Strong's Lexicon
G266 — ἁμαρτία
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G266 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἁμαρτία |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from G264 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 173 |
| Transliteration: | hamartia |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ham-ar-tee'-ah |
| Meaning: | 1. a sin {properly abstract} |
| KJV Renderings: | offence, sin(-ful) |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἁμαρτία, (ας, ἡ (from 2 aorist ἁμαρτεῖν, as ἀποτυχία from ἀποτύχειν), a failing to hit the mark (see ἁμαρτάνω. In Greek writings (from Aeschylus and Thucydides down). 1st, an error of the understanding (cf. Ackermann, Das Christl. im Plato, p. 59 Anm. 3 (English translation (S. R. Asbury, 1861), p. 57 n. 99)). 2nd, a bad action, evil deed. In the N. T. always in an ethical sense, and
1. equivalent to τό ἁμαρτάνειν a sinning, whether it occurs by omission or commission, in thought and feeling or in speech and action (cf. Cicero, de fin. 3, 9): Romans 5:12f, 20; ὑφ’ ἁμαρτίαν εἶναι held down in sin, Rom 3:9; ἐπιμένειν τῇ ἁμαρτία, Rom 6:1; ἀποθνῄσκειν τῇ ἁμαρτία and ζῆν ἐν αὐτῇ, Rom 6:2; τήν ἁμαρτίαν γινώσκειν, Rom 7:7; 2Co 5:21; νεκρός τῇ ἁμαρτία Rom 6:11; περί ἁμαρτίας to break the power of sin, Rom 8:3 (cf. Meyer); σῶμα τῆς ἁμαρτίας the body as the instrument of sin, Rom 6:6; ἀπάτη τῆς ἁμαρτίας the craft by which sin is accustomed to deceive, Heb 3:13; ἄνθρωπος τῆς ἁμαρτίας (ἀνομίας T Tr text WH text) the man so possessed by sin that he seems unable to exist without it, the man utterly given up to sin, 2Th 2:3 (Winer’s Grammar, § 34, 3 Note 2). In this sense ἁμαρτία (equivalent to τό ἁμαρτάνειν) as a power exercising dominion over men (sin as a principle and power) is rhetorically represented as an imperial personage in the phrases ἁμαρτία βασιλεύει, κυριεύει, κατεργάζεται, Rom 5:21; Rom 6:12; Rom 6:14; Rom 7:17; Rom 7:20; δουλεύειν τῇ ἁμ. Rom 6:6; δοῦλος τῆς ἁμ. Joh 8:34 (WH brackets; G omits τῆς ἁμ.); Rom 6:17; νόμος τῆς ἁμ. the dictate of sin or an impulse proceeding from it, Rom 7:23; Rom 8:2; δύναμις τῆς ἁμ. 1Co 15:56; (the prosopopaeia occurs in Gen 4:7 and, according to the reading ἁμαρτία, in Sir 27:10). Thus, ἁμαρτία in sense, but not in signification, is the source whence the several evil acts proceed; but it never denotes vitiosity.
