Words the Bible translates as party
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 2 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- merosμέροςa part of a whole: a piece, share, region, or side, as set against the entirety
- ahiresisαἵρεσιςa recognized religious party: a group inside a larger faith, marked out by the teaching and practice it has chosen to hold
+1 more meaning
- a faction: a rival grouping that forms inside a community when people push their own line
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