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  "type": "word",
  "id": "G139",
  "lemma": "αἵρεσις",
  "transliteration": "haíresis",
  "definition": "properly, a choice, i.e. (specially) a party or (abstractly) disunion",
  "kjv": "heresy (which is the Greek word itself), sect",
  "occurrences": 12,
  "language": "Greek",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "G138",
      "lemma": "αἱρέομαι",
      "transliteration": "hairéomai",
      "meaning": "to take for oneself, i.e. to prefer",
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    }
  ],
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  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Acts 5:17",
      "text": "But the high priest rose up, and all those who were with him (which is the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/5?v=17"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Acts 15:5",
      "text": "But some of the sect of the Pharisees who believed rose up, saying, “It is necessary to circumcise them, and to command…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/15?v=5"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Acts 24:5",
      "text": "For we have found this man to be a plague, an instigator of insurrections among all the Jews throughout the world, and…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/24?v=5"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Acts 24:14",
      "text": "But this I confess to you, that according to the Way, which they call a sect, so I serve the God of our fathers…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/24?v=14"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Acts 26:5",
      "text": "having known me from the first, if they are willing to testify, that after the strictest sect of our religion I lived a…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/26?v=5"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Acts 28:22",
      "text": "But we desire to hear from you what you think. For, as concerning this sect, it is known to us that everywhere it is…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/28?v=22"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Corinthians 11:19",
      "text": "For there also must be factions among you, that those who are approved may be revealed among you.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/1-corinthians/11?v=19"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Galatians 5:20",
      "text": "idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousies, outbursts of anger, rivalries, divisions, heresies,",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/galatians/5?v=20"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Peter 2:1",
      "text": "But false prophets also arose among the people, as false teachers will also be among you, who will secretly bring in…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/2-peter/2?v=1"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Maccabees 8:30",
      "text": "But if hereafter the one party and the other shall determine to add or diminish anything, they shall do it at their…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/1-maccabees/8?v=30"
    }
  ],
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