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SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

αἵρεσις

Lemmaαἵρεσις
Citation formαἵρεσις, εως, ἡ
Part of speechnoun
Glossa self-chosen opinion, a sect
Strong’sG0139
Transliterationhaíresis
Definitionproperly, a choice, i.e. (specially) a party or (abstractly) disunion
KJV glosses:--heresy (which is the Greek word itself), sect.
Derivationfrom
SBLGNT occurrences9

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
αἱρέσεις
noun, accusative, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----APF-)1 Corinthians 11:19
noun, accusative, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----APF-)2 Peter 2:1
noun, nominative, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----NPF-)Galatians 5:20
αἱρέσεως
noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-)Acts 15:5
noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-)Acts 24:5
noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-)Acts 28:22
αἵρεσιν
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-)Acts 24:14
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-)Acts 26:5
αἵρεσις
noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-)Acts 5:17

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: αιρεσις.