Controversy Dispute

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+

ζήτ-ημα, ατος, τό, that which is sought, Refs 5th c.BC+; οὐ ῥάδιον ζ. a thing not easy to find, of Pentheus' mutilated limbs, Refs 5th c.BC+; δυσνοούμενον ζ., of God, Refs 2nd c.AD+ __II inquiry, question, NT+5th c.BC+; especially of a philosophic nature, τὸ περὶ νόμους ζ. Refs 5th c.BC+; τὰ περὶ φύσεως ζRefs 4th c.AD+; also τοῦτ᾽.. οὗ τυγχάνει ζ. Refs 5th c.BC+; search, σῶμα μυρίοις ζητήμασιν εὑρών Refs 5th c.BC+; μητρός after her, Refs __II.2 official or judicial inquiry, Refs 2nd c.AD+ __III in plural, claims, Refs 3rd c.AD+; subjects of dispute, NT+1st c.AD+

ἀσύμφων-ος, Attic dialect ἀξ-, ον, not harmonious, Refs 5th c.BC+ __2 metaphorically, discordant, at variance, ἐμαυτῷNT+5th c.BC+. adverb -νωςRefs 5th c.BC+; τοῖς αὐτοῖς argument Str.I. __II not speaking the same language, πρὸς ἄλληλαRefs 5th c.BC+

Related to: διατρῐβή, ἡ, wearing away, especially of Time, way or manner of spending, χρόνου τε διατριβὰς.. ἐφηῦρε.. πεσσοὺς κύβους τε pastimes, Refs 5th c.BC+ __1 pastime, amusement, Refs 5th c.BC+materiem jocandi, Refs 1st c.AD+; place of amusement, Refs 4th c.BC+ __2 serious occupation, study, etc., τοὺς ἐν φιλοσοφίᾳ καὶ τῇ τοιᾷδε δ. τεθραμμένους Refs 5th c.BC+ __2.b discourse, τὰς ἐμὰς δ. καὶ τοὺς λόγους Refs 5th c.BC+ __2.c short ethical treatise or lecture, δ. βραχέος διανοήματος ἠθικοῦ ἔκτασις Refs 2nd c.AD+ __2.d school of philosophy, Refs 2nd c.AD+; also, a place of teaching, school, ἡ ἐν τῷ κήπῳ δ. Refs 4th c.BC+ __3 way of life, passing of time, δ. ἐν ἀγορᾷ Refs 5th c.BC+; ἡ ἐν Σικελίᾳ δ. stay there, Refs 5th c.BC+; ποιεῖσθαι ἐν τῷ ὑγρῷ τὴν δ., ἐν τῇ γῇ, Refs 4th c.BC+ __4 place of resort, haunt, τὰς ἐν Λυκείῳ δ. Refs 5th c.BC+ __II in bad sense, waste of time, loss of time, delay, with or without χρόνου, Refs 5th c.BC+; χρόνου δ. ἐμποιεῖν, παρέχειν, Refs 5th c.BC+; διατριβὴν ποτῷ ποιεῖν prolong a carouse, Refs 2nd c.AD+ __III Rhet., occasion for dwelling on a subject, Refs 4th c.BC+ __IV continuance, permanence, Refs __V obscene meaning, ={συνουσία}, Refs 6th c.AD+

συζήτ-ησις, εως, ἡ, joint inquiry, discussion, Refs 4th c.BC+ __II disputation, NT+1st c.BC+

† [מַצּוּת] n.f. id.;—only sf. אַנְשֵׁ׳ מַ��ֻּתֶ֑ךָ Is 41:12 i.e. the men who strove with thee (‖ אַנְשֵׁ׳ מִלְחַמְתֶּ֑ךָ).