Strong's Lexicon
G264 — ἁμαρτάνω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G264 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἁμαρτάνω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | perhaps from G1 (as a negative particle) and the base of G3313 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 43 |
| Transliteration: | hamartano |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ham-ar-tan'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. (properly) to miss the mark (and so not share in the prize) 2. (figuratively) to err 3. (especially, morally) to sin |
| KJV Renderings: | for your faults, offend, sin, trespass |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἁμαρτάνω; future ἁμαρτήσω (Mat 18:21; Rom 6:15; in the latter passage L T Tr WH give ἁμαρτήσωμεν for R G ἁμαρτήσομεν), in classical Greek ἁμαρτήσομαι; 1 aorist (later) ἡμάρτησα, Mat 18:15; Rom 5:14; Rom 5:16 (cf. Winers Grammar, 82 (79); Buttmann, 54 (47)); 2 aorist ἥμαρτον; perfect ἡμάρτηκα; (according to a conjecture of Alexander Buttmann (1873), Lexil. i., p. 137, from the alpha privative and μείρω, μείρομαι, μέρος, properly, to be without a share in, namely, the mark); properly, to miss the mark, (Homer, Iliad 8, 311, etc.; with the genitive of the thing missed, Homer, Iliad 10, 372; 4, 491; τοῦ σκοποῦ, Plato, Hipp. min., p. 375 a.; τῆς ὁδοῦ, Aristophanes Plutarch, 961, others); then to err, be mistaken; lastly to miss or wander from the path of uprightness and honor, to do or go wrong. ("Even the Sept., although the Hebrew çÈèÈà also means primarily to miss, endeavor to reserve ἁμαρτάνω exclusively for the idea of sin: and where the Hebrew signifies to miss one’s aim in the literal sense, they avail themselves of expressive compounds, in particular ἐξαμαρτάνειν, Jdg 20:16." Zezschwitz, Profangraec, u. Biblical Sprachgeist, p. 63f) In the N. T. to wander from the law of God, violate God’s law, sin;
a. absolutely: Mat 27:4; Joh 5:14; Joh 8:11; Joh 9:2; 1Jn 1:10; 1Jn 2:1; 1Jn 3:6; 1Jn 3:8; 1Jn 5:18; Rom 2:12; Rom 3:23; Rom 5:12; Rom 5:14; Rom 5:16; Rom 6:15; 1Co 7:28; 1Co 7:36; 1Co 15:34; Eph 4:26; 1Ti 5:20; Tit 3:11; Heb 3:17; Heb 10:26 (ἑκουσίως); (2Pe 2:4); of the violation of civil laws, which Christians regard as also the transgression of divine law, 1Pe 2:20.
b. ἁμαρτάνειν ἁμαρτίαν to commit (literally, sin) a sin, 1Jn 5:16 (μεγάλην ἁμαρτίαν, Exo 32:30 f. Hebrew ηΒθΘΰΘδ çÈèÈà; αἰσχρὰν ἁμαρτάνω Sophocles Phil. 1249; μεγάλα ἁμαρτήματα ἁμαρτάνειν, Plato, Phaedo, p. 113 e.); cf. ἀγαπάω, under the end ἁμαρτάνειν εἰς τινα (Buttmann, 173 (150); Winer’s Grammar, 233 (219)): Mat 18:15 (L T WH omit; Tr marginal reading brackets εἰς σε), Mat 18:21; Luk 15:18; Luk 15:21; Luk 17:3 Rec., 4; 1Co 8:12; τί εἰς Καίσαρα, Act 25:8; εἰς τό ἴδιον σῶμα, 1Co 6:18 (εἰς αὑτούς τέ καί εἰς ἄλλους, Plato, rep. 3, p. 396 a.; εἰς τό θεῖον, Plato, Phaedr., p. 242 c.; εἰς Θεούς, Xenophon, Hell. 1, 7, 19, etc.; (cf. ἁμαρτάνω κυρίῳ Θεῷ, Bar 1:13 Bar 2:5)); Hebraistically, ἐνώπιον (μΔτΐΜπΕι) τίνος (Buttmann, § 146, 1) in the presence of, before anyone, the one wronged by the sinful act being, as it were, present and looking on: Luk 15:18; Luk 15:21 (1Sa 7:6; Tob 3:3, etc.; (cf. ἔναντι κυρίου, Bar 1:17)). (For references see ἁμαρτία. Compare: προαμαρτάνω).
