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Lexicon :: Strong's G139 - airesis

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αἵρεσις
Transliteration
airesis (Key)
Pronunciation
hah'-ee-res-is
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:180,27

Trench's Synonyms: cvii. Additional Synonyms

Strong’s Definitions

αἵρεσις haíresis, hah'-ee-res-is; from G138; properly, a choice, i.e. (specially) a party or (abstractly) disunion:—heresy (which is the Greek word itself), sect.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's G139 in the following manner: sect (5x), heresy (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's G139 in the following manner: sect (5x), heresy (4x).

  1. act of taking, capture: e.g. storming a city

  2. choosing, choice

  3. that which is chosen

  4. a body of men following their own tenets (sect or party)

    1. of the Sadducees

    2. of the Pharisees

    3. of the Christians

  5. dissensions arising from diversity of opinions and aims

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
αἵρεσις haíresis, hah'-ee-res-is; from G138; properly, a choice, i.e. (specially) a party or (abstractly) disunion:—heresy (which is the Greek word itself), sect.
STRONGS G139:
αἵρεσις, -εως, ἡ;
1. (from αἱρέω), act of taking, capture: τῆς πόλεως, the storming of a city; in secular authors.
2. (from αἱρέομαι), choosing, choice, very often in secular writings: Sept. Leviticus 22:18; 1 Macc. 8:30.
3. that which is chosen, a chosen course of thought and action; hence one's chosen opinion, tenet; according to the context, an opinion varying from the true exposition of the Christian faith (heresy): 2 Peter 2:1 (cf. DeWette at the passage), and in ecclesiastical writings [cf. Sophocles' Lexicon, under the word].
4. a body of men separating themselves from others and following their own tenets (a sect or party): as the Sadducees, Acts 5:17; the Pharisees, Acts 15:5; Acts 26:5; the Christians, Acts 24:5, 14 (in both instances with a suggestion of reproach); Acts 28:22 (in Diogenes Laërtius 1 (13) 18f, others, used of the schools of philosophy).
5. dissensions arising from diversity of opinions and aims: Galatians 5:20; 1 Corinthians 11:19. [Cf. Meyer, at the passages cited; B. D. American edition under the word Sects; Burton, Bampt. Lect. for 1829; Campbell, Diss. on the Gospels, diss. ix., part iv.]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Leviticus
22:18
Acts
5:17; 15:5; 24:5; 24:14; 26:5; 28:22
1 Corinthians
11:19
Galatians
5:20
2 Peter
2:1

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G139 matches the Greek αἵρεσις (airesis),
which occurs 9 times in 9 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:17 - But the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him (which is the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:5 - But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees who believed, saying, It is needful to circumcise them, and to charge them to keep the law of Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 24:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:5 - For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of insurrections among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 24:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:14 - But this I confess unto thee, that after the Way which they call a sect, so serve I the God of our fathers, believing all things which are according to the law, and which are written in the prophets;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:5 - having knowledge of me from the first, if they be willing to testify, that after the straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 28:22

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:22 - But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest: for as concerning this sect, it is known to us that everywhere it is spoken against.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 11:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:19 - For there must be also factions among you, that they that are approved may be made manifest among you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 5:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:20 - idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousies, wraths, factions, divisions, parties,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 2:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:1 - But there arose false prophets also among the people, as among you also there shall be false teachers, who shall privily bring in destructive heresies, denying even the Master that bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.
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