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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 word meaning "sin, act against God, guilt".

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Meaning

sin, act against God, guilt
Grammatical Forms

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

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)

Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

Acts 22 — Paul’s Defense: Christ Appears, Sends, and Preserves His Witness Acts 25 — Paul Appeals to Caesar and Is Set Before Agrippa Acts 26 — Paul Before Agrippa: The Risen Christ Sends Light to Jews and Gentiles Ephesians 2 — Made Alive by Grace and Made One in Christ John 15 — The True Vine, Abiding Fruitfulness, Christlike Love, and the World’s Hatred John 16 — The Spirit’s Convicting Witness, the Disciples’ Sorrow Turned to Joy, and Christ’s Victory over the World John 19 — The Crucified King: Behold the Man, Behold Your King, It Is Finished, and the Pierced Son John 20 — The Risen Lord: Empty Tomb, Eyewitness Faith, Peace, Mission, Spirit, Thomas, and the Purpose of the Gospel John 8 — The Light of the World, True Freedom, and the I AM Before Abraham John 9 — The Man Born Blind, the Light of the World, and the Blindness of Religious Unbelief Luke 11 — Prayer, Kingdom Conflict, True Hearing, and the Exposure of Hypocrisy Luke 15 — The Joy of God over the Lost Being Found Luke 24 — The Risen Christ Opens the Scriptures, Commissions Witnesses, and Ascends in Blessing Luke 5 — The Authority of Jesus to Call, Cleanse, Forgive, and Make New Mark 2 — The Son of Man Has Authority: Forgiveness, Fellowship, and Lordship Matthew 1 — The Genealogy and Birth of Jesus the Messiah Matthew 18 — Kingdom Humility, Care for the Little Ones, Discipline, and Forgiveness in Christ’s Community Matthew 26 — The Betrayal, Passover, Gethsemane, Trial, and Denial of Jesus Matthew 3 — The Forerunner, the Kingdom, and the Beloved Son Matthew 9 — Authority to Forgive, Mercy for Sinners, and Compassion for the Harvest Romans 11 — The Remnant, the Grafted Gentiles, and the Mercy of God Toward Israel Romans 14 — Receiving One Another, Honoring the Lord, and Pursuing Peace in Matters of Conscience Romans 3 — All Under Sin and the Righteousness of God Revealed Through Faith in Christ Romans 5 — Peace with God, Rejoicing in Grace, and Life Through the One Man Jesus Christ Romans 6 — Dead to Sin and Alive to God in Christ Jesus Romans 7 — Released from the Law, Exposed by the Law, and Crying Out for Deliverance Romans 8 — No Condemnation, Life in the Spirit, and the Unbreakable Love of God in Christ

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

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

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