Quick Definition
a question, dispute
Strong's Definition
a search (properly concretely), i.e. (in words) a debate
Derivation: from G2212 (ζητέω);
KJV Usage: question
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ζήτημα, ζητητός, τό (ζητέω), a question, debate: Act_15:2; Act_26:3; νόμου, about the law, Act_23:29; περί τίνος, Act_18:15; Act_25:19. (From Sophocles down.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ζήτημα zētēma 5x
a question; a subject of debate or controversy, Act_15:2 ; Act_18:15 ; Act_23:29 ; Act_25:19 ; Act_26:3
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ζήτημα , -τος , τό
( < ζητέω ),
[in LXX : ζ . τίθεσθαι ( H1875 ni .), Eze_36:37 A * ;]
an inquiry, question: Act_15:2 ; Act_18:15 ; Act_23:29 ; Act_25:19 ; Act_26:3 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ζήτημα [page 274]
For ζήτημα , which in the NT is confined to Ac, cf. P Oxy IX. 1188 .5 (A.D. 13) ὡς πρὸς σὲ τοῦ περὶ τῶν ἀγνο̣η (θέντων ) ζ̣η̣(τήματος ) ἐ̣σ̣ο̣(μένου ), knowing that you will be held accountable in any inquiry concerning facts that remain unknown (Ed.), ib. I. 97 .14 (A.D. 115 6) περὶ ἧς τὸ ζήτημα ὑπερετέθη ἐπὶ τὸν κράτιστον ἡγεμόνα . The word = claim in P Ryl II. 117 .14 (A.D. 269) τοὺς μηδὲν [τ ]ῶν κ̣α̣τοιχομένων κεκληρονομηκότας μὴ κατέχεσθαι τοῖς ἐκείνων ὀφε̣[ιλήμασι ]ν ἢ καὶ ζητήμασιν , that those who have inherited nothing from deceased persons cannot be held responsible for their debts or the claims made against them (Edd.). In MGr ζήτημα = controversy.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ζήτημα [Etym: From ζητέω] "that which is sought", οὐ ῥᾴδιον ζ. "a thing" not easy "to find", Eur. "an inquiry, question", Soph. , Plat. , etc. "a search", μητρός "after" her, Eur.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ζήτημα, -τος, τό
(ζητέω), [in LXX: ζ. τίθεσθαι (דָּרַשׁ ni.), Eze.36:37 A * ;]
an inquiry, question: Act.15:2 18:15 23:29 25:19 26:3.†
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