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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Greek - English Dictionary

G4523 - Sadducees

Strong's No.:G4523

Greek:Σαδδουκαῖος

Transliteration:Saddoukaios

Phonetic:sad-doo-kah'-yos

Word Origin:Probably from G4524

Bible Usage:Sadducee.

Part of Speech:Noun Masculine

Strongs
Definition:

a Sadducaean (that is Tsadokian) or follower of a certain heretical Israelite


Thayers
Definition:

Sadducees = "the righteous"

1. a religious party at the time of Christ among the Jews, who denied that the oral law was a revelation of God to the Israelites, and who deemed the written law alone to be obligatory on the nation, as the divine authority. They denied the following doctrines:

a. resurrection of the body

b. immortality of the soul

c. existence of spirits and angels

d. divine predestination, affirmed free will


Bible References:
Sadducees

Translation
Occurrences:
Sadducees ( 13 )

 

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.