Dissension
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [1]
akin to histemi, "to stand," denotes (a) "a standing, stability," Hebrews 9:8 , "(while as the first tabernacle) is yet standing;" (b) "an insurrection, uproar," Mark 15:7; Luke 23:19,25; Acts 19:40; 24:5; (c) "a dissension," Acts 15:2; 23:7,10 . See Insurrection , Sedition , Standing , Uproar.
King James Dictionary [2]
Dissension n. L., to think. Disagreement in opinion, usually a disagreement which is violent, producing warm debates or angry words contention in words strife discord quarrel breach of friendship and union.
Debates, dissensions, uproars are thy joy.
Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension with them. Acts 15 .
We see dissensions in church and state, in towns, parishes, and families, and the word is sometimes applied to differences which produce war as the dissensions between the houses of York and Lancaster in England.
Webster's Dictionary [3]
(n.) Disagreement in opinion, usually of a violent character, producing warm debates or angry words; contention in words; partisan and contentious divisions; breach of friendship and union; strife; discord; quarrel.
