Strong's G139
αἵρεσις(haíresis)
- Language:
- Greek (New Testament)
Definition
properly, a choice, i.e. (specially) a party or (abstractly) disunion
Derivation
from G138 (αἱρέομαι);
KJV Translation
In the King James Version, αἵρεσις is translated as: heresy (which is the Greek word itself), sect.
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, compiled by James Strong in 1890, assigns a unique number to every Greek root word in the New Testament. The Greek dictionary covers all 5,624 root words. This entry is in the public domain.