Sect (Easton)

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(Gr. hairesis, usually rendered 'heresy', Acts 24:14; 1 Chronicles 11:19; Galatians 5:20 , etc.), meaning properly 'a choice,' then 'a chosen manner of life,' and then 'a religious party,' as the 'sect' of the Sadducees (Acts 5:17 ), of the Pharisees (15:5), the Nazarenes, i.e., Christians (24:5)."> StudyL ı ght .org Plug in, Turn on and Be En light ened! Not Yet a Member? Click to Sign Up Now! --> --> Bible Study Tools Lang uage Tools Study Lib rary Hist orical Writings Pas toral Resources Per sonal Resources Site Resources Lectionary Calendar Saturday, June 6th, 2026 the Week of Proper 4 / Ordinary 9 video advertismenet advertisement advertisement advertisement Attention! StudyLight.org has pledged to help build churches in Uganda. Help us with that pledge and support pastors in the heart of Africa. Click here to join the effort! Home » Bible Dictionaries » Easton's Bible Dictionary » Letter S Bible Dictionaries Sect Easton's Bible Dictionary Search for… Enter query below: or A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z Prev Entry Sechu Next Entry Secundus Resource Toolbox Print Article Additional Links Concordances Thompson Chain Reference Sects, Jewish Dictionaries American Tract Society Sect Charles Buck Dictionary Sect Easton's Bible Dictionary Sect Holman Bible Dictionary Sect Hastings' BibleDictionary Sect Hastings' NT Dictionary Sect Dictionary of Early Christian Biography Valentinus, Founder of a Gnostic Sect Nicolaitanes, a Heretical Sect Dositheus (1), Leader of Jewish Sect (only first 3 shown) King James Dictionary Sect Morrish Bible Dictionary Sect 1910 New Catholic Dictionary Sect Vines' Expository Dictionary Sect Webster Dictionary Sect Encyclopedias 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica Sect International Standard Bible Encyclopedia Sect McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia Bordelum Sect Cambrai, Sect in. Mohammedan Sects (only first 3 shown) The Catholic Encyclopedia Sect and Sects The Jewish Encyclopedia Sects Lexicons ܓ݁ܒ݂ܳܐ ܗܶܪܶܣܺܝܣ αἵρεσις (Gr. hairesis, usually rendered "heresy", Acts 24:14 ; 1 Chronicles 11:19 ; Galatians 5:20 , etc.), meaning properly "a choice," then "a chosen manner of life," and then "a religious party," as the "sect" of the Sadducees ( Acts 5:17 ), of the Pharisees (15:5), the Nazarenes, i.e., Christians (24:5). It afterwards came to be used in a bad sense, of those holding pernicious error, divergent forms of belief ( 2 Peter 2:1 ; Galatians 5:20 ).

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