2. that which is done wrong, committed or resultant sin, an offence, a violation of the divine law in thought or in act (ἡ ἁμαρτία ἐστιν ἡ ἀνομία, 1Jn 3:4);
a. generally: Jas 1:15; Joh 8:46 (where ἁμαρτία must be taken to mean neither error, nor craft by which Jesus is corrupting the people, but sin viewed generally, as is well shown by Lücke at the passage and Ullmann in the Studien und Kritiken for 1842, p. 667ff (cf. his Sündlosigkeit Jesu, p. 66ff (English translation of the 7th edition, p. 71f)); the thought is, ’If anyone convicts me of sin, then you may lawfully question the truth and divinity of my doctrine, for sin hinders the perception of truth’); χωρίς ἁμαρτίας so that he did not commit sin, Heb 4:15; ποιεῖν ἁμαρτίαν and τήν ἁμαρτίαν Joh 8:34; 1Jn 3:8; 2Co 11:7; 1Pe 2:22; ἔχειν ἁμαρτίαν to have sin as though it were one’s odious private property, or to have done something needing expiation, equivalent to to have committed sin, Joh 9:41; Joh 15:22; Joh 15:24; Joh 19:11; 1Jn 1:8 (so αἷμα ἔχειν, of one who has committed murder, Euripides, Or. 514); very often in the plural ἁμαρτίαι (in the Synoptative Gospels the singular occurs but once: Mat 12:31); 1Th 2:16; (Jas 5:16 L T Tr WH); Rev 18:4 f, etc.; πλῆθος ἁμαρτιῶν, Jas 5:20; 1Pe 4:8; ποιεῖν ἁμαρτίας, Jas 5:15; also in the expressions ἄφεσις ἁμαρτιῶν, ἀφιέναι τάς ἁμαρτίας, etc. (see ἀφίημι, 1 d.), in which the word does not of itself denote the guilt or penalty of sins, but the sins are conceived of as removed so to speak from God’s sight, regarded by him as not having been done, and therefore are not punished. Ἐν ἁμαρτίαις σύ ἐγεννήθης ὅλος thou wast covered all over with sins when thou wast born i. e. didst sin abundantly before thou wast born, Joh 9:34; ἐν ταῖς ἁμαρτίαις ἀποθνῄσκειν to die loaded with evil deeds therefore unreformed, Joh 8:24; ἔτι ἐν ἁμαρτίαις εἶναι still to have one’s sins, namely, unexpiated, 1Co 15:17.
b. some particular evil deed: τήν ἁμαρτίαν ταύτην, Act 7:60; πᾶσα ἁμαρτία, Mat 12:31; ἁμαρτία πρός θάνατον, 1Jn 5:16 (an offence of such gravity that a Christian lapses from the state of ζωή received from Christ into the state of θάνατος (cf. θάνατος, 2) in which he was before he became united to Christ by faith; cf. Lücke, DeWette (especially Westcott, at the passage)).
3. collectively, the complex or aggregate of sins committed either by a single person or by many: αἴρειν τήν ἁμαρτίαν τοῦ κόσμου, Joh 1:29 (see αἴρω, 3 c.); ἀποθνῄσκειν ἐν τῇ ἁμαρτία Joh 8:21 (see 2 a. under the end); περί ἁμαρτίας, namely, θυσίας (Winers Grammar, 583 (542): Buttmann, 393 (336)), expiatory sacrifices, Heb 10:6 (according to the usage of the Sept., who sometimes so translate the Hebrew çÂèÈàÈä and çÇèÈÌàú, e. g. Lev 5:11; Lev 7:27 (37); Psa 39:7 ()); χωρίς ἁμαρτίας having no fellowship with the sin which he is about (?) to expiate, Heb 9:28.
4. abstract for the concrete, equivalent to ἁμαρτωλός: Rom 7:7 (ὁ νόμος ἁμαρτία, opposed to ὁ νόμος ἅγιος, Rom 7:12); 2Co 5:21 (τόν ... ἁμαρτίαν ἐποίησεν he treated him, who knew not sin, as a sinner). Cf. Fritzsche on Romans, vol. i. 289ff; (see ἁμάρτημα; Trench, § lxvi.).
