Greek noun (feminine) · G2214
ζήτησις
zetesisdzay'-tay-sis
a seeking, search.; a questioning, inquiry, debate
7 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: zḗtēsis
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2214is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 27New Testament books
- 4spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2214
a searching (properly, the act), i.e. a dispute or its theme
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
zetesis is rendered "a seeking, search.; a questioning, inquiry, debate". It stands 7 times in the Greek text, across five books.
- Three of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "a seeking, search.".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.John 3:25Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the issue of ceremonial washing.
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the issue of ceremonial washing.
John 3:25ζήτησις
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's seven uses are in Acts.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: a seeking, search., and a questioning, inquiry, debate.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| a seeking, search. | Tagged as
| WhereJohn 3:25Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the issue of ceremonial… |
| a questioning, inquiry, debateAct.15:2, 7, 2Ti.2:23, Tit.3:9; before περί, Jhn.3:26, Act.25:20, 1Ti.6:4.† (AS) | Tagged as
| WhereJohn 3:26So John’s disciples came to him and said, “Look, Rabbi… |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ζήτημα | zetema | a question/dispute | Uses5 |
All 7, 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
- ζητήσεις3
- ζητήσεως2
- ζήτησιν1
- ζήτησις1
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine plural3N-APF
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular2N-GSF
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular1N-ASF
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine singular1N-NSF
John
one use
Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the issue of ceremonial washing.
- ζήτησιςzetesisnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: a debate
Acts
three 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.
- ζητήσεωςzeteseosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: controversy
After much discussion, Peter got up and said to them, “Brothers, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you that the Gentiles would hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe.
- ζητήσεωςzeteseosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: controversy
Since I was at a loss as to how to investigate these matters, I asked if he was willing to go to Jerusalem and be tried there on these charges.
- ζήτησινzetesinnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: inquiry
1 Timothy
one use
he is conceited and understands nothing. Instead, he has an unhealthy interest in controversies and semantics, out of which come envy, strife, abusive talk, evil suspicions,
- ζητήσειςzeteseisnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: controversies
2 Timothy
one use
But reject foolish and ignorant speculation, for you know that it breeds quarreling.
- ζητήσειςzeteseisnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: speculations
Titus
one use
But avoid foolish controversies, genealogies, arguments, and quarrels about the law, because these things are pointless and worthless.
- ζητήσειςzeteseisnoun · accusative (object) · feminine 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.