ζήτ-ημα, ατος, τό,
I that which is sought, Hp. VM 3; οὐ ῥάδιον ζ. a thing not easy to find, of Pentheus’ mutilated limbs, E. Ba. 1139; δυσνοούμενον ζ., of God, Secund. Sent. 3.
II
1. inquiry, question, S. OT 278, [Act 15:2],al.; esp. of a philosophic nature, τὸ περὶ νόμους ζ. Pl. Lg. 631a; τὰ περὶ φύσεως ζ. ib. 891c; ποιητικῶν ζ. λύσεις Metrod. Herc. 831.13; also τοῦτ’.. οὗ τυγχάνει ζ. Pl. Cra. 421a; ἐκεῖνό γ’ ἦν τὸ ζ. πρῶτον, πότερον.. Id. Sph. 221c; search, σῶμα μυρίοις ζητήμασιν εὑρών E. Ba. 1218; μητρός after her, Id. Ion 1352.
2. official or judicial inquiry, POxy. 97.14 (ii A.D.). III in pl., claims, PRyl. 117.14 (iii A.D.); subjects of dispute, SIG 785.8 (i A.D.), [Act 25:19].
G2213 — ζήτημα
ζητητός, τό (ζητέω), a question, debate: [Act 15:2]; [Act 26:3]; νόμου, about the law, [Act 23:29]; περί τίνος, [Act 18:15]; [Act 25:19]. (From Sophocles down.)
ζήτημα , - τος , τό
( < ζητέω ),
[in LXX : ζ . τίθεσθαι (H1875 ni .), [Eze 36:37] A * ;]
an inquiry, question: [Act 15:2]; [Act 18:15]; [Act 23:29]; [Act 25:19]; [Act 26:3]. †