Strongs Number: G4523
- Greek Word
- Σαδδουκαῖος
- Transliteration
- Saddoukaios
- Phonetic
- sad-doo-kah'-yos
- 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
- Origin
- Probably from G4524
- Bible Usage
- Sadducee.