- Original: Σαδδουκαῖος - Transliteration: Saddoukaios - Phonetic: sad-doo-kah'-yos - Definition: 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: a. resurrection of the body b. immortality of the soul c. existence of spirits and angels d. divine predestination, affirmed free will - Origin: probably from G4524 - TDNT entry: 07:36,0 - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: Probably from G4524 ; a Sadducaean (that is Tsadokian) or follower of a certain heretical Israelite: - Sadducee. Total KJV Occurrences: 12 • Sadducees, 11 Mat 3:7; Mat 16:1; Mat 16:12; Mat 22:23; Mar 12:18; Luke 20:27; Act 4:1; Act 5:17; Act 23:6; Act 23:7; Act 23:8 • silence, 1 Mat 22:34