Σαδδουκαῖος Saddoukaios

Greek word for “Sadducee” · Strong’s G4523 · used 14 times in 14 verses

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Meaning

Σαδδουκαῖος, -ου, ὁ; (Heb. צָדוֹק, al.); a Sadducee (cf. Swete, Mk., 277): 16:1, 6 16:11-12 22:23-34, 5:17 23:6-8.†;

How it is translated

Glosses given for Saddoukaios in context, with how often each is used:

• sadducees 13
• sadducees! 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 16 (4), Acts 23 (3), Matthew 22 (2), Matthew 3 (1), Mark 12 (1), Luke 20 (1), Acts 4 (1), Acts 5 (1)

Forms

• Σαδδουκαίων 8
• Σαδδουκαῖοι 5
• Σαδδουκαίους 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with Saddoukaios more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• Φαρισαῖος Pharisaios “Pharisee” 9
• ἀνάστασις anastasis “resurrection” 5
• ἐπερωτάω eperōtaō “to question” 4
• ζύμη zumē “leaven” 3
• προσέχω prosechō “to watch out” 3
• εἶναι einai “to exist” 4
• προσέρχομαι proserchomai “to come near/agree” 3
• ἄρτος artos “bread” 2
• περί peri “about” 2

Key verses

The verses using Saddoukaios that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 3:7 — But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath…
• Matthew 16:1 — The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven.
• Matthew 16:6 — Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
• Matthew 16:11 — How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?
• Matthew 16:12 — Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
• Matthew 22:23 — The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there is no resurrection, and asked him,
• Matthew 22:34 — But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together.
• Mark 12:18 — Then come unto him the Sadducees, which say there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying,
• Luke 20:27 — Then came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there is any resurrection; and they asked him,
• Acts 4:1 — And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them,
• Acts 5:17 — Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with indignation,
• Acts 23:6 — But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.