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Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἁμαρτάνω (for your faults)
Matthew 18:15
- KJV: Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone if he shall hear thee thou hast gained thy brother
- GK: εάν δε αμάρτηση εις σε ο αδελφός σου υπαγέ και έλεγξον αυτόν μεταξύ σου και αυτού μόνου εάν σου ακούση εκέρδησας τον αδελφόν σου
Matthew 18:21
- KJV: Then came Peter to him and said Lord how oft shall my brother sin against me and I forgive him till seven times
- GK: τότε προσελθών αυτώ ο Πέτρος είπε κύριε ποσάκις αμαρτήσει εις εμέ ο αδελφός μου και αφήσω αυτώ έως επτάκις
Matthew 27:4
- KJV: Saying I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood And they said What to us see thou
- GK: λέγων ήμαρτον παραδούς αίμα αθώον οι δε είπον τι προς ημάς συ όψει
Luke 15:18
- KJV: I will arise and go to my father and will say unto him Father I have sinned against heaven and before thee
- GK: αναστάς πορεύσομαι προς τον πατέρα μου και ερώ αυτώ πάτερ ήμαρτον εις τον ουρανόν και ενώπιόν σου
Luke 15:21
- KJV: And the son said unto him Father I have sinned against heaven and in thy sight and am no more worthy to be called thy son
- GK: είπε δε αυτώ ο υιός πάτερ ήμαρτον εις τον ουρανόν και ενώπιόν σου και ουκέτι ειμί άξιος κληθήναι υιός σου
Luke 17:3
- KJV: Take heed to yourselves If thy brother trespass against thee rebuke him and if he repent forgive him
- GK: προσέχετε εαυτοίς εάν δε αμάρτη εις σε ο αδελφός σου επιτίμησον αυτώ και εάν μετανοήση άφες αυτώ
Luke 17:4
- KJV: And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day and seven times in a day turn again to thee saying I repent thou shalt forgive him
- GK: και εάν επτάκις της ημέρας αμάρτη εις σε και επτάκις της ημέρας επιστρέψη λέγων μετανοώ αφήσεις αυτώ
John 5:14
- KJV: Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple and said unto him Behold thou art made whole sin no more lest a worse thing come unto thee
- GK: μετά ταύτα ευρίσκει αυτόν ο Ιησούς εν τω ιερώ και είπεν αυτώ ίδε υγιής γέγονας μηκέτι αμάρτανε ίνα μη χείρόν τι σοι γένηται
John 8:11
- KJV: She said No man Lord And Jesus said unto her Neither do I condemn thee go and sin no more
- GK: η δε είπεν ουδείς κύριε είπε δε αυτή ο Ιησούς ουδέ εγώ σε κατακρίνω πορεύου και από του νυν μηκέτι αμάρτανε
John 9:2
- KJV: And his disciples asked him saying Master who did sin this man or his parents that he was born blind
- GK: και ηρώτησαν αυτόν οι μαθηταί αυτού λέγοντες ραββί τις ήμαρτεν ούτος η οι γονείς αυτού ίνα τυφλός γεννηθή
John 9:3
- KJV: Jesus answered Neither hath this man sinned nor his parents but that the works of God should be made manifest in him
- GK: απεκρίθη ο Ιησούς ούτε ούτος ήμαρτεν ούτε ο γονείς αυτού αλλ΄ ίνα φανερωθή τα έργα του θεού εν αυτώ
Acts 25:8
- KJV: While he answered for himself Neither against the law of the Jews neither against the temple nor yet against Cæsar have I offended any thing at all
- GK: απολογουμένου αυτού ότι ούτε εις τον νόμον των Ιουδαίων ούτε εις το ιερόν ούτε εις Καίσαρά τι ήμαρτον
Romans 2:12
- KJV: For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law
- GK: όσοι γαρ ανόμως ήμαρτον ανόμως και απολούνται και όσοι εν νόμω ήμαρτον διά νόμου κριθήσονται
Romans 3:23
- KJV: For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God
- GK: πάντες γαρ ήμαρτον και υστερούνται της δόξης του θεού
Romans 5:12
- KJV: Wherefore as by one man sin entered into the world and death by sin and so death passed upon all men for that all have sinned
- GK: διά τούτο ώσπερ δι΄ ενός ανθρώπου η αμαρτία εις τον κόσμον εισήλθε και διά της αμαρτίας ο θάνατος και ούτως εις πάντας ανθρώπους ο θάνατος διήλθεν εφ΄ ω πάντες ήμαρτον
