Quick Definition
ζήτησις, εως, ἡ n.f. a question, debate, controversy
Strong's Definition
from 2212; a searching (properly, the act), i.e. a dispute or its theme
KJV Usage: question
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -εως | ζητέω
31.33 · Hold a View, Believe, Trust · Suppose, Think Possible
speculation, worthless speculation, imaginings to form ideas which are unrelated to reality, normally with a negative connotation It is also possible to understand ἐκζήτησις in 1TI 1:4 as meaning ‘controversies’ or ‘arguments’ (see 33.442).
noun, f. | -εως | ζητέω
27.34 · Learn · Try To Learn
searching out, seeking information, investigation attempting to learn something by careful investigation or searching The clause ‘about how I could get information on these matters’ (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.’
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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ζήτησις zētēsis 7x
a seeking; an inquiry, a question; a dispute, debate, discussion, Jn. 3:25; 1 Tim. 6:4; a subject of dispute or controversy, Acts 15:2, 7; 25:20; 2 Tim. 2:23; Tit. 3:9
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* ζήτησις, -εως, ἡ
(< ζητέω).
a seeking, search.
a questioning, inquiry, debate: Ac 15:2, 7, II Ti 2:23, Tit 3:9; seq. περί, Jo 3:25, Ac 25:20, I Ti 6:4.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ζήτησις. The more technical use of this word, as in Ac 252°, may be illustrated from the long petition of Dionysia P Oxy II. 237% 7 (A.D. 186) περὶ ἰδιωτικῶν ζητήσεων, ** concerning private suits,” “Hi 89. εἴ tis γένοιτο ζήτησις cis ὕστερον περὶ τῶν μὴ δεόντως ἀπογραψαμένων, ‘if any inquiry is made hereafter concerning false returns ’’ (Edd.): οἵ. 26. III. Gey (a.p. 184) ἐάν τις ζήτησις περὶ τούτου πρὸς σὲ γένηται, and from the inscrr. OG/S 6299 (A.D. 137) συνέβαινεν δὲ πλειστάκις περὶ τούτου ζητήσεις γείνεσθ[αι με]ταξὺ τῶν ἐνπόρων πρὸς τοὺς τελώνας. For the ordinary meaning ‘‘ search ”’ see a proclamation by the prefect in A.D. 154-5 promising all who had fled from public burdens that, if they returned within three months—p[Sleplav πρὸς α[ὐ]τοὺς ζήτησιν ἔσεσθαι (BGU 11. 372118). The subst. occurs in a difficult phrase in an Imperial edict, probably to be assigned to Julian (see Archiv ii. p. 169), P Fay 20!4 ἐϊπεὲὶ Καῖσάρ εἰμι καὶ περικέκμηκα τὸ κλῖνον ἀναλήμψεσθαι οὐχ ὅρων ἵητήσεσιν ἀλλὰ σωφρο[σύνῃ, “ever since I became Caesar, I have earnestly striven to restore vigour to what was in decline, not by acquisitions of territory (?) but by economy a (Edd.). The word survives in literary MGr = ‘© search,” “seeking.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ζήτησις (zētēsis) — controversy. ζήτ-ησις, εως, ἡ, seeking, search for, κατ᾽ Εὐρώπης ζήτησιν ἐκπλῶσαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατὰ βίου τε καὶ γῆς ζ. [Refs]; ἀνδρὸς κατὰ ζήτησιν in quest of him, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. searching, examining, ζήτησιν ἐποιέετο τῶν νεῶν searched the ships, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. inquiry, investigation, especially of a philosophic nature, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ζ. τοῦ μέλλοντος διὰ ὀρνίθων ποιεῖσθαι inquire into the future by augury, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
4. judicial inquiry, [Refs 4th c.BC+], etc.: plural, suits, controversies, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]