noun · neuter
zētēmem
Strong’sG2213
a question, dispute
stem zētēm-5 times in the New Testament3 of 6 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
ζήτημα, -τος, τό
(< ζητέω), [in LXX: ζ. τίθεσθαι (דּרשׁ ni.), Ez 36:37 A*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2213 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saiddzay'-tay-mah
a search (properly concretely), i.e. (in words) a debate
Fromfrom G2212;
King Jamesquestion.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
that which is sought, Refs 5th c.BC+; οὐ ῥάδιον ζ. a thing not easy to find, of Pentheus' mutilated limbs, Refs 5th c.BC+; δυσνοούμενον ζ., of God, Refs 2nd c.AD+
II inquiry, question, NT+5th c.BC+; especially of a philosophic nature, τὸ περὶ νόμους ζ. Refs 5th c.BC+; τὰ περὶ φύσεως ζRefs 4th c.AD+; also τοῦτ᾽.. οὗ τυγχάνει ζ. Refs 5th c.BC+; search, σῶμα μυρίοις ζητήμασιν εὑρών Refs 5th c.BC+; μητρός after her, Refs
II.2 official or judicial inquiry, Refs 2nd c.AD+
III in plural, claims, Refs 3rd c.AD+; subjects of dispute, NT+1st c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | zētēmem | zētēmeim1×ζητήματά |
| of, belonging to genitive | zētēmeu1×ζητήματος | zētēmeiu2×ζητημάτων |
| to, for dative | zētēme | zētēmei |
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
zētēme 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
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
5 occurrences, every one of them listed
zētēmeu“question”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Acts 15:2… kai presbuteroin eis Ierousalēm peri teu zētēmeu houteu.… the apostles and elders about this question.
zētēmeim“questions”subject or objectdirect plural1×
Acts 18:15“questions”ei de zētēmeim atō peri logou kai onomeiu kai …But since it is a dispute about words and names and your own …
zētēmeiu“questions”of, belonging togenitive plural2×
Acts 23:29hon heuriskama enkalorōnton peri zētēmeiu tou nomou autoiu, mēdenem de axiem …I found that the accusation involved questions about their own law, but there …
Acts 26:3… teiu kata Ioudaioin etheiu tē kai zētēmeiu; dio domō makrothumōs akouara mu.… with all the Jewish customs and controversies. I beg you, therefore, to listen …
zētēmeim1×
Acts 25:19“points of disagreement”zētēmeim de tineim peri tau idiau deisidaimoniau …… only had some contentions with him regarding their own religion and a certain Jesus who had died, but whom Paul …