Greek noun (neuter) · G2213
ζήτημα
zetemadzay'-tay-mah
a question/dispute
5 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: zḗtēma
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2213is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 1 of 27New Testament books
- 4spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2213
a search (properly concretely), i.e. (in words) a debate
The King James renders it: question.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
zetema is rendered "a question/dispute". It stands 5 times in the Greek text, across one book.
- Five of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Acts 15:2And after engaging these men in sharp debate, Paul and Barnabas were appointed, along with some other believers, to go up to Jerusalem to see the apostles and elders about this question.
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
And after engaging these men in sharp debate, Paul and Barnabas were appointed, along with some other believers, to go up to Jerusalem to see the apostles and elders about this question.
Acts 15:2ζητήματος
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Five of the word's five uses are in Acts.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- questions3
- controversies1
- question1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ζήτησις | zetesis | controversy | Uses7 |
All 5, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
4 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ζητημάτων2
- ζητήματα1
- ζητήματά1
- ζητήματος1
The grammar of each form
- noun · genitive (“of”) · neuter plural2N-GPN
- noun · accusative (object) · neuter plural1N-APN
- noun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singular1N-GSN
- noun · nominative (subject) · neuter plural1N-NPN
Acts
five uses
And after engaging these men in sharp debate, Paul and Barnabas were appointed, along with some other believers, to go up to Jerusalem to see the apostles and elders about this question.
- ζητήματοςzetematosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: question
But since it is a dispute about words and names and your own law, settle it yourselves. I refuse to be a judge of such things.”
- ζητήματάzetematanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter pluraltagged: questions
I found that the accusation involved questions about their own law, but there was no charge worthy of death or imprisonment.
- ζητημάτωνzetematonnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluraltagged: questions
They only had some contentions with him regarding their own religion and a certain Jesus who had died, but whom Paul affirmed to be alive.
- ζητήματαzetematanoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: Questions
especially since you are acquainted with all the Jewish customs and controversies. I beg you, therefore, to listen to me patiently.
- ζητημάτωνzetematonnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluraltagged: controversies
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.