Questioning Question

Questioning Question

'''A — 1: ζήτησις (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 (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 (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 (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 (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 (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.