Strong's Concordance hairetikos: causing division Original Word: αἱρετικός, ή, όνPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: hairetikos Phonetic Spelling: (hahee-ret-ee-kos') Short Definition: factious Definition: disposed to form sects, sectarian, heretical, factious. HELPS Word-studies Cognate: 141 hairetikós (an adjective, derived from 138 /hairéomai, "to choose, have a distinctive opinion") – a factious person, specializing in half-truths and misimpressions "to win others over" to their personal opinion (misguided zeal) – while creating harmful divisions (used only in Tit 3:10). See 139 (hairesis). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 141: αἱρετικόςαἱρετικός, (ή, (see αἱρέω); 1. fitted or able to take or choose a thing; rare in secular authors. 2. schismatic, factious, a follower of false doctrine: Titus 3:10. From the same as hairetizo; a schismatic -- heretic (the Greek word itself). see GREEK hairetizo Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 1411 Occurrence αἱρετικὸν — 1 Occ. Titus 3:10 Adj-AMS GRK: αἱρετικὸν ἄνθρωπον μετὰ NAS: Reject a factious man after KJV: A man that is an heretick after INT: A factious man after |