noun · masculine
saddoukaios
GreekΣαδδουκαῖος (saddoukaios)
Strong’sG4523
a Sadducee
stem saddoukai-14 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
Σαδδουκαῖος, -ου, ὁ
(< Heb. צָדוֹק, II Ki 15:24, al.),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4523 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidsad-doo-kah'-yos
a Sadducæan (i.e. Tsadokian), or follower of a certain heretical Israelite
Fromprobably from G4524;
King JamesSadducee.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | saddoukaios | saddoukaiois5×Σαδδουκαῖοι |
| object accusative | saddoukaion | saddoukaioin1×Σαδδουκαίους |
| direct address vocative | saddoukaior | saddoukaioir |
| of, belonging to genitive | saddoukaiou | saddoukaioiu8×Σαδδουκαίων |
| to, for dative | saddoukaio | saddoukaioi |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
saddoukaio is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
14 occurrences, every one of them listed
saddoukaiois“Sadducees”subjectnominative plural5×
Matthew 16:1“Sadducees”Kai prosercharatois tois Farisaiois kai Saddoukaiois peirazarōtois eperōtala auton sēmem ek tou ouranou epideiknuara autoi.Then the Pharisees and Sadducees came and tested Jesus by asking Him to show them a sign from heaven.
Matthew 22:23“Sadducees”En ekeina ta hēmera proserchala auto Saddoukaiois, legarōtois mē arō anastasian, kai eperōtala autonThat same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus and questioned Him.
Mark 12:18“Sadducees”Kai erchelō Saddoukaiois pros auton, hotinois legalō anastasian mē arō, kai eperōtale auton legarōtois;Then the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus and questioned Him:
Acts 4:1“Sadducees”Lalarōtoiu de autoiu pros ton laon efistanala autoi tois hierevois kai tos stratēgos teu hiereu kai tois Saddoukaiois,While Peter and John were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them,
Acts 23:8“Sadducees”Saddoukaiois men gar legalō mē arō anastasian mēte angelon mēte pneumem, Farisaiois de homologalō teim amfotereim.For the Sadducees say that there is neither a resurrection nor angels nor spirits, but the Pharisees acknowledge them all.
saddoukaioin“Sadducees”objectaccusative plural1×
Matthew 22:34“Sadducees”Tois de Farisaiois akouaratois hoti fimata toin Saddoukaioin sunagila epi tem autem.And when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they themselves gathered together.
saddoukaioiu“Sadducees”of, belonging togenitive plural8×
Matthew 3:7“Sadducees”Horaratos de polloin toiu Farisaioiu kai Saddoukaioiu ercherōtoin epi tem baptismem autou legata autoi; Gennēmeim echidnaiu, tinos hupodeiknuata vi feugara apo tau mellarōtau orgau?But when John saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his place of baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
Matthew 16:6“Sadducees”tos de Iēsus legata autoi; Horavōr kai prosechavōr apo tau zumau toiu Farisaioiu kai Saddoukaioiu.“Watch out!” Jesus told them. “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
Matthew 16:11“Sadducees”pōs ouk noavō hoti ouk peri artoiu legama vi? prosechavōr de apo tau zumau toiu Farisaioiu kai Saddoukaioiu.How do you not understand that I was not telling you about bread? But beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
Matthew 16:12“Sadducees”tote suniēkala hoti ouk legata prosecharō apo tau zumau toiu artoiu alla apo tau didachau toiu Farisaioiu kai Saddoukaioiu.Then they understood that He was not telling them to beware of the leaven used in bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
Luke 20:27“Sadducees”Prosercharatois de tinois toiu Saddoukaioiu, tois antilegarōtois anastasian mē arō, eperōtala autonThen some of the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to question Him.
Acts 5:17“Sadducees”Anistanaratos de tos archierevos kai pantois tois sun auto, tas arōtas hairesias toiu Saddoukaioiu, pimplēila zēlouThen the high priest and all his associates, who belonged to the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy. They went out
Acts 23:6“Sadducees”Gnōskaratos de tos Paulos hoti tem henem merem atō Saddoukaioiu tem de heterem Farisaioiu krazate en te sunedrie; Anēroir adelfoir, mis Farisaios amō, huios Farisaioiu; peri elpiau kai anastasiau nekroiu mis krinimō.Then Paul, knowing that some of them were Sadducees and the others Pharisees, called out in the Sanhedrin, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee. It is because of my hope in the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.”
Acts 23:7“Sadducees”houtem de autou lalarōtou gineta stasias toiu Farisaioiu kai Saddoukaioiu, kai schizita tem plēthem.As soon as he had said this, a dispute broke out between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.