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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: αἱρετικός

(Strong's #141 — Adjective — hairetikos — hahee-ret-ee-kos' )

akin to the above, primarily denotes "capable of choosing" (haireomai); hence, "causing division by a party spirit, factious," Titus 3:10 , RV, "heretical."

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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Heretical'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​h/heretical.html. 1940.
 
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