{"derivation": "probably from G4524 (\u03a3\u03b1\u03b4\u03b4\u03bf\u03c5\u03ba\u03b1\u1fd6\u03bf\u03c2);", "kjv_def": "Sadducee", "lemma": "\u03a3\u03b1\u03b4\u03b4\u03bf\u03c5\u03ba\u03b1\u1fd6\u03bf\u03c2", "frequency": 15, "strongs_def": " a Sadduc\u00e6an (i.e. Tsadokian), or follower of a certain heretical Israelite", "outline": "<span class=\"literal-meaning\">Sadducees = &quot;the righteous&quot;</span><ol><li> 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:<ol><li> resurrection of the body</li><li> immortality of the soul</li><li> existence of spirits and angels</li><li> divine predestination, affirmed free will</li></ol></li></ol>"}