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αἵρεσις

Transliteration: airesis · noun

9x in NTFirst: Acts 5:17
Meaninga self-chosen opinion, a sect
Part of speechnoun
Frequency9x in the New Testament
Key inflected formsαἵρεσις, αἱρέσεως, αἵρεσιν, αἱρέσεις
Example versesActs 5:17 · Acts 15:5 · Acts 24:5 · Acts 24:14 · Acts 26:5
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What kind of word is αἵρεσις?

αἵρεσις (airesis) is a noun that occurs 9 times in the Greek New Testament (Koine). It means “a self-chosen opinion, a sect” and first appears in Acts 5:17.

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