KJV Dictionary Definition: question

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.

questionable

QUES'TIONABLE, a.

1. That may be questioned; doubtful; uncertain; disputable. the deed is of questionable authority.

It is questionable whether Galen ever saw the dissection of a human body.

2. Suspicious; liable to be doubted or disputed; liable to suspicion. His veracity is questionable.

Thou com'st in such a questionable shape, that I will speak to thee.

questionableness

QUES'TIONABLENESS, n. The quality or state of being doubtful, questionable or suspicious.

questioned

QUES'TIONED, pp.

1. Interrogated; examined by questions.

2. Doubted; disputed.

questioner

QUES'TIONER, n. One that asks questions; an inquirer.

questioning

QUES'TIONING, ppr. Interrogating; calling in question; doubting.

Definitions from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.
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