Romans 5:14
- KJV: Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam’s transgression who is the figure of him that was to come
- GK: αλλ΄ εβασίλευσεν ο θάνατος από Αδάμ μέχρι Μωσέως και επί τους μη αμαρτήσαντας επί τω ομοιώματι της παραβάσεως Αδάμ ος εστι τύπος του μέλλοντος
Romans 5:16
- KJV: And not as by one that sinned the gift for the judgment by one to condemnation but the free gift of many offences unto justification
- GK: και ουχ ως δι΄ ενός αμαρτήσαντος το δώρημα το μεν γαρ κρίμα εξ ενός εις κατάκριμα το δε χάρισμα εκ πολλών παραπτωμάτων εις δικαίωμα
Romans 6:15
- KJV: What then shall we sin because we are not under the law but under grace God forbid
- GK: τι ούν αμαρτήσομεν ότι ουκ εσμέν υπό νόμον αλλ΄ υπό χάριν μη γένοιτο
1 Corinthians 6:18
- KJV: Flee fornication Every sin that a man doeth is without the body but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body
- GK: φεύγετε την πορνείαν παν αμάρτημα ο εάν ποιήση άνθρωπος εκτός του σώματός εστιν ο δε πορνεύων εις το ίδιον σώμα αμαρτάνει
1 Corinthians 7:28
- KJV: But and if thou marry thou hast not sinned and if a virgin marry she hath not sinned Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh but I spare you
- GK: εάν δε και γήμης ουχ ήμαρτες και εάν γήμη η παρθένος ουχ ήμαρτε θλίψιν δε τη σαρκί έξουσιν οι τοιούτοι εγώ δε υμών φείδομαι
1 Corinthians 7:36
- KJV: But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin if she pass the flower of age and need so require let him do what he will he sinneth not let them marry
- GK: ει δε τις ασχημονείν επί την παρθένον αυτού νομίζει εάν η υπέρακμος και ούτως οφείλει γίνεσθαι ο θέλει ποιείτω ουχ αμαρτάνει γαμείτωσαν
1 Corinthians 8:12
- KJV: But when ye sin so against the brethren and wound their weak conscience ye sin against Christ
- GK: ούτω δε αμαρτάνοντες εις τους αδελφούς και τύπτοντες αυτών την συνείδησιν ασθενούσαν εις χριστόν αμαρτάνετε
1 Corinthians 15:34
- KJV: Awake to righteousness and sin not for some have not the knowledge of God I speak to your shame
- GK: εκνήψατε δικαίως και μη αμαρτάνετε αγνωσίαν γαρ θεού τινές έχουσι προς εντροπήν υμίν λέγω
Ephesians 4:26
- KJV: Be ye angry and sin not let not the sun go down upon your wrath
- GK: οργίζεσθε και μη αμαρτάνετε ο ήλιος μη επιδυέτω επί τω παροργισμώ υμών
1 Timothy 5:20
- KJV: Them that sin rebuke before all that others also may fear
- GK: τους αμαρτάνοντας ενώπιον πάντων έλεγχε ίνα και οι λοιποί φόβον έχωσι
Titus 3:11
- KJV: Knowing that he that is such is subverted and sinneth being condemned of himself
- GK: ειδώς ότι εξέστραπται ο τοιούτος και αμαρτάνει ων αυτοκατάκριτος
Hebrews 3:17
- KJV: But with whom was he grieved forty years not with them that had sinned whose carcases fell in the wilderness
- GK: τίσι δε προσώχθισε τεσσαράκοντα έτη ουχί τοις αμαρτήσασιν ων τα κώλα έπεσεν εν τη ερήμω
Hebrews 10:26
- KJV: For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins
- GK: εκουσίως γαρ αμαρτανόντων ημών μετά το λαβείν την επίγνωσιν της αληθείας ουκέτι περί αμαρτιών απολείπεται θυσία
1 Peter 2:20
- KJV: For what glory if when ye be buffeted for your faults ye shall take it patiently but if when ye do well and suffer ye take it patiently this acceptable with God
- GK: ποίον γαρ κλέος ει αμαρτάνοντες και κολαφιζόμενοι υπομενείτε αλλ΄ ει αγαθοποιούντες και πάσχοντες υπομενείτε τούτο χάρις παρά θεώ
2 Peter 2:4
- KJV: For if God spared not the angels that sinned but cast down to hell and delivered into chains of darkness to be reserved unto judgment
- GK: ει γαρ ο θεός αγγέλων αμαρτησάντων ουκ εφείσατο αλλά σειραίς ζόφου ταρταρώσας παρέδωκεν εις κρίσιν τετηρημένους