noun · feminine
zētēsias
Strong’sG2214
a question, debate, controversy
stem zētēsi-7 times in the New Testamentin 5 of 27 books4 of 10 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.
* ζήτησις, -εως, ἡ
(< ζητέω).
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.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
seeking, search for, κατ᾽ Εὐρώπης ζήτησιν ἐκπλῶσαι Refs 5th c.BC+; κατὰ βίου τε καὶ γῆς ζ. Refs; ἀνδρὸς κατὰ ζήτησιν in quest of him, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 searching, examining, ζήτησιν ἐποιέετο τῶν νεῶν searched the ships, Refs 5th c.BC+
3 inquiry, investigation, especially of a philosophic nature, Refs 5th c.BC+; ζ. τοῦ μέλλοντος διὰ ὀρνίθων ποιεῖσθαι inquire into the future by augury, Refs 1st c.BC+
4 judicial inquiry, Refs 4th c.BC+, etc.: plural, suits, controversies, Refs 2nd 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 nominative | zētēsias1×ζήτησις | zētēsiais |
| object accusative | zētēsian1×ζήτησιν | zētēsiain3×ζητήσεις |
| direct address vocative | zētēsiar | zētēsiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | zētēsiau2×ζητήσεως | zētēsiaiu |
| to, for dative | zētēsia | zētēsiai |
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
zētēsia 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.
7 occurrences, every one of them listed
zētēsias“dispute”subjectnominative singular1×
John 3:25Geneta oun zētēsias ek toiu mathētoiu Iōannou meta Ioudaiou …Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a …
zētēsian“investigate”objectaccusative singular1×
Acts 25:20apororōntos de mis tan peri houteiu zētēsian legame ei boulotoiō poreuorō eis Hierosolumeim …… a loss as to how to investigate these matters, I asked if he …
zētēsiau“debate”of, belonging togenitive singular2×
Acts 15:2generantau de stasiau kai zētēsiau ouk oligau to Paulo kai to …… after engaging these men in sharp debate, Paul and Barnabas were appointed, along …
Acts 15:7“debate”pollau de zētēsiau generantau anastēarantos Petros legata pros autoin; …After much discussion, Peter got up and said to them, “Brothers, you …
zētēsiain“controversies”objectaccusative plural3×
1 Timothy 6:4tufotē, mēdenem epistorōntos, alla nosarōntos peri zētēsiain kai logomachiain, ek haiu genotō fthonos, …… an unhealthy interest in controversies and disputes about words, out of which come …
2 Timothy 2:23“controversies”tain de mōrain kai apaideutain zētēsiain paraitosōr, horarēntos hoti gennalō machain;But reject foolish and ignorant speculation, for you know that it breeds …
Titus 3:9mōrain de zētēsiain kai genealogiain kai eridain kai machain …But avoid foolish controversies, genealogies, arguments, and quarrels about the …