Jump to: ATS • ISBE • Easton's • Webster's • Concordance • Thesaurus • Greek • Library • Subtopics • Terms • Resources Easton's Bible Dictionary (Gr. hairesis, usually rendered "heresy", Acts 24:14; 1 Chronicles 11:19; Galatians 5:20, etc.), meaning properly "a choice," then "a chosen manner of life," and then "a religious party," as the "sect" of the Sadducees (Acts 5:17), of the Pharisees (15:5), the Nazarenes, i.e., Christians (24:5). It afterwards came to be used in a bad sense, of those holding pernicious error, divergent forms of belief (2 Peter 2:1; Galatians 5:20). Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary 1. (n.) A cutting; a scion.2. (n.) Those following a particular leader or authority, or attached to a certain opinion; a company or set having a common belief or allegiance distinct from others; in religion, the believers in a particular creed, or upholders of a particular practice; especially, in modern times, a party dissenting from an established church; a denomination; in philosophy, the disciples of a particular master; a school; in society and the state, an order, rank, class, or party. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia SECTsekt (hairesis): "Sect" (Latin, secta, from sequi, "to follow") is in the New Testament the translation of hairesis, from haireo, "to take," "to choose"; also translated "heresy," not heresy in the later ecclesiastical sense, but a school or party, a sect, without any bad meaning attached to it. The word is applied to schools of philosophy; to the Pharisees and Sadducees among the Jews who adhered to a common religious faith and worship; and to the Christians. It is translated "sect" (Acts 5:17, of the Sadducees; Acts 15:5, of the Pharisees; Acts 24:5, of the Nazarenes; Acts 26:5, of the Pharisees; Acts 28:22, of the Christians); also the Revised Version (British and American) Acts 24:14 (the King James Version and the English Revised Version margin "heresy"), "After the Way which they call a sect, so serve I the God of our fathers" (just as the Pharisees were "a sect"); it is translated "heresies" (1 Corinthians 11:19, margin "sects," the American Standard Revised Version "factions," margin "Greek: `heresies' "; the English Revised Version reverses the American Standard Revised Version text and margin; Galatians 5:20, the American Standard Revised Version "parties," margin "heresies"; the English Revised Version reverses text and margin; 2 Peter 2:1, "damnable heresies," the Revised Version (British and American) "destructive heresies," margin "sects of perdition"); the "sect" in itself might be harmless; it was the teaching or principles which should be followed by those sects that would make them "destructive." Hairesis occurs in 1 Maccabees 8:30 ("They shall do it at their pleasure," i.e. "choice"); compare Septuagint Leviticus 22:18, 21. Greek 5330. Pharisaios -- a Pharisee, member of a Jewish religious sect ... a Pharisee, member of a Jewish religious sect. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: Pharisaios Phonetic Spelling: (far-is-ah'-yos) Short Definition ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5330.htm - 7k 4523. Saddoukaios -- a Sadducee, a member of a Jewish religious ... 3532. Nikolaos -- Nicolaus, a Christian, probably not connected ... 139. hairesis -- choice, opinion Library Nicolaus and the Sect Named after Him. The Sect Everywhere Spoken Against Another Sect of the Esseni: the Pharisees. Sect of the Elchasaites; Hippolytus' Opposition to It. Character of the Times in which the Christian Religion was ... Of God and his Attributes. The Providence of God. The Worship of God. Immortality of the Soul, and a Future State. Death and Judgement. Thesaurus Sect (10 Occurrences)... 14; 1 Chronicles 11:19; Galatians 5:20, etc.), meaning properly "a choice," then "a chosen manner of life," and then "a religious party," as the "sect" of the ... /s/sect.htm - 13k Heresy (2 Occurrences) Ebionites Ebionism Sectarian (1 Occurrence) Nicolaitans (2 Occurrences) Nicolas (1 Occurrence) Nicolaus (1 Occurrence) Christian (41 Occurrences) Wait (223 Occurrences) Resources What is the difference between a sect and a cult? | GotQuestions.orgWhy are there Christian sects? | GotQuestions.org What are the different sects of Judaism? | GotQuestions.org Sect: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com Bible Concordance • Bible Dictionary • Bible Encyclopedia • Topical Bible • Bible Thesuarus Concordance Sect (10 Occurrences)Mark 2:16 Mark 12:18 Luke 5:30 Acts 5:17 Acts 15:5 Acts 23:9 Acts 24:5 Acts 24:14 Acts 26:5 Acts 28:22 Subtopics Related Terms |
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