What does ἁμάρτημα (hamártēma) mean in the Bible?
ἁμάρτημα (hamártēma): A concrete sinful deed or act, distinct from sin as a general condition or principle
Greek · G265
ἁμάρτημα
A sin (properly concrete)
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ἁμάρτημα G265
Pronunciation hamártēma
What does ἁμάρτημα (hamártēma) mean in the Bible?
ἁμάρτημα (hamártēma): A concrete sinful deed or act, distinct from sin as a general condition or principle
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G265?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include sin (2), sins (2).
Where does ἁμάρτημα (hamártēma) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Mark 3:28. Its strongest book concentrations include Mark (2), 1 Corinthians (1), Romans (1).
Are there verse guides for ἁμάρτημα (hamártēma)?
This entry includes 1 verse guide that explain exact original-language forms in context.
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It sin 2× Mark 3:29, 1 Corinthians 6:18
sins 2× Mark 3:28, Romans 3:25
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Mark 3:28
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 3
Mark 2 Romans 1 1 Corinthians 1
Source forms
ἁμάρτημα 1x hamartēma 1 Corinthians 6:18
ἁμαρτήματα 1x hamartēmata Mark 3:28
ἁμαρτήματος 1x hamartēmatos Mark 3:29
ἁμαρτημάτων 1x hamartēmatōn Romans 3:25
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural 1x Romans 3:25
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular 1x Mark 3:29
Noun - Nominative Neuter Plural 1x Mark 3:28
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular 1x 1 Corinthians 6:18
Key Verse and Form Guides
Verse-level guides showing how this original-language form works in its specific context, including grammar, verse function, and guarded interpretation.
Evidence Summary
Greek word. A concrete sinful deed or act, distinct from sin as a general condition or principle
Source Gloss
a sin (properly concrete)
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Mark 3:28 Noun Nominative Plural Neuter
ἁμαρτήματα amarthmata
a fault, sin, evil deed
Read verse Mark 4:12 Noun Nominative Plural Neuter
ἁμαρτήματα. amarthmata
a fault, sin, evil deed
Read verse amarthmatwn
a fault, sin, evil deed
Read verse 1 Corinthians 6:18 Noun Nominative Singular Neuter
ἁμάρτημα amarthma
a fault, sin, evil deed
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 4 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 4 Aligned forms 5 Case pattern Genitive (3) Number pattern Plural (3)
Nominative · Plural · Neuter Mark 3:28 1×
Nominative · Singular · Neuter 1 Cor 6:18 1×
Genitive · Singular · Neuter Mark 3:29 1×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
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Biblical Witnesses
A concrete sinful deed, specifically blasphemy against the Holy Spirit as an unforgivable act
Sinful deeds for which Christ's blood provides propitiation and redemption
A concrete act of sexual immorality distinct from sins against one's own body
Past sinful deeds from which a believer has been purged and cleansed
Showing 4 selected witnesses from 5 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
ἁμάρτημα is built from this root:
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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
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain