Strong's #4523: Saddoukaios (pronounced sad-doo-kah'-yos)

probably from 4524; a Sadducaean (i.e. Tsadokian), or follower of a certain heretical Israelite:--Sadducee.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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Saddoukaios

Sadducees = "the righteous"

1) 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:

1a) resurrection of the body

1b) immortality of the soul

1c) existence of spirits and angels

1d) divine predestination, affirmed free will

Part of Speech: noun masculine

Relation: probably from G4524

Citing in TDNT: 7:35, 992

Usage:

This word is used 14 times:

 

Matthew 3:7: "of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism,"
Matthew 16:1: "The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him"
Matthew 16:6: "of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees."
Matthew 16:11: "of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?"
Matthew 16:12: "of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees."
Matthew 22:23: "day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there is no resurrection,"
Matthew 22:34: "Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together."
Mark 12:18: "come unto him the Sadducees, which say there is no"
Luke 20:27: "came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there is any resurrection:"
Acts 4:1: "temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them,"
Acts 5:17: "(which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with indignation,"
Acts 23:6: "one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees,"
Acts 23:7: "Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was divided."
Acts 23:8: "For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither"