Strong G139αἵρεσις
sect
- Transliteration
- hairesis
- Pronunciation
- hah'ee-res-is
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G138; properly a choice that is (specifically) a party or (abstractly) disunion . (heresy is the Greek word itself.): - heresy [which is the Greekord itself] sect.
Detailed definition
αἵρεσις, -εως, ἡ
(αἱρέω, -ομαι), [in LXX for נְדָבָה,]
1. capture.
2. choosing, choice (see MM, VGT, see word).
3. that which is chosen, hence, opinion; esp. a peculiar opinion, heresy: 1Co.11:19, Gal.5:20, 2Pe.2:1 R, txt.
4. In late writers (MM, VGT), of a set of persons professing particular principles or opinions, a school, sect, party, faction: Act.5:17 15:5 24:5,14 26:5 28:22, I Co, Ga, II Pe, l.with, R, mg. (Cremer, 614).
† (AS)
(αἱρέω, -ομαι), [in LXX for נְדָבָה,]
1. capture.
2. choosing, choice (see MM, VGT, see word).
3. that which is chosen, hence, opinion; esp. a peculiar opinion, heresy: 1Co.11:19, Gal.5:20, 2Pe.2:1 R, txt.
4. In late writers (MM, VGT), of a set of persons professing particular principles or opinions, a school, sect, party, faction: Act.5:17 15:5 24:5,14 26:5 28:22, I Co, Ga, II Pe, l.with, R, mg. (Cremer, 614).
† (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G139 appears in 9 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- sect5
- heresy4
First verses
- Acts 5:17Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with indignation,
- Acts 15:5But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.
- Acts 24:5For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:
- Acts 24:14But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets:
- Acts 26:5Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
- Acts 28:22But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest: for as concerning this sect, we know that every where it is spoken against.
- 1 Corinthians 11:19For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you.
- Galatians 5:20Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
- 2 Peter 2:1But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
αἵρεσις, εως, ἡ,
taking, especially of a town, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.1, etc.)]; ἡ βασιλέος αἵ. the taking by the king, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 9.3; ἐλπίζων ταχίστην -σιν ἔσεσθαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.75)]; αἵ. δυνάμεως acquisition of power, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 513a)]:—generally, taking, receiving, ἐπιγενημάτων[Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“PTeb.” 27.66 (2nd c.BC).)]
B (αἱρέομαι) choice, αἵρεσίν τ᾽ ἐμοὶ δίδου[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 779; τῶνδε.. αἵρεσιν παρδίδωμι 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 10.82)]; followed by relative, αἵ. διδόναι ὁκοτέρην.., εἰ.., etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.11, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 22.19)]; αἵ. προτιθέναι, προβάλλειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 196c, “Sph.” 245b; εἰ νέμοι τις αἵρεσιν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 265; αἵρεσιν λαβεῖν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 36.11; ποιεῖσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 7.19; αἵ. γίγνεταί τινι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.61)]; οὐκ ἔχει αἵρεσιν it admits no choice, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.708b.)]
B.2 choice, election of magistrates, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.89, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1266a26, +others; αἱρέσει, opposed to κλήρῳ, 1300a19, etc.)]
B.3 inclination, choice, πρός τινα Philipp. cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.166, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.61.9, etc., compare “IG” 2.591b)]; opposed to φυγή, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 3p.62U.)]; περὶ αἱρέσεων καὶ φυγῶν, title of treatise by Epicurus.
B.II purpose, course of action or thought, like{προαίρεσις}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 256c; ἡ αἵ. τῆς πρεσβείας 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.11)]; αἵ. Ἐλληνική the study of Greek literature, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 39.1.3)]:—conduct, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (PTeb. 28.10 (2nd c.BC).)]
B.II.2 system of philosophic principles, or those who profess such principles, sect, school, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.93.8, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 2.29, Polystr. p.20 W., 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “Amm.” 1.7, “Comp.” 2, +others, compare 1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Familiares” 15.16.3)]; κατὰ τῶν αἱ., title of treatise by Antipater of Tarsus; περὶ αἱρέσεων, title of Menippean satire by Varro,[Refs (compare “fragment” 164)]; αἵρεσις πρὸς Γοργιππίδην, title of work by Chrysippus, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 7.191)]; especially religious party or sect, of the Essenes, [NT+1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 2.8.1; the Sadducees and Pharisees, NT.Act.5.17, 15.5, 26.5; the Christians, [prev. work] 24.5, 14, 28.22)], generally, faction, party, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 5.2.)]
