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
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Zeta | z — as in daze | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
dzê-TÊ-seis
- 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 context — 2 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.