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Disputing

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Greek G3859 paradiatribḗ

Original: παραδιατριβή

Meaning:
from a compound of παρά and διατρίβω; misemployment, i.e. meddlesomeness:--perverse disputing.

Notes:
KJV/AV rendering: misemployment, i.e. meddlesomeness:--perverse disputing.

Verses containing this word showing 5 of 5

^{Acts 6:9} Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen. Open

^{Acts 15:7} And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe. Open

^{Acts 19:8} And he went into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of three months, disputing and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God. Open

^{Acts 19:9} But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus. Open

^{Acts 24:12} And they neither found me in the temple disputing with any man, neither raising up the people, neither in the synagogues, nor in the city: Open

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