussion 1

questions 1

WEB (6)

a questioning 1

arguments 1

concerning these things 1

disputes 1

questionings 2

RAH

N-DSF 1

ANT

N-APF 4

N-ASF 1

N-GSF 1

N-NSF 1

BEZ

N-APF 4

N-ASF 1

N-NSF 1

BGB

N-AFP 4

N-AFS 1

N-GFS 2

N-NFS 1

BMT

N-APF 4

N-ASF 1

N-GSF 1

N-NSF 1

BYZ

N-APF 4

N-ASF 1

N-GSF 1

N-NSF 1

ELZ

N-APF 4

N-ASF 1

N-NSF 1

NA26

N-APF 4

N-ASF 1

N-GSF 2

N-NSF 1

SBL

N-APF 4

N-ASF 1

N-GSF 2

N-NSF 1

SCV

N-APF 4

N-ASF 1

N-NSF 1

STV

N-APF 4

N-ASF 1

N-NSF 1

TIS

N-APF 4

N-ASF 1

N-GSF 2

N-NSF 1

N-APF 4

N-ASF 1

N-NSF 1

N-APF 4

N-ASF 1

N-GSF 2

N-NSF 1

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ζήτ-ησις, εως, ἡ,

1. seeking, search for, κατ' Εὐρώπης ζήτησιν ἐκπλῶσαι Hdt. 2.44; κατὰ βίου τε καὶ γῆς ζ. Id. 1.94, cf. 2.54; ἀνδρὸς κατὰ ζήτησιν in quest of him, S. Tr. 55; ἡ ζ. τῶν δρασάντων Th. 8.66; ζ. ἐπιστήμης Pl. Tht. 196d, etc.; τῆς τροφῆς Th. 8.57; τῆς ἀληθείας Id. 1.20.

2. searching, examining, ζήτησιν ἐποιέετο τῶν νεῶν searched the ships, Hdt. 6.118, cf. Lys. 12.30, Aeschin. 1.43.

3. inquiry, investigation, esp. of a philosophic nature, Pl. Cra. 406a, Ap. 29c, al.; περὶ τῆς τοῦ παντὸς φύσεως Id. Ti. 47a; ζ. τοῦ μέλλοντος διὰ ὀρνίθων ποιεῖσθαι inquire into the future by augury, Id. Phdr. 244c: in pl., Id. Phd. 66d, Phld. Rh. 1.276S., 2.185S.

4. judicial inquiry, Din. 1.10, POxy. 237 vi7 (ii A.D.), etc.: pl., suits, controversies, OGI 629.9 (Palmyra, ii A.D.).

Thayer's Expanded Definition

ἐκζήτησις (ἐκζητέω, which see), ἐκζητησεως, ἡ;

1. an investigating.

2. a subject of subtle inquiry and dispute (R. V. questioning): 1 Timothy 1:4 T Tr (WH; see Ellicott at the passage and cf. οἰκονομία). (Basil Caesar., Didymus of Alexandria (circa ).)

STRONGS NT 2214: ζήτησις ζήτησις, ζητήσεως, ἡ (ζητέω);

a. a seeking: (Herodotus), Thucydides 8, 57; others;

b. inquiry (German die Frage): περί τίνος, Acts 25:20.

c. a questioning, debate: Acts 15:2 (for Rec. συζήτησις); 7 T Tr text WH; περί τίνος, John 3:25.

d. a subject of questioning or debate, matter of controversy: 1 Timothy 1:4 R G L; ; 2 Timothy 2:23; Titus 3:9.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

* ζήτησις , -εως , ἡ

(< ζητέω ).

1. a seeking, search.

2. a questioning, inquiry, debate: Acts 15:2; Acts 15:7, 2 Timothy 2:23, Titus 3:9; seq. περί , John 3:26, Acts 25:20, 1 Timothy 6:4.†

*† ἐκ -ζήτησις , -εως , ἡ

(< ἐκζητέω ),

a questioning (RV), subject for dispute: 1 Timothy 1:4.†

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

The more technical use of this word, as in Acts 25:20, may be illustrated from the long petition of Dionysia P Oxy II. 237vi. 7 (A.D. 186) περὶ ἰδιωτικῶν ζητήσεων, ";concerning private suits,"; viii. 39 εἴ τις γένοιτο ζήτησις εἰς ὕστερον περὶ τῶν μὴ δεόντως ἀπογραψαμένων, ";if any inquiry is made hereafter concerning false returns"; (Edd.) : cf. ib. III. 513.45 (A.D. 184) ἐάν τις ζήτησις περὶ τούτου πρὸς σὲ γέ [νηται, and from the inscrr. OGIS 629.9 (A.D. 137) συνέβαινεν δὲ πλειστάκις περὶ τούτου ζητήσεις γείνεσθ [αι με ]ταξὺ τῶν ἐνπόρων πρὸς τοὺς τελώνας. For the ordinary meaning ";search"; see a proclamation by the prefect in A.D. 154–5 promising all who had fled from public burdens that, if they returned within three months—μ [ηδ ]εμίαν πρὸς α ̣[ὐ ]τοὺς ζήτησιν ἔσεσθαι (BGU II. 372i. 19). The subst. occurs in a difficult phrase in an Imperial edict, probably to be assigned to Julian (see Archiv ii. p. 169), P Fay 20.14 ἐ ]πεὶ Καῖσάρ εἰμι καὶ περικέκμηκα τὸ κλῖνον ἀναλήμψεσθαι οὐχ ὅρων ζητήσεσιν ἀλλὰ σωφρο [σύνῃ, ";ever since I became Caesar, I have earnestly striven to restore vigour to what was in decline, not by acquisitions of territory (?) but by economy"; (Edd.). The word survives in literary MGr = ";search,"; ";seeking.";

List of Word Forms

εκζητησεις ἐκζητήσεις ζητησεις ζητήσεις ζητησεως ζητήσεως ζητησιν ζήτησιν ζητησις ζήτησις ζιβύνας ζιβύνην ekzeteseis ekzetḗseis ekzētēseis ekzētḗseis zeteseis zetḗseis zētēseis zētḗseis zeteseos zetḗseos zētēseōs zētḗseōs zetesin zētēsin zḗtesin zḗtēsin zetesis zētēsis zḗtesis zḗtēsis