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Greek · G264, G266

ἁμαρτάνω / ἁμαρτία

To sin · a sin (properly abstract)

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ἁμαρτάνω G264 to sin
Pronunciation hamartánō
Violating God's law; missing the mark of divine standard through wrong action or omission
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ἁμαρτία G266 a sin (properly abstract)
Pronunciation hamartía
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What does ἁμαρτάνω / ἁμαρτία (hamartanō / hamartia) mean in the Bible?

ἁμαρτάνω · ἁμαρτία is a Greek phrase meaning "sin, act against God, guilt".

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What does ἁμαρτάνω · ἁμαρτία mean in the Bible?

ἁμαρτάνω · ἁμαρτία is a Greek phrase meaning "sin, act against God, guilt".

How many biblical occurrences are listed for G264, G266?

G264, G266 is connected to 42 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.

Evidence Summary

Greek phrase. sin, act against God, guilt

Strong's G264, G266
Lexical occurrences 42 verses Word forms 5 forms 42 references

Source Gloss

sin, act against God, guilt
Grammatical Forms

How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.

This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.

Form groups 5 Aligned forms 42 Tenses Present, Aorist, Future, Perfect Voices Active
Tenses
Present Aorist Future Perfect
Voices
Active
Indicative states a fact or reality 21×
Aorist Active Matt 27:4 · Luke 15:18 · Luke 15:21 · Acts 25:8 · Rom 2:12 · Rom 3:23 · Rom 5:12 · John 9:2 · John 9:3 · 1 Cor 7:28 12×
Present Active 1 Cor 6:18 · 1 Cor 7:36 · Titus 3:11 · 1 John 3:6 · 1 John 3:8 · 1 John 5:18 · 1 Cor 8:12 7×
Future Active Matt 18:21 1×
Perfect Active 1 John 1:10 1×
Subjunctive possibility, probability, or purpose 6×
Aorist Active Matt 18:15 · Luke 17:3 · Luke 17:4 · 1 John 2:1 · Rom 6:15 6×
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 11×
Present Active 1 Cor 8:12 · 1 Pet 2:20 · 1 Tim 5:20 · Heb 10:26 · 1 John 3:6 · 1 John 5:16 7×
Aorist Active Rom 5:14 · Rom 5:16 · Heb 3:17 · 2 Pet 2:4 4×
Imperative command or strong request 3×
Present Active 1 Cor 15:34 · Eph 4:26 · John 5:14 3×
Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 1×
Present Active 1 John 3:9 1×
42 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Discourse Aspect

How this verb appears across 41 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).

Aspect
completed 12 ongoing 6 prospective 1 resultant 1 imperative 4 subjunctive 6 infinitive 1 participle 10
Tense
aorist 22 present 17 perfect 1 future 1
Voice
active 41
Mood
indicative 20 participle 10 subjunctive 6 imperative 4 infinitive 1
NT Occurrences
Matthew 18:15 ἁμαρτήσῃ aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Matthew 18:21 ἁμαρτήσει future active indicative prospective Matthew 27:4 Ἥμαρτον aorist active indicative completed Luke 15:18 ἥμαρτον aorist active indicative completed Luke 15:21 ἥμαρτον aorist active indicative completed Luke 17:3 ἁμάρτῃ aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Luke 17:4 ἁμαρτήσῃ aorist active subjunctive subjunctive John 5:14 ἁμάρτανε present active imperative imperative John 8:11 ἁμάρτανε present active imperative imperative John 9:2 ἥμαρτεν aorist active indicative completed John 9:3 ἥμαρτεν aorist active indicative completed Acts 25:8 ἥμαρτον aorist active indicative completed Romans 2:12 ἥμαρτον aorist active indicative completed Romans 2:12 ἥμαρτον aorist active indicative completed Romans 3:23 ἥμαρτον aorist active indicative completed Romans 5:12 ἥμαρτον aorist active indicative completed Romans 5:14 ἁμαρτήσαντας aorist active participle participle Romans 5:16 ἁμαρτήσαντος aorist active participle participle Romans 6:15 ἁμαρτήσωμεν aorist active subjunctive subjunctive 1 Corinthians 6:18 ἁμαρτάνει present active indicative ongoing 1 Corinthians 7:28 ἥμαρτες aorist active indicative completed 1 Corinthians 7:28 ἥμαρτεν aorist active indicative completed 1 Corinthians 7:36 ἁμαρτάνει present active indicative ongoing 1 Corinthians 8:12 ἁμαρτάνοντες present active participle participle 1 Corinthians 8:12 ἁμαρτάνετε present active indicative ongoing 1 Corinthians 15:34 ἁμαρτάνετε present active imperative imperative Ephesians 4:26 ἁμαρτάνετε present active imperative imperative 1 Timothy 5:20 ἁμαρτάνοντας present active participle participle Hebrews 3:17 ἁμαρτήσασιν aorist active participle participle Hebrews 10:26 ἁμαρτανόντων present active participle participle 2 Peter 2:4 ἁμαρτησάντων aorist active participle participle 1 John 1:10 ἡμαρτήκαμεν perfect active indicative resultant 1 John 2:1 ἁμάρτητε aorist active subjunctive subjunctive 1 John 2:1 ἁμάρτῃ aorist active subjunctive subjunctive 1 John 3:6 ἁμαρτάνει present active indicative ongoing 1 John 3:6 ἁμαρτάνων present active participle participle 1 John 3:8 ἁμαρτάνει present active indicative ongoing 1 John 3:9 ἁμαρτάνειν present active infinitive infinitive 1 John 5:16 ἁμαρτάνοντα present active participle participle 1 John 5:16 ἁμαρτάνουσιν present active participle participle +1 more occurrences

Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.

Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain

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