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dissension

Meaning of “dissension”

Strong disagreement, contention, strife, or conflict that separates persons into opposing sides.

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First occurrence: Acts 15:2

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Every verse containing “dissension”

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Acts 15:2
When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Acts 15:2 · retained source text

When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissention and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certeine other of them, should goe vp to Hierusalem vnto the Apostles and Elders about this question.

Acts 23:7
And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was divided.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Acts 23:7 · retained source text

And when hee had so said, there arose a dissension betweene the Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was diuided.

Acts 23:10
And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among them, and to bring him into the castle.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Acts 23:10 · retained source text

And when there arose a great dissension, the chiefe captaine fearing lest Paul should haue bene pulled in pieces of them, commanded the souldiers to goe downe, and to take him by force from among them, and to bring him into the castle.

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