KJV Dictionary - question
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QUESTION
QUESTION, n. ques'chun. L. quaestio. See Quest.
1. The act of asking; an interrogatory; as, to examine by question and answer.
2. That which is asked; something proposed which is to be solved by answer. What is the question?
3. Inquiry; disquisition; discussion.
It is to be put to question, whether it is lawful for christian princes to make an invasive war, simply for the propagation of the faith.
4. Dispute or subject of debate.
There arose a question between some of John's disciples and the Jews, about purifying. John 3.
5. Doubt; controversy; dispute. The story is true beyond all question.
This does not bring their truth in question.
6. Trial; examination; judicial trial or inquiry.
Of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question. Acts 23. Acts 24.
7. Examination by torture.
8. Endeavor; effort; act of seeking. Not in use.
9. In logic, a proposition stated by way of interrogation.
In question, in debate; in the course of examination or discussion; as, the matter or point in question.
Definition from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.
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