ἁμαρτάνωhamartánō
properly, to miss the mark (and so not share in the prize), i.e. (figuratively) to err, especially (morally) to sin
Greek (New Testament) · G264
Meanings
1. to miss the mark (Hom., Æsch., and elsewhere), hence metaphorically (Hom., and elsewhere), to err, do wrong.
2. In LXX and NT, to violate God's law, to sin: absolutely, Matthew 18:25, Matthew 27:4, Luke 17:3, John 5:14, John 8:11, John 9:2, John 9:3, Romans 2:12, Romans 3:23, Romans 5:12, Romans 5:14, Romans 5:16, Romans 6:15, 1 Corinthians 7:28,1 Corinthians 7:36, 1 Corinthians 15:34, Ephesians 4:26, 1 Timothy 5:20, Titus 3:11, Hebrews 3:17, Hebrews 10:26, 1 Peter 2:20, 2 Peter 2:4, 2 Peter 2:4, 1 John 1:10, 1 John 2:1, 1 John 3:6,1 John 3:8, 1 John 3:9, 1 John 5:18; with cognate accusative, ἁ. ἁμαρτίαν (cf. Exodus 32:30, חֲטָאָה חָטָא), 1 John 5:16; followed by εἰς, Matthew 18:21, Luke 15:18, Luke 15:21, Luke 17:4, Acts 25:8 (καίσαρα). 1 Corinthians 6:18, 1 Corinthians 8:12; ἐνώπιον, Luke 15:18, Luke 15:21; πρὸς θάνατον (cf. Numbers 18:22, חֵטְא לָמוּת), 1 John 5:16.
Same root
- ΑA · G1the first letter of the alphabet; figuratively, only (from its use as a numeral) the first:
- μέροςméros · G3313a division or share (literally or figuratively, in a wide application)
- ἁμαρτίαhamartía · G266a sin (properly abstract)
- ἁμαρτωλόςhamartōlós · G268sinful, i.e. a sinner
- ἁμάρτημαhamártēma · G265a sin (properly concrete)
- προαμαρτάνωproamartánō · G4258to sin previously (to conversion)
- ἀναμάρτητοςanamártētos · G361sinless
Where it appears
Appears 42 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 18:15 “If another believer sins against you, go privately and point out the offense. If the other person listens and confesses it, you have won that person back.
- Matthew 18:21 Then Peter came to him and asked, “Lord, how often should I forgive someone who sins against me? Seven times?”
- Matthew 27:4 “I have sinned,” he declared, “for I have betrayed an innocent man.” “What do we care?” they retorted. “That’s your problem.”
- Luke 15:18 I will go home to my father and say, “Father, I have sinned against both heaven and you,
- Luke 15:21 His son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against both heaven and you, and I am no longer worthy of being called your son.’
- Luke 17:3 So watch yourselves! “If another believer sins, rebuke that person; then if there is repentance, forgive.
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Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.