ΖΗΤΗΣΙΝ, ζητησιν
ZĒTĒSIN, zētēsin
Sounds Like: zay-TAY-sin
Translations: a question, a debate, a dispute, a controversy, a search, an inquiry
From the root: ΖΗΤΗΣΙΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to an act of seeking, searching, or inquiring. It can also denote the subject of such an inquiry, often a question, debate, or controversy that arises from discussion or investigation. It is used in sentences to describe the process of seeking truth or engaging in a verbal dispute.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G2214 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 2:27
Codex Sinaiticus
- Acts of the Apostles — 25:20
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 2 — 3:31, 6:132
- Book 4 — 4:67
- Book 5 — 8:290
- Book 6 — 4:46, 4:51
- Book 17 — 4:61
- Book 19 — 1:115
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 68:4
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 58:302
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Acts — 25:20
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΖΗΤΗΣΙΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΖΗΤΗΣΕΣΙ — (to) inquiry, (to) question, (to) debate, (to) discussion, (to) dispute
- ΖΗΤΗΣΕΣΙΝ — questions, disputes, investigations, discussions, a question, a dispute
- ΖΗΤΗΣΕΩΝ — of questions, of disputes, of debates, of inquiries, of discussions
- ΖΗΤΗΣΕΩΣ — of inquiry, of searching, of investigation, of discussion, of a question, of a dispute
- ΖΗΤΗΣΙ — a question, a dispute, a debate, a controversy, a discussion, a search, an inquiry
- ΖΗΤΗΣΙΣ — question, a question, inquiry, an inquiry, debate, a debate, discussion, a discussion, dispute, a dispute
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