The Koine Bible

Greek Lexicon

SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

ζήτησις

Lemmaζήτησις
Citation formζήτησις, εως, ἡ
Part of speechnoun
Glossa question, debate, controversy
Strong’sG2214
Transliterationzḗtēsis
Definitiona searching (properly, the act), i.e. a dispute or its theme
KJV glosses:--question.
Derivationfrom
SBLGNT occurrences7

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
ζητήσεις
noun, accusative, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----APF-)1 Timothy 6:4
noun, accusative, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----APF-)2 Timothy 2:23
noun, accusative, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----APF-)Titus 3:9
ζητήσεως
noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-)Acts 15:2
noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-)Acts 15:7
ζήτησιν
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-)Acts 25:20
ζήτησις
noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-)John 3:25

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: ζητησις.