G4523GreekSaddoykaíōn
Σαδδουκαίων
a sadducaean (i.e., tsadokian), or follower of a certain heretical israelite
14
Total Occurrences
4
Books
0
Old Testament
14
New Testament
Detailed Definition
- 1a 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
Etymology & Derivation
probably from g4524
Scholarly Notes
they denied the following doctrines: (1) the resurrection of the body, (2) immortality of the soul, (3) existence of spirits and angels, (4) divine predestination.