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'Questions' in the Bible

And he put questions to the men of the place, saying, Where is the loose woman who was in Enaim by the wayside? And they said, There was no such woman there.

And they said, The man put a number of questions to us about ourselves and our family, saying, Is your father still living? have you another brother? And we had to give him answers; how were we to have any idea that he would say, Come back with your brother?

And let them be judges in the causes of the people at all times: and let them put before you all important questions, but in small things let them give decisions themselves: in this way, it will be less hard for you, and they will take the weight off you.

And they were judges in the causes of the people at all times: the hard questions they put before Moses; but on every small point they gave decisions themselves.

And at that time I gave orders to your judges, saying, Let all questions between your brothers come before you for hearing, and give decisions uprightly between a man and his brother or one from another nation who is with him.

Then let a full search be made, and let questions be put with care; and if it is true and certain that such a disgusting thing has been done among you;

Or anyone using secret force on people, or putting questions to a spirit, or having secret knowledge, or going to the dead for directions.

And taking prisoner a young man of the people of Succoth, he got from him, in answer to his questions, a list of the chiefs of Succoth and the responsible men, seventy-seven men.

And Samuel said, Why do you put your questions to me, seeing that God has gone away from you and is on the side of him who is against you?

And when Uriah came to him, David put questions to him about how Joab and the people were, and how the war was going.

Now the queen of Sheba, hearing great things of Solomon, came to put his wisdom to the test with hard questions.

And Solomon gave her answers to all her questions; there was no secret which the king did not make clear to her.

And in answer to the king's questions, the woman gave him all the story. So the king gave orders to one of his unsexed servants, saying, Give her back all her property, and all the produce of her fields from the day when she went away from the land up till now.

Now the queen of Sheba, hearing great things of Solomon, came to Jerusalem to put his wisdom to the test with hard questions; and with her came a very great train, and camels weighted down with spices, and great stores of gold and jewels: and when she came to Solomon she had talk with him of everything in her mind.

And Solomon gave her answers to all her questions; there was no secret which he did not make clear to her.

And if any cause comes before you from your brothers living in their towns, where the death punishment is in question, or where there are questions of law or order, or rules or decisions, make them take care that they are not in the wrong before the Lord, so that wrath may not come on you and on your brothers; do this and you yourselves will not be in the wrong.

And now, Amariah, the chief priest, is over you in all questions to do with the Lord; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the head of the family of Judah, in everything to do with the king's business; and the Levites will be overseers for you. Be strong to do the work; and may the Lord be with the upright.

Then Hezekiah put questions to the priests and Levites about the store of goods.

If a man was desiring to go to law with him, he would not be able to give him an answer to one out of a thousand questions.

What then will I do when God comes as my judge? and what answer may I give to his questions?

Get your strength together like a man of war; I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.

Get your strength together like a man of war: I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.

Give ear to me, and I will say what is in my mind; I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.

False witnesses got up: they put questions to me about crimes of which I had no knowledge.

To make you see how certain are true words, so that you may give a true answer to those who put questions to you?

The watchman says, The morning has come, but night is still to come: if you have questions to put, put them, and come back again.

And I saw that there was no man, even no wise man among them, who might give an answer to my questions.

For the king of Babylon took his place at the parting of the ways, at the top of the two roads, to make use of secret arts: shaking the arrows this way and that, he put questions to the images of his gods, he took note of the inner parts of dead beasts.

And in any business needing wisdom and good sense, about which the king put questions to them, he saw that they were ten times better than all the wonder-workers and users of secret arts in all his kingdom.

Because a most special spirit, and knowledge and reason and the power of reading dreams and unfolding dark sayings and answering hard questions, were seen to be in him, even in Daniel (named Belteshazzar by the king): now let Daniel be sent for, and he will make clear the sense of the writing.

And I have had news of you, that you have the power of making things clear, and of answering hard questions: now if you are able to make out the writing and give me the sense of it, you will be clothed in purple and have a gold chain round your neck and be a ruler of high authority in the kingdom.

Then Herod sent for the wise men privately, and put questions to them about what time the star had been seen.

And no one was able to give him an answer, and so great was their fear of him, that from that day no one put any more questions to him.

And they were all greatly surprised, so that they put questions to one another, saying, What is this? a new teaching! with authority he gives orders even to the unclean spirits, and they do what he says.

And when he was by himself, those who were round him with the twelve put questions to him about the purpose of the stories.

And when he had gone into the house away from all the people, his disciples put questions to him about the saying.

And in the house the disciples put questions to him again about this thing.

And after three days they came across him in the Temple, seated among the wise men, giving ear to their words and putting questions to them.

And the people put questions to him, saying, What have we to do?

And men of the army put questions to him, saying, And what have we to do? And he said to them, Do no violent acts to any man, and do not take anything without right, and let your payment be enough for you.

And his disciples put questions to him about the point of the story.

And when the Pharisees put questions to him about when the kingdom of God would come, he gave them an answer and said, The kingdom of God will not come through observation:

And they had fear of putting any more questions to him.

But when they went on with their questions, he got up and said to them, Let him among you who is without sin be the first to send a stone at her.

So the Pharisees put more questions to him about how his eyes had been made open. And he said to them, He put earth on my eyes, and I had a wash and am able to see.

And on that day you will put no questions to me. Truly I say to you, Whatever request you make to the Father, he will give it to you in my name.

Now we are certain that you have knowledge of all things and have no need for anyone to put questions to you: through this we have faith that you came from God.

Then the high priest put questions to Jesus about his disciples and his teaching.

Why are you questioning me? put questions to my hearers about what I have said to them: they have knowledge of what I said.

But had certain questions against him in connection with their religion, and about one Jesus, now dead, who, Paul said, was living.

The more so, because you are expert in all questions to do with the Jews and their ways: so I make my request to you to give me a hearing to the end.

Who, when they had put questions to me, were ready to let me go free, because there was no cause of death in me.

If then there are questions to be judged in connection with the things of this life, why do you put them in the hands of those who have no position in the church?

And if they have a desire for knowledge about anything, let them put questions to their husbands privately: for talking in the church puts shame on a woman.

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
συζητέω 
Suzeteo 
Usage: 8

ἐπερωτάω 
Eperotao 
Usage: 55

חידה 
Chiydah 
Usage: 17

ἀνακρίνω 
Anakrino 
Usage: 16

ἐγκαλέω 
Egkaleo 
Usage: 7

ζήτημα 
Zetema 
Usage: 5

ζήτησις 
Zetesis 
Usage: 6

κρίνω 
Krino 
judge , determine , condemn , go to law , call in question , esteem ,
Usage: 84

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