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἁμαρτία (offence)
Matthew 1:21
- KJV: And she shall bring forth a son and thou shalt call his name JESUS for he shall save his people from their sins
- GK: τέξεται δε υίον και καλέσεις το όνομα αυτού Ιησούν αυτός γαρ σώσει τον λαόν αυτού από των αμαρτιών αυτών
Matthew 3:6
- KJV: And were baptized of him in Jordan confessing their sins
- GK: και εβαπτίζοντο εν τω Ιορδάνη υπ΄ αυτού εξομολογούμενοι τας αμαρτίας αυτων
Matthew 9:2
- KJV: And behold they brought to him a man sick of the palsy lying on a bed and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy Son be of good cheer thy sins be forgiven thee
- GK: και ιδού προσέφερον αυτώ παραλυτικόν επί κλίνης βεβλημένον και ιδών ο Ιησούς την πίστιν αυτών είπε τω παραλυτικώ θάρσει τέκνον αφέωνταί σοι αι αμαρτίαι σου
Matthew 9:5
- KJV: For whether is easier to say sins be forgiven thee or to say Arise and walk
- GK: τι γαρ εστιν ευκοπώτερον ειπείν αφέωνταί σοι αι αμαρτίαι η ειπείν έγειραι και περιπάτει
Matthew 9:6
- KJV: But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins then saith he to the sick of the palsy Arise take up thy bed and go unto thine house
- GK: ίνα δε ειδήτε ότι εξουσίαν έχει ο υιός του ανθρώπου επί της γης αφιέναι αμαρτίας τότε λέγει τω παραλυτικώ εγερθείς άρόν σου την κλίνην και ύπαγε εις τον οίκόν σου
Matthew 12:31
- KJV: Wherefore I say unto you All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men but blasphemy the Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men
- GK: διά τούτο λέγω υμίν πάσα αμαρτία και βλασφημία αφεθήσεται τοις ανθρώποις η του πνεύματος βλασφημία ουκ αφεθήσεται τοις ανθρώποις
Matthew 26:28
- KJV: For this is my blood of the new testament which is shed for many for the remission of sins
- GK: τούτο γαρ εστι το αίμά μου το της καινής διαθήκης το περί πολλών εκχυνόμενον εις άφεσιν αμαρτιών
Mark 1:4
- KJV: John did baptize in the wilderness and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins
- GK: εγένετο Ιωάννης βαπτίζων εν τη ερήμω και κηρύσσων βάπτισμα μετανοίας εις άφεσιν αμαρτιών
Mark 1:5
- KJV: And there went out unto him all the land of Judæa and they of Jerusalem and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan confessing their sins
- GK: και εξεπορεύετο προς αυτόν πάσα η Ιουδαία χώρα και οι Ιεροσολυμίται και εβαπτίζοντο πάντες εν τω Ιορδάνη ποταμώ υπ΄ αυτού εξομολογούμενοι τας αμαρτίας αυτών
Mark 2:5
- KJV: When Jesus saw their faith he said unto the sick of the palsy Son thy sins be forgiven thee
- GK: ιδών δε ο Ιησούς την πίστιν αυτών λέγει τω παραλυτικώ τέκνον αφέωνταί σοι αι αμαρτίαι σου
Mark 2:7
- KJV: Why doth this thus speak blasphemies who can forgive sins but God only
- GK: τι ούτος ούτω λαλεί βλασφημίας τις δύναται αφιέναι αμαρτίας ει εις ο θεός
Mark 2:9
- KJV: Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy sins be forgiven thee or to say Arise and take up thy bed and walk
- GK: τι εστιν ευκοπώτερον ειπείν τω παραλυτικώ αφέωνταί σου αι αμαρτίαι η ειπείν έγειραι και άρόν σου τον κράββατον και περιπάτει
Mark 2:10
- KJV: But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins he saith to the sick of the palsy
- GK: ίνα δε ειδήτε ότι εξουσίαν έχει ο υιός του ανθρώπου αφιέναι επί της γης αμαρτίας λέγει τω παραλυτικώ
Luke 1:77
- KJV: To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins
- GK: του δούναι γνώσιν σωτηρίας τω λαώ αυτού εν αφέσει αμαρτιών αυτών
Luke 3:3
- KJV: And he came into all the country about Jordan preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins
- GK: και ήλθεν εις πάσαν την περίχωρον του Ιορδάνου κηρύσσων βάπτισμα μετανοίας εις άφεσιν αμαρτιών
