Questioning Question

Questioning Question

A — 1: Ζήτησις

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(Strong'S #2214 — Noun Feminine — zetesis — dzay'-tay-sis )

primarily "a seeking, search" (zeteo, "to seek"), for which see Disputation , is used in John 3:25; Acts 25:20 , Rv , "(being perplexed) how to inquire (concerning these things)," AV "(because I doubted of such manner) of questions," lit., "being perplexed as to the inquiry (or discussion) concerning these things;" in 1 Timothy 1:4 (in some mss.); 6:4; 2 Timothy 2:23; Titus 3:9 . See Inquiry.

A — 2: Ζήτημα

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(Strong'S #2213 — Noun Neuter — zetema — dzay'-tay-mah )

synonymous with No. 1, but, generally speaking, suggesting in a more concrete form the subject of an inquiry, occurs in Acts 15:2; 18:15; 23:29; 25:19; 26:3 .

A — 3: Λόγος

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(Strong'S #3056 — Noun Masculine — logos — log'-os )

"a word," is translated "question" in Matthew 21:24 (AV, "thing"); in Mark 11:29 (RV, marg., "word") and Luke 20:3 , AV, "one thing:" there is no word in the original for "one," hence the RV, "a question."

A — 4: Ἐξ

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(Strong'S #1537 2214 — Preposition — ekzetesis — ek, ex )

"a questioning," is found in the best texts in 1 Timothy 1:4 (see RV); cp. No. 1.

Matthew 22:41Disputation. Acts 19:40

B — 1: Συζητέω

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(Strong'S #4802 — Verb — suzeteo — sood-zay-teh'-o )

or sunzeteo, "to search together" (cp. Note, above), "to discuss, dispute," is translated "to question" (or "question with or together") in Mark 1:27; 8:11; 9:10,14,16; 12:28 , RV (AV, "reasoning together"); Luke 22:23 , RV (AV, "inquire"); 24:15, RV (AV, "reasoned"). See Dispute , B, No. 3, INQUIRE, REASON.

B — 2: Ἐπερωτάω

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(Strong'S #1905 — Verb — eperotao — ep-er-o-tah'-o )

"to ask," is translated "asked ... a question," in Matthew 22:35,41; in Luke 2:46 , "asking ... questions;" "questioned" in Luke 23:9 . See Ask , A, No. 3.