00139: 139. αἵρεσις [αἱρέω] I. a taking especially, esp. of a town, Hdt., etc.; ἡ βασιλῆος αἵρ. the taking by the king, Hdt.
2. means for taking a place, Thuc.
II. （αἱρέομαι) a taking for oneself, a choosing, choice, νέμειν, προτιθέναι, προβάλλειν to give or offer choice, Hdt., attic; αἵρ. γίγνεταί τινι a choice is allowed one, Thuc.; αἵρεσιν λαμβάνειν to have choice given, Dem.
2. choice or election of magistrates, Thuc., etc.
3. a choice, deliberate plan, purpose, Plat., etc.
4. a sect, school, etc.: esp. a religious sect, such as the Sadducees and Pharisees, NTest.
5. a heresy, Eccl.