- Transliteration: Hairesis

- Phonetic: hah'-ee-res-is

- Definition:

1. act of taking, capture: e.g. storming a city

2. choosing, choice

3. that which is chosen

4. a body of men following their own tenets (sect or party)

a. of the Sadducees

b. of the Pharisees

c. of the Christians

5. dissensions arising from diversity of opinions and aims

- Origin: from G138" class="dictionary-topic-link">G138

- TDNT entry: 04:00,3

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine

- Strong's: From G138" class="dictionary-topic-link">G138; properly a choice that is (specifically) a party or (abstractly) disunion. (heresy is the Greek word itself.): - heresy [which is the Greekord itself] sect.