2 Timothy 2:23:62 Tim.2.23.W6TAB

ζητήσεις

dzêtêseis

disputes

Transliteration
dzê-TÊ-seis
Extended
dzeh-TAY-seis
IPA
/dzɛːˈtɛː.seis/

Meaning by language

English
disputes

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Result
ζη + τή + σεις
dzê + tê + seis
dzêtêseis

Alphabet Analysis

Zetaz — as in daze
Etai — as in machine
Taut — as in top
Etai — as in machine
Sigmas — as in sit
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Iotai — as in machine
Sigma (final)s — used only at end of words

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Word in context

  1. word

    dzê-TÊ-seis

  2. sentence

    tas de mô-RAS kai a-pai-DEU-tous dzê-TÊ-seis pa-rai-TOU ei-DÔS HO-ti gen-NÔ-si MA-khas

Exegesis

The verse begins with the accusative phrase tas moras kai apaideutous zeteseis {τὰς μωρὰς καὶ ἀπαιδεύτους ζητήσεις | tàs mōrás kaí apaideútous zētḗseis}, functioning as the fronted direct object of the imperative.

Root and etymology

zeteōzeta–eta–tau–epsilon–omega

to seek, inquire, search

In context2 Timothy 2:23

But avoid the foolish and untrained questions, knowing that they produce quarrels .

About this coordinate

2 Timothy 2:23:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Timothy 2:23, so the Greek word ζητήσεις (dzêtêseis) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 2 Tim.2.23.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Tim.2.23.W6.S1) and character.