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ἁμαρτία

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greekNew TestamentNoun · feminine173 occurrences20 books150 verses

Definition

ἁμαρτία, -ας, ἡ

(ἁμαρτάνω, which see), [in LXX chiefly for חַטָּאת and cogn. forms, also for פֶּשַׁע ,עָוֹן, etc. ;]

prop. a missing the mark; in cl. (see reff. to CR in MM, VGT, see word);

(a) guilt, sin (Plat., Arist., al.);

(b) more freq., from Æsch. down, a fault, failure. In NT (as LXX) always in ethical sense;

1. as a principle and quality of action, = τὸ ἁμαρτάνειν, a sinning, sin: Romans 5:12, 13, 20; ὑφ᾽ ἁμαρτίαν εἶναι, Romans 3:9; ἐπιμένειν, Romans 6:1; ἀποθνήσκειν, νεκρὸν εἶναι τῇ ἁ., Romans 6:2, 11; τὴν ἀ. γινώσκειν, Romans 7:7; σῶμα τῆς ἁ., Romans 6:6; ἀπάτη τῆς ἁ., Hebrews 3:13; personified as a ruling principle, ἁ. βασιλεύει, κυριεύει, etc., Romans 5:21 6:12, 14 7:17, 20; δουλεύειν, Romans 6:6; δοῦλος τῆς ἁ., ib. 17; νόμος τῆς ἁ., Romans 7:23; 8:2; δύναμις τῆς ἁ., 1 Corinthians 15:56 (cf. Genesis 4:7).

2. As a generic term (disting. fr. the specific terms ἁμάρτημα, which see, etc.) for concrete wrongdoing, violation of the divine law, sin: John 8:46, James 1:15, al.; ποιεῖν (τὴν) ἁ., John 8:34, 2 Corinthians 11:7, 1 John 3:8; εἴχειν ἁ., John 9:41; 15:22, 24; 19:11, 1 John 1:8; in pl. ἁμαρτίαι, sin in the aggregate, 1 Thessalonians 2:16 (see Milligan, in l.); ποιεῖν ἁμαρτίας, James 5:15; πλῆθος ἁμαρτιῶν, James 5:20, 1 Peter 4:8; ἄφεσις ἁμαρτιῶν, Matthew 26:28, Mark 1:4, al.; ἐν ἁμαρτίαις εἶναι, 1 Corinthians 15:17; collectively, αἴρειν τὴν ἁ. τ. κόσμου, John 1:29; ἀποθνήσκειν ἐν τῇ ἁ., John 8:21.

3. = ἁμάρτημα, a sinful deed, a sin: Matthew 12:31, Acts 7:60, 1 John 5:16.

Synonyms: see: ἁμάρτημα.

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as ἁμαρτία:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

173 total
  1. Romans 3:20ἁμαρτίας · of sin
    Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law. For the law merely brings awareness of sin.
  2. Romans 4:7ἁμαρτίαι · sins
    “Blessed are they whose lawless acts are forgiven, whose sins are covered.
  3. Romans 4:8ἁμαρτίαν · [whose] sin
    Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord will never count against him.”
  4. Romans 5:12ἁμαρτία · sin; ἁμαρτίας · sin
    Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned.
  5. Romans 5:13ἁμαρτία · sin; ἁμαρτία · sin
    For sin was in the world before the law was given; but sin is not taken into account when there is no law.
  6. Romans 5:20ἁμαρτία · sin
    The law came in so that the trespass would increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more,
  7. Romans 5:21ἁμαρτία · sin
    …so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
  8. Romans 6:1ἁμαρτίᾳ · in sin
    What then shall we say? Shall we continue in sin so that grace may increase?
  9. Romans 6:2ἁμαρτίᾳ · to sin
    Certainly not! How can we who died to sin live in it any longer?
  10. Romans 6:6ἁμαρτίας · of sin; ἁμαρτίᾳ · to sin
    We know that our old self was crucified with Him so that the body of sin might be rendered powerless, that we should no longer be slaves to sin.
  11. Romans 6:7ἁμαρτίας · sin
    For anyone who has died has been freed from sin.
  12. Romans 6:10ἁμαρτίᾳ · to sin
    The death He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life He lives, He lives to God.
  13. Romans 6:11ἁμαρτίᾳ · to sin
    So you too must count yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.
  14. Romans 6:12ἁμαρτία
    Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires.
  15. Romans 6:13ἁμαρτίᾳ · to sin
    Do not present the parts of your body to sin as instruments of wickedness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and present the parts of your body to Him as instruments of righteousness.
  16. Romans 6:14ἁμαρτία · sin
    For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace.
  17. Romans 6:16ἁμαρτίας · to sin
    Do you not know that when you offer yourselves as obedient slaves, you are slaves to the one you obey, whether you are slaves to sin leading to death, or to obedience leading to righteousness?
  18. Romans 6:17ἁμαρτίας · to sin
    But thanks be to God that, though you once were slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were committed.
  19. Romans 6:18ἁμαρτίας · sin
    You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.
  20. Romans 6:20ἁμαρτίας · to sin
    For when you were slaves to sin, you were free of obligation to righteousness.
  21. Romans 6:22ἁμαρτίας · sin
    But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the fruit you reap leads to holiness, and the outcome is eternal life.
  22. Romans 6:23ἁμαρτίας · of sin
    For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
  23. Romans 7:5ἁμαρτιῶν · sinful
    For when we lived according to the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in our bodies, bearing fruit for death.
  24. Romans 7:7ἁμαρτία · sin; ἁμαρτίαν · sin
    What then shall we say? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed, I would not have been mindful of sin if not for the law. For I would not have been aware of coveting if the law had not said, “Do not covet.”
  25. Romans 7:8ἁμαρτία · sin; ἁμαρτία · sin
    But sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, produced in me every kind of covetous desire. For apart from the law, sin is dead.
  26. Romans 7:9ἁμαρτία · sin
    Once I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died.
  27. Romans 7:11ἁμαρτία · sin
    For sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through the commandment put me to death.
  28. Romans 7:13ἁμαρτία · sin; ἁμαρτία · sin; ἁμαρτία · sin
    Did that which is good, then, become death to me? Certainly not! But in order that sin might be exposed as sin, it produced death in me through what was good, so that through the commandment sin might become utterly sinful.
  29. Romans 7:14ἁμαρτίαν · sin
    We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.
  30. Romans 7:17ἁμαρτία · sin
    In that case, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.
  31. Romans 7:20ἁμαρτία · sin
    And if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.
  32. Romans 7:23ἁμαρτίας · of sin
    But I see another law at work in my body, warring against the law of my mind and holding me captive to the law of sin that dwells within me.
  33. Romans 7:25ἁμαρτίας · of sin
    Thanks be to God, through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with my mind I serve the law of God, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.
  34. Romans 8:2ἁμαρτίας · of sin
    For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death.
  35. Romans 8:3ἁμαρτίας · of sinful; ἁμαρτίας · sin; ἁμαρτίαν · sin
    For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful man, as an offering for sin. He thus condemned sin in the flesh,
  36. Romans 8:10ἁμαρτίαν · sin
    But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness.
  37. Romans 11:27ἁμαρτίας · sins
    And this is My covenant with them when I take away their sins.”
  38. Romans 14:23ἁμαρτία · sin
    But the one who has doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith; and everything that is not from faith is sin.
  39. 1 Corinthians 15:3ἁμαρτιῶν · sins
    For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
  40. 1 Corinthians 15:17ἁμαρτίαις · sins
    And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.
  41. 1 Corinthians 15:56ἁμαρτία · sin
    The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.