To debate
συζητέωStrong’s G4802suzēteō
Appears in 10 verses of the New Testament
In short
Suzēteō is the Greek word usually translated “question”, “dispute” and “questioning”. It appears in 10 verses of the New Testament.
“And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned among themselves, saying, What thing is this? what new doctrine is this? for with authority commandeth he even the unclean spirits, and they do obey him.”
Meaning
Usually translated “question”, “dispute” and “questioning”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- to question 2
- to dispute 1
- questioning 1
- arguing 1
- are you disputing 1
- are reasoning together 1
- reasoning 1
- disputing 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Mark 6
- Luke 2
- Acts 2
3 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Mark 8:11And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him.
- Mark 9:10And they kept that saying with themselves, questioning one with another what the rising from the dead should mean.
- Mark 9:14And when he came to his disciples, he saw a great multitude about them, and the scribes questioning with them.
- Mark 9:16And he asked the scribes, What question ye with them?
- Mark 12:28And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all?
- Luke 22:23And they began to enquire among themselves, which of them it was that should do this thing.
Greek dictionary
συζητέω suzēteō · to debate
συν-ζητέω (Rec. συζ-), -ῶ, [in LXX: Neh.2:4 AB1 (בָּקַשׁ pi.) * ;] 1. to search or examine together (Plat.). 2. In NT (and π., see MM, xxiii; also in MGr., see Kennedy, Sources, 155), to discuss, dispute: Mrk.1:27 12:28, Luk.24:15; before quæst. indir., Mrk.9:10; with dative of person(s), Mrk.8:11 Act.6:9; before πρός, with accusative of person(s), Mrk.9:14, 16, Act.9:29; id. before quæst. indir., Luk.22:23.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “debate” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DEBATE, noun
- Contention in words or arguments; discussion for elucidating truth; strife in argument or reasoning, between persons of different opinions, each endeavoring to prove his own opinion right, and that of his opposer wrong; dispute; controversy; as the debates in parliament or in congress.
- Strife; contention.“Behold, ye fast for strife and debate” Isaiah 58:4
- The power of being disputed; as, this question is settled beyond debate; the story is true beyond debate
- debate or debates, the published report of arguments for and against a measure; as, the debates in the convention are printed.
All definitions and other forms of “debate”
DEBATE, verb transitive
To contend for in words or arguments; to strive to maintain a cause by reasoning; to dispute; to discuss; to argue; to contest, as opposing parties; as, the question was debated till a late hour.
- “DEBATE thy cause with thy neighbor himself” Proverbs 25:9
DEBATE, verb intransitive
- To debate on or in, to deliberate; to discuss or examine different arguments in the mind.
- To dispute.
- To engage in combat.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.