Strong's Number G139

αἵρεσις
hairesis · hah'-ee-res-is
Transliteration:
hairesis{hah'-ee-res-is}
Word Origin:
from 138
TDNT:
1:180,27
Part of Speech:
noun feminine
Strong's Definition:
properly, a choice, i.e. (specially) a party or (abstractly) disunion
Usage in the KJV:
sect 5, heresy 1

Total: 9
Occurs 9 times in the Greek text.
Definition:
  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)
    1. of the Sadducees
    2. of the Pharisees
    3. of the Christians
  5. dissensions arising from diversity of opinions and aims