hairesis · party, faction

What it means

hairesis (αἵρεσις) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “party, faction”.

A group with its own views, a party or school, such as the Pharisees or the Sadducees; also a division, a faction.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. A group with its own views, like the Pharisees or Sadducees.
2. A clique that splits the community.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• party ×6
• factions ×2
• parties ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Acts×6
• 1 Corinthians×1
• Galatians×1
• 2 Peter×1

• Acts 5:17

  But the high priest and all who were with him, which was the party of the Sadducees, rose up and were filled with jealousy,

• Acts 15:5

  But some of those from the party of the Pharisees who had believed stood up, saying, “It is necessary to circumcise them and to order them to keep the law of Moses.”

• Acts 24:5

  For we have found this man a pest and one who stirs up riots among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the party of the Nazarenes,

• Acts 24:14

  But this I confess to you, that according to the Way, which they call a party, in this way I serve the God of our fathers, believing everything that is according to the law and that is written in the Prophets,

• Acts 26:5

  since they have known me from the first, if they are willing to testify, that according to the strictest party of our religion I lived as a Pharisee.

• Acts 28:22

  But we think it right to hear from you what you think; for concerning this party it is known to us that everywhere it is spoken against.”

• 1 Corinthians 11:19

  For there must also be factions among you, so that those who are approved may also become evident among you.

• Galatians 5:20

  idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of rage, rivalries, divisions, factions,

• 2 Peter 2:1

  But there were also false prophets among the people, as also among you there will be false teachers, who will secretly bring in parties of destruction, even denying the Sovereign who bought them, bringing on themselves swift destruction.