G139 – hairesis – αἵρεσις – heresy [which is the Greek word itself], sect
- Strong’s ID:
- G139
- Greek Word:
- αἵρεσις
- Transliteration:
- hairesis
- Pronunciation:
- hah’-ee-res-is
- Part of Speech:
- noun feminine
- Usage Count:
- 9
- Search:
- Find “hairesis” in the Bible (New Testament)
Strong’s Greek Lexicon
from G138; properly, a choice, i.e. (specially) a party or (abstractly) disunion:—heresy [which is the Greek word itself], sect.
Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.
Thayer’s Greek Definitions
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)
4a) of the Sadducees
4b) of the Pharisees
4c) of the Christians
5) dissensions arising from diversity of opinions and aims
Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.