2. inquiry, investigation — A formal investigation or judicial inquiry, distinct from the broader 'dispute/controversy' sense. In Acts 25:20, Festus describes his uncertainty about 'the inquiry' (τὴν ζήτησιν) concerning Jewish religious charges against Paul. Arb. 'التَّحْقِيقِ' (investigation), Spa. 'investigación,' Kor. '조사를' (investigation), Hin. 'जाँच' (inquiry) all point to a forensic/judicial rather than polemical register. This specialized legal use refers to an official examination rather than a theological argument, warranting a distinct sense. 1×
AR["التَّحْقِيقِ"]·ben["অনুসন্ধান"]·DE["ζήτησιν"]·EN["inquiry"]·FR["dispute"]·heb["חֲקִירָה"]·HI["जाँचकी"]·ID["penyelidikan"]·IT["ricerca"]·jav["pitakènan"]·KO["조사를"]·PT["investigação"]·RU["исследовании"]·ES["investigación"]·SW["uchunguzi"]·TR["araştırmayı"]·urd["تحقیقات"]
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1. controversy, dispute — A debate, dispute, or controversial question, especially concerning matters of doctrine or law. Consistently rendered Ger. 'Streitfrage,' Spa. 'controversias/disputa,' Arb. 'مُباحَثاتٍ/جِدالٌ,' Kor. '논쟁들,' Hin. 'विवादों/वाद-विवाद,' Fr. 'question/dispute.' Used in pastoral epistles of foolish speculations to avoid (1 Tim 1:4, 1 Tim 6:4, 2 Tim 2:23, Titus 3:9) and in narrative of doctrinal debates (John 3:25 dispute about purification, Acts 15:2/7 debate at Jerusalem Council). The auto-clusters for 'controversies,' 'debate,' and 'dispute' all represent the same lexeme ζήτησις in varying contextual nuances of argumentative discourse. 7×
AR["-المُباحَثاتِ","المُباحَثاتِ","جِدالٌ","جِدالٍ","مُباحَثاتٍ","مُجَادَلَةٌ"]·ben["অনুসন্ধান","তর্ক","প্রশ্নগুলি,","বিতর্ক","বিতর্কগুলি"]·DE["Streitfrage","ζητήσεως"]·EN["controversies","debate","dispute","speculations"]·FR["dispute","question"]·heb["וִיכּוּחַ","חֲקִירוֹת","מַחְלֹקֶת","שְׁאֵלוֹת"]·HI["प्रशन","वाद-विवाद","विवअदोन","विवअदोन,","विवाद"]·ID["perdebatan","perdebatan-perdebatan","pertanyaan-pertanyaan"]·IT["ekzētēseis","ricerca","zetesis","zētēseis"]·jav["padu","pitakenan","pitakènan","pitakènan,"]·KO["논쟁들과","논쟁들을","논쟁들을,","논쟁이","토론이"]·PT["controvérsias","discussão","especulações","questões"]·RU["рассуждению","состязаний","спор","споров","спору","споры"]·ES["controversias","discusión","disputa"]·SW["mabishano","maswali","mjadala","ubishi","wa-mjadala"]·TR["bir-tartışma","tartışmalar","tartışmaları","tartışmanın"]·urd["بحث","بحثوں","سوالات-سے"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
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…