Greek noun (feminine) · G139
αἵρεσις
hairesishah'-ee-res-is
capture; choosing, choice; that which is chosen; In late writers (MM
9 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: haíresis
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G139is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 27New Testament books
- 4spellings
- 4meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G139
properly, a choice, i.e. (specially) a party or (abstractly) disunion
The King James renders it: heresy (which is the Greek word itself), sect.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
hairesis is rendered "capture; choosing, choice; that which is chosen; In late writers (MM". It stands 9 times in the Greek text, across four books.
- Six of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists four meanings for it, beginning with "capture".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Acts 5:17Then the high priest and all his associates, who belonged to the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy. They went out
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
Then the high priest and all his associates, who belonged to the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy. They went out
Acts 5:17αἵρεσις
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Six of the word's nine uses are in Acts.
What the word means
The word carries four meanings: capture, and choosing, choice, and that which is chosen, and In late writers (MM.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| capture | Tagged as
| WhereActs 5:17Then the high priest and all his associates, who belonged to the party of the Sadducees… |
| choosing, choice(see MM, VGT, see word). | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
| that which is chosenhence, opinion | Tagged as
| Where1 Corinthians 11:19And indeed, there must be differences among you to show which of you are approved. |
| In late writers (MM | Tagged as
| WhereActs 5:17Then the high priest and all his associates, who belonged to the party of the Sadducees… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 9, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
4 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- αἱρέσεις3
- αἱρέσεως3
- αἵρεσιν2
- αἵρεσις1
The grammar of each form
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular3N-GSF
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine plural2N-APF
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular2N-ASF
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine plural1N-NPF
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine singular1N-NSF
Acts
six uses
Then the high priest and all his associates, who belonged to the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy. They went out
- αἵρεσιςairesisnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: sect
But some believers from the party of the Pharisees stood up and declared, “The Gentiles must be circumcised and required to obey the law of Moses.”
- αἱρέσεωςhaireseosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: sect
We have found this man to be a pestilence, stirring up dissension among the Jews all over the world. He is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes,
- αἱρέσεωςhaireseosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: sect
I do confess to you, however, that I worship the God of our fathers according to the Way, which they call a sect. I believe everything that is laid down by the Law and written in the Prophets,
- αἵρεσινairesinnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: a sect
They have known me for a long time and can testify, if they are willing, that I lived as a Pharisee, adhering to the strictest sect of our religion.
- αἵρεσινairesinnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: sect
But we consider your views worth hearing, because we know that people everywhere are speaking against this sect.”
- αἱρέσεωςhaireseosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: sect
1 Corinthians
one use
And indeed, there must be differences among you to show which of you are approved.
- αἱρέσειςhaireseisnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: factions
Galatians
one use
idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions,
- αἱρέσειςhaireseisnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine pluraltagged: factions
2 Peter
one use
Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.
- αἱρέσειςhaireseisnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: heresies
Where it leads
Studies that open this word1
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.