ΑΙΡΕΣΙΝ, αιρεσιν
AIRESIN, airesin
Sounds Like: hah-EE-reh-sin
Translations: choice, a choice, selection, a selection, party, a party, sect, a sect, heresy, a heresy, division, a division
From the root: ΑΙΡΕΣΙΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a choice or a selection. It can also denote a group of people who have made a particular choice or hold a specific set of beliefs, thus forming a party, sect, or even a heresy. In some contexts, it can imply a division or faction. It is used here in the accusative case, indicating the direct object of a verb.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G0139 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:7
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 8:169
- Book 6 — 5:71
- Book 7 — 7:160, 13:322
- Book 10 — 5:79, 11:247
- Book 13 — 7:122, 8:231, 8:233
- Book 20 — 9:199
Josephus' The Jewish War
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 17:1
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 39:197
Polycarp of Smyrna
- Martyrdom of Polycarp — 0:3
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
- Parable 9 — 23:5
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΙΡΕΣΙΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΑΙΡΕΣΕΙ — to a choice, to a sect, to a party, to a heresy, to a division
- ΑΙΡΕΣΕΙΣ — heresies, sects, factions, choices, a heresy, a sect, a faction, a choice
- ΑΙΡΕΣΕΩΝ — of sects, of parties, of divisions, of heresies, of choices
- ΑΙΡΕΣΕΩΣ — (of) choice, (of) selection, (of) party, (of) sect, (of) heresy
- ΑΙΡΕΣΙ — choice, a choice, selection, a selection, party, a party, sect, a sect, heresy, a heresy, division, a division
- ΑΙΡΕΣΙΣ — choice, a choice, selection, a selection, sect, a sect, party, a party, heresy, a heresy
- ΑΙΡΕΣΙΩΤΑΣ — heretics, a heretic
- ΑΙΡΙΣ — sect, party, heresy, a sect, a party, a heresy
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