Word study · Greek
hairesis
sect, party, choice
Say it: HAI-reh-sis (approximate)
αἵρεσις
What it means
A choice, and hence a school or party. The Sadducees and Pharisees are each called a "sect" (5:17, 15:5), and the Jewish leaders call the church "the sect of the Nazarenes" (24:5, 24:14, 28:22). Later it came to mean "heresy."
Range of meaning
- SectA party or school.
- HeresyA divisive teaching.
- ChoicePreference.
In Acts
- Chapter 24
"The sect of the Nazarenes" and "the Way, which they call a sect" (24:5, 24:14).
Every verse (6)
Verses where G0139 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources