Disputation
New TestamentVine's Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words
Definition
1zetesisG2214
denotes, firstly, "a seeking" (zeteo, "to seek"), then, "a debate, dispute, questioning," Act 15:2, Act 15:7 (some texts have suzetesis, "reasoning," in both verses), RV, "questioning," for AV, "disputation" and "disputing;" for Joh 3:25, Act 25:20, 1Ti 1:4, 1Ti 6:4, 2Ti 2:23, Tit 3:9, see QUESTION, QUESTIONING.
2dialogismosG1261
is translated "disputations" in Rom 14:1. See below.