UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, f.

Inflections: ζήτησις; -εως

Related lemmas: ζητέω

Sense 1: searching out, seeking information, investigation

Semantic entry: 27.34

Semantic domains: Learn

Subdomains: Try To Learn

Definition: attempting to learn something by careful investigation or searching

Notes: The clause ‘about how I could get information on these matters’ (RV ACT 25:20 · LV ACT 25:20 · Read together ACT 25:20) may also be rendered as ‘about how I should try to find out about these matters’ or ‘about how I could learn about these matters.’

ACT 25:20: RV ACT 25:20 · LV ACT 25:20 · Read together ACT 25:20

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OET-RV ACT 25:20

20 I was puzzled about this debate and asked him if he wanted to be judged about these things in Yerushalem.

OET-LV ACT 25:20

20 And I perplexing, the debate concerning these things, was _asking if might _be _wishing to _be _going to Hierousalaʸm/(Yərūshālayim), and _there to _be _being _judged concerning these things.

Sense 2: dispute

Semantic entry: 33.440

Semantic domains: Communication

Subdomains: Dispute, Debate

Definition: expressing of forceful differences of opinion without necessarily having a presumed goal of seeking a solution

JHN 3:25: RV JHN 3:25 · LV JHN 3:25 · Read together JHN 3:25

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OET-RV JHN 3:25

25 Then a debate about purification started between Yohan’s followers and a religious leader.

OET-LV JHN 3:25

25 Therefore became a_debate of the apprentices/followers of _Yōannaʸs with a_Youdaios about purification.

ACT 15:2: RV ACT 15:2 · LV ACT 15:2 · Read together ACT 15:2

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OET-RV ACT 15:2

2 This led to no end of argument and debate between them and Paulos and Barnabas until it was decided that the two of them and some other believers should go to Yerushalem (Jerusalem) to ask the missionaries and the elders there about this issue.

OET-LV ACT 15:2

2 And dissension and no little debate having _become the by _Paulos and the Barnabas with them, they _determined Paulos and Barnabas and some others from them to _be _going _up, to the ambassadors and elders in Hierousalaʸm/(Yərūshālayim) about the this question.

All 6 recorded passages for this sense

JHN: RV JHN 3:25 · LV JHN 3:25 · Read together JHN 3:25

ACT: RV ACT 15:2 · RV ACT 15:7 · LV ACT 15:2 · LV ACT 15:7 · Read together ACT 15:2 · Read together ACT 15:7

TI1: RV TI1 6:4 · LV TI1 6:4 · Read together TI1 6:4

TI2: RV TI2 2:23 · LV TI2 2:23 · Read together TI2 2:23

TIT: RV TIT 3:9 · LV TIT 3:9 · Read together TIT 3:9

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ζήτησις

Form 1

Sense 1: searching out, seeking information, investigation

Sense 2: dispute