noun · feminine
ekzētēsias
Greekἐκζήτησις (ekzētēsis)
Strong’sG2214
a question, debate, controversy
stem ekzētēsi-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
*† ἐκ-ζήτησις, -εως, ἡ
(< ἐκζητέω),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2214 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saiddzay'-tay-sis
a searching (properly, the act), i.e. a dispute or its theme
Fromfrom G2212;
King Jamesquestion.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | ekzētēsias | ekzētēsiais |
| object accusative | ekzētēsian | ekzētēsiain1×ἐκζητήσεις |
| direct address vocative | ekzētēsiar | ekzētēsiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | ekzētēsiau | ekzētēsiaiu |
| to, for dative | ekzētēsia | ekzētēsiai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
ekzētēsia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
ekzētēsiain“speculations”objectaccusative plural1×
1 Timothy 1:4“speculations”mēde prosecharō muthoi kai genealogiai aperantai, hotinais ekzētēsiain parechalō mallon ē oikonomian theou tan en pistiaor devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculation rather than the stewardship of God’s work, which is by faith.