B.II.3 corps of epheboi, [Refs (“OGI” 176 (from Egypt).)]
B.II.4 Astrology texts, 'condition', [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Ptolemaeus Mathematicus “Tetrabiblos” 21; ἡ ἡμερινὴ αἵ. Vett. Val. 1.13.)]
B.III proposed condition, proposal, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 3.10.)]
B.III.2 commission, ἡ ἐπὶ τοὺς νέους αἵ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Axiochus” 367a)]; embassy, mission, [Refs (Inscriptiones Graecae 4.937 (Epid.).)]
B.III.3 freewill offering, opposed to vow, [LXX (LXX.Lev.22.18, +others)]
B.III.4 bid at auction, τὴν ἀμείνονα αἵ. διδόντι παραδοθῆναι[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“POxy.” 716.22 (2nd c.AD), compare 1630.8 (3rd c.AD).)]
taking, especially of a town, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.1, etc.)]; ἡ βασιλέος αἵ. the taking by the king, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 9.3; ἐλπίζων ταχίστην -σιν ἔσεσθαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.75)]; αἵ. δυνάμεως acquisition of power, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 513a)]:—generally, taking, receiving, ἐπιγενημάτων[Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“PTeb.” 27.66 (2nd c.BC).)]
B (αἱρέομαι) choice, αἵρεσίν τ᾽ ἐμοὶ δίδου[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 779; τῶνδε.. αἵρεσιν παρδίδωμι 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 10.82)]; followed by relative, αἵ. διδόναι ὁκοτέρην.., εἰ.., etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.11, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 22.19)]; αἵ. προτιθέναι, προβάλλειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 196c, “Sph.” 245b; εἰ νέμοι τις αἵρεσιν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 265; αἵρεσιν λαβεῖν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 36.11; ποιεῖσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 7.19; αἵ. γίγνεταί τινι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.61)]; οὐκ ἔχει αἵρεσιν it admits no choice, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.708b.)]
B.2 choice, election of magistrates, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.89, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1266a26, +others; αἱρέσει, opposed to κλήρῳ, 1300a19, etc.)]
B.3 inclination, choice, πρός τινα Philipp. cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.166, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.61.9, etc., compare “IG” 2.591b)]; opposed to φυγή, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 3p.62U.)]; περὶ αἱρέσεων καὶ φυγῶν, title of treatise by Epicurus.
B.II purpose, course of action or thought, like{προαίρεσις}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 256c; ἡ αἵ. τῆς πρεσβείας 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.11)]; αἵ. Ἐλληνική the study of Greek literature, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 39.1.3)]:—conduct, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (PTeb. 28.10 (2nd c.BC).)]
B.II.2 system of philosophic principles, or those who profess such principles, sect, school, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.93.8, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 2.29, Polystr. p.20 W., 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “Amm.” 1.7, “Comp.” 2, +others, compare 1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Familiares” 15.16.3)]; κατὰ τῶν αἱ., title of treatise by Antipater of Tarsus; περὶ αἱρέσεων, title of Menippean satire by Varro,[Refs (compare “fragment” 164)]; αἵρεσις πρὸς Γοργιππίδην, title of work by Chrysippus, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 7.191)]; especially religious party or sect, of the Essenes, [NT+1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 2.8.1; the Sadducees and Pharisees, NT.Act.5.17, 15.5, 26.5; the Christians, [prev. work] 24.5, 14, 28.22)], generally, faction, party, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 5.2.)]
B.II.3 corps of epheboi, [Refs (“OGI” 176 (from Egypt).)]
B.II.4 Astrology texts, 'condition', [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Ptolemaeus Mathematicus “Tetrabiblos” 21; ἡ ἡμερινὴ αἵ. Vett. Val. 1.13.)]
B.III proposed condition, proposal, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 3.10.)]
B.III.2 commission, ἡ ἐπὶ τοὺς νέους αἵ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Axiochus” 367a)]; embassy, mission, [Refs (Inscriptiones Graecae 4.937 (Epid.).)]
B.III.3 freewill offering, opposed to vow, [LXX (LXX.Lev.22.18, +others)]
B.III.4 bid at auction, τὴν ἀμείνονα αἵ. διδόντι παραδοθῆναι[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“POxy.” 716.22 (2nd c.AD), compare 1630.8 (3rd c.AD).)]