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Koine Greek wordlink #93721

SR GNT Acts 15:2 ζητήσεως (zaʸtaʸseōs) ‘and dissension and debate no little by Paulos’ Strongs=22140 Lemma=zētēsis
Word role=noun case=genitive gender=feminine number=singular
Year=51 AD Event=Jerusalem_Council TimeSeries=Jerusalem_Council,Second_Missionary_Journey

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Other uses (1) of identical word form ζητήσεως (N-GFS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ζητήσεως’ (N-GFS) is always and only glossed as ‘debate’.

Acts 15:7 ‘much and debate having become having stood_up Petros’ SR GNT Acts 15:7 word 4

OET-LV: 7 And having _become much debate, Petros having _stood _up said to them: Men, brothers, you _all are _knowing that from ancient days among you _all, the god chose for _the pagans to _hear by the mouth of _me, the message of _the good _message and to _believe. (ACT_15:7)

OET-RV: 7 After a lot of debate, Peter stood up and said, “Men, brothers, all of you here know that some time back, God chose me to be a mouthpiece so that the non-Jews could hear the good message and believe. (ACT 15:7)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘zētēsis’ have 3 different glosses: ‘a debate’, ‘debate’, ‘debates’.

Greek words (2) other than ζητήσεως (N-GFS) with a gloss related to ‘debate’

YHN 3:25 ζήτησις (zaʸtaʸsis) N-NFS ‘became therefore a debate of the apprentices/followers’ SR GNT Yhn 3:25 word 4

OET-LV: 25 Therefore became a_debate of the apprentices/followers of _Yōannaʸs with a_Youdaios about purification. (JHN_3:25)

OET-RV: 25 Then a debate about purification started between Yohan’s followers and a religious leader. (JHN 3:25)

ACTs 25:20 ζήτησιν (zaʸtaʸsin) N-AFS ‘the concerning these things debate was asking if might_be wishing’ SR GNT Acts 25:20 word 9

OET-LV: 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. (ACT_25:20)

OET-RV: 20 I was puzzled about this debate and asked him if he wanted to be judged about these things in Yerushalem. (ACT 25:20)

Key: N=noun AFS=accusative,feminine,singular GFS=genitive,feminine,singular NFS=nominative,feminine,singular