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Name of God’s Son

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
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

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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