ἁμάρτημαhamártēma
a sin (properly concrete)
Greek (New Testament) · G265
Meanings
an act of disobedience to divine law, a sinful deed, a sin: Mark 3:28, Mark 3:19, Romans 3:25, 1 Corinthians 6:18, 2 Peter 1:9, WH, margin; αἰώνιων ἁ., Mark 3:29.
Synonyms
ἀγνόημα, ἁμαρτία, ἀνομία, ἀσέβεια, ἥττημα, παράβασις, παρακοή, παρανομία, παράπτωμα
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 4 times in the Bible.
- Mark 3:28 “I tell you the truth, all sin and blasphemy can be forgiven,
- Mark 3:29 but anyone who blasphemes the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven. This is a sin with eternal consequences.”
- Romans 3:25 For God presented Jesus as the sacrifice for sin. People are made right with God when they believe that Jesus sacrificed his life, shedding his blood. This sacrifice shows that God was being fair when he held back and did not punish those who sinned in times past,
- 1 Corinthians 6:18 Run from sexual sin! No other sin so clearly affects the body as this one does. For sexual immorality is a sin against your own body.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.