Luke 5:20
- KJV: And when he saw their faith he said unto him Man thy sins are forgiven thee
- GK: και ιδών την πίστιν αυτών είπεν αυτώ άνθρωπε αφέωνταί σοι αι αμαρτίαι σου
Luke 5:21
- KJV: And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason saying Who is this which speaketh blasphemies Who can forgive sins but God alone
- GK: και ήρξαντο διαλογίζεσθαι οι γραμματείς και οι Φαρισαίοι λέγοντες τις εστιν ούτος ος λαλεί βλασφημίας τις δύναται αφιέναι αμαρτίας ει μόνος ο θεος
Luke 5:23
- KJV: Whether is easier to say Thy sins be forgiven thee or to say Rise up and walk
- GK: τι εστιν ευκοπώτερον ειπείν αφέωνταί σοι αι αμαρτίαι σου η ειπείν έγειραι και περιπάτει
Luke 5:24
- KJV: But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power upon earth to forgive sins he said unto the sick of the palsy I say unto thee Arise and take up thy couch and go into thine house
- GK: ίνα δε ειδήτε ότι εξουσίαν έχει ο υιός του ανθρώπου επί της γης αφιέναι αμαρτίας είπε τω παραλελυμένω σοι λέγω έγειραι και άρας το κλινίδιόν σου πορεύου εις τον οίκόν σου
Luke 7:47
- KJV: Wherefore I say unto thee Her sins which are many are forgiven for she loved much but to whom little is forgiven loveth little
- GK: ου χάριν λέγω σοι αφέωνται αι αμαρτίαι αυτής αι πολλαί ότι ηγάπησε πολύ ω δε ολίγον αφίεται ολίγον αγαπά
Luke 7:48
- KJV: And he said unto her Thy sins are forgiven
- GK: είπε δε αυτή αφέωνταί σου αι αμαρτίαι
Luke 7:49
- KJV: And they that sat at meat with him began to say within themselves Who is this that forgiveth sins also
- GK: και ήρξαντο οι συνανακείμενοι λέγειν εν εαυτοίς τις ούτός εστιν ος και αμαρτίας αφίησιν
Luke 11:4
- KJV: And forgive us our sins for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil
- GK: και άφες ημίν τας αμαρτίας ημών και γαρ αυτοί αφίεμεν παντί οφείλοντι ημίν και μη εισενέγκης ημάς εις πειρασμόν αλλά ρύσαι ημάς από του πονηρού
Luke 24:47
- KJV: And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations beginning at Jerusalem
- GK: και κηρυχθήναι επί τω ονόματι αυτού μετάνοιαν και άφεσιν αμαρτιών εις πάντα τα έθνη αρξάμενον από Ιερουσαλήμ
John 1:29
- KJV: The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him and saith Behold the Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world
- GK: τη επαύριον βλέπει ο Ιωάννης τον Ιησούν ερχόμενον προς αυτόν και λέγει ίδε ο αμνός του θεού ο αίρων την αμαρτίαν του κόσμου
John 8:21
- KJV: Then said Jesus again unto them I go my way and ye shall seek me and shall die in your sins whither I go ye cannot come
- GK: είπεν ούν πάλιν αυτοίς ο Ιησούς εγώ υπάγω και ζητήσετέ με και εν τη αμαρτία υμών αποθανείσθε όπου εγώ υπάγω υμείς ου δύνασθε ελθείν
John 8:24
- KJV: I said therefore unto you that ye shall die in your sins for if ye believe not that I am ye shall die in your sins
- GK: είπον ούν υμίν ότι αποθανείσθε εν ταις αμαρτίαις υμών εάν γαρ μη πιστεύσητε ότι εγώ ειμι αποθανείσθε εν ταις αμαρτίαις υμών
John 8:34
- KJV: Jesus answered them Verily verily I say unto you Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin
- GK: απεκρίθη αυτοίς ο Ιησούς αμήν αμήν λέγω υμίν ότι πας ο ποιών την αμαρτίαν δούλός εστι της αμαρτίας
John 8:46
- KJV: Which of you convinceth me of sin And if I say the truth why do ye not believe me
- GK: τις εξ υμών ελέγχει με περί αμαρτίας ει δε αλήθειαν λέγω διατί υμείς ου πιστεύετέ μοι
John 9:34
- KJV: They answered and said unto him Thou wast altogether born in sins and dost thou teach us And they cast him out
- GK: απεκρίθησαν και είπον αυτώ εν αμαρτίαις συ εγεννήθης όλος και συ διδάσκεις ημάς και εξέβαλον αυτόν έξω