G139 αἵρεσις
haíresis — properly, a choice, i.e. (specially) a party or (abstractly) disunion
KJV: heresy (which is the Greek word itself), sect
Derived from αἱρέομαι hairéomai (to take for oneself, i.e. to prefer)
Occurs 12 times. Every verse with this word
Where it occurs
- Acts 5:17 — But the high priest rose up, and all those who were with him (which is the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled…
- Acts 15:5 — But some of the sect of the Pharisees who believed rose up, saying, “It is necessary to circumcise them, and to command…
- Acts 24:5 — For we have found this man to be a plague, an instigator of insurrections among all the Jews throughout the world, and…
- Acts 24:14 — But this I confess to you, that according to the Way, which they call a sect, so I serve the God of our fathers…
- Acts 26:5 — having known me from the first, if they are willing to testify, that after the strictest sect of our religion I lived a…
- Acts 28:22 — But we desire to hear from you what you think. For, as concerning this sect, it is known to us that everywhere it is…
- 1 Corinthians 11:19 — For there also must be factions among you, that those who are approved may be revealed among you.
- Galatians 5:20 — idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousies, outbursts of anger, rivalries, divisions, heresies,
- 2 Peter 2:1 — But false prophets also arose among the people, as false teachers will also be among you, who will secretly bring in…
- 1 Maccabees 8:30 — But if hereafter the one party and the other shall determine to add or diminish anything, they shall do it at their…