Strong's Lexicon

G265

G265 — ἁμάρτημα

Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

GreekhamartemanounOccurrences: 4

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:G265
Word:ἁμάρτημα
Part of Speech:noun
Etymology:from G264
Language:Greek
Occurrences:4
Transliteration:hamartema
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:ham-ar'-tay-mah
Meaning:1. a sin {properly concrete}
KJV Renderings:sin

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἁμάρτημα, (ος, τό (from ἁμαρτέω equivalent to ἁμαρτάνω cf. ἀδίκημα, ἀλίσγημα), a sin, evil deed, ("Differunt ἡ ἁμαρτίαet τό ἁμάρτημαut Latinorum peccatus et peccatum.Nam τό ἁμάρτημαet peccatum proprie malum facinus indicant; contra ἡ ἁμαρτίαet peccatus primum peccationem, τόpeccare, deinde peccatum, rem consequentem, valent." Fritzsche; see ἁμαρτία, at the end; cf. also Trench, § lxvi.): Mar 3:28, and (L T Tr text WH) 29; Mar 4:12 (where G T Tr text WH omits; L Tr marginal reading brackets τά ἁμάρτημα); Rom 3:25; 1Co 6:18; 2Pe 1:9 (R (L WH text Tr marginal reading) ἁμαρτιῶν). In secular authors from Sophocles and Thucydides down; (of bodily defects, Plato, Gorgias 479 a.; ἁμάρτημα μνημονικόν, Cicero, ad Att. 13, 21; ἁμάρτημα γραφικόν, Polybius 34, 3, 11; ὅταν μέν παραλόγως ἡ βλάβη γένηται, ἀτύχημα. ὅταν δέ μή παραλόγως, ἄνευ δέ κακίας, ἁμάρτημα. ὅταν δέ εἰδώς μέν μή προβουλευσας δέ, ἀδίκημα, Aristotle, eth. Nic. 5, 10, p. 1135{b}, 16f).

Other Resources

Dictionary of New Testament Theology
Colin Brown

Englishman's Greek Concordance

ἁμάρτημα (sin)

Mark 3:28

KJV: Verily I say unto you All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme
GK: αμήν λέγω υμίν ότι πάντα αφεθήσεται τα αμαρτήματα τοις υιοίς των ανθρώπων και βλασφημίαι όσας αν βλασφημήσωσιν

Mark 4:12

KJV: That seeing they may see and not perceive and hearing they may hear and not understand lest at any time they should be converted and sins should be forgiven them
GK: ίνα βλέποντες βλέπωσι και μη ίδωσι και ακούοντες ακούωσι και μη συνιώσι μήποτε επιστρέψωσι και αφεθή αυτοίς τα αμαρτήματα

Romans 3:25

KJV: Whom God hath set forth a propitiation through faith in his blood to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past
GK: ον προέθετο ο θεός ιλαστήριον διά της πίστεως εν τω αυτού αίματι εις ένδειξιν της δικαιοσύνης αυτού διά την πάρεσιν των προγεγονότων αμαρτημάτων

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
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