συζητέω suzēteō

Greek word for “to debate” · Strong’s G4802 · used 10 times in 10 verses

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Meaning

συν-ζητέω; (Rec. συζ-), -ῶ;

How it is translated

Glosses given for suzēteō in context, with how often each is used:

• question 2
• disputing 2
• dispute 1
• questioning 1
• arguing 1
• reasoning together 1
• reasoning 1
• debating 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Mark 9 (3), Mark 1 (1), Mark 8 (1), Mark 12 (1), Luke 22 (1), Luke 24 (1), Acts 6 (1), Acts 9 (1)

Forms

• συζητεῖν 4
• συζητοῦντες 2
• συζητοῦντας 1
• συζητεῖτε 1
• συζητούντων 1
• συνεζήτει 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with suzēteō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ἐπερωτάω eperōtaō “to question” 2
• ἑαυτοῦ heautou “themself” 3
• γραμματεύς grammateus “scribe” 2
• ἄρχω archō “be first” 2
• ἀνίστημι anistēmi “to arise” 2
• εἴδω eidō “to perceive” 2

Key verses

The verses using suzēteō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Mark 1:27 — 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…
• Mark 8:11 — And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him.
• Mark 9:10 — And they kept that saying with themselves, questioning one with another what the rising from the dead should mean.
• Mark 9:14 — And when he came to his disciples, he saw a great multitude about them, and the scribes questioning with them.
• Mark 9:16 — And he asked the scribes, What question ye with them?
• Mark 12:28 — And 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…
• Luke 22:23 — And they began to enquire among themselves, which of them it was that should do this thing.
• Luke 24:15 — And it came to pass, that, while they communed together and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them.
• Acts 6:9 — Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of…
• Acts 9:29 — And he spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and disputed against the Grecians: but they went about to slay him.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.