What does ἁμαρτία · ἁμαρτάνω mean in the Bible?
ἁμαρτία · ἁμαρτάνω is a Greek phrase meaning "sin, miss the mark, rebel against God".
Greek · G266, G264
ἁμαρτία / ἁμαρτάνω
A sin (properly abstract) · to sin
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ἁμαρτία G266 a sin (properly abstract)
Pronunciation hamartía
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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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What does ἁμαρτία / ἁμαρτάνω (hamartia / hamartanō) mean in the Bible?
ἁμαρτία · ἁμαρτάνω is a Greek phrase meaning "sin, miss the mark, rebel against God".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G266, G264?
G266, G264 is connected to 172 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. sin, miss the mark, rebel against God
Source Gloss
sin, miss the mark, rebel against God
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 8 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 8 Aligned forms 172 Case pattern Genitive (65) Number pattern Singular (96)
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Matt 12:31 · John 9:41 · Rom 5:12 · Rom 5:13 · Rom 5:20 · Rom 5:21 · Rom 6:12 · Rom 6:14 · Rom 7:7 · Rom 7:8 · Rom 7:9 · Rom 7:11 · Rom 7:13 · Rom 7:17 · Rom 7:20 · Rom 14:23 28×
Nominative · Plural · Feminine Matt 9:2 · Matt 9:5 · Mark 2:5 · Mark 2:9 · Luke 5:20 · Luke 5:23 · Luke 7:47 · Luke 7:48 · Rom 4:7 · 1 Tim 5:24 · 1 John 2:12 · Rev 18:5 12×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine John 8:34 · John 8:46 · John 15:22 · John 16:8 · John 16:9 · Rom 3:20 · Rom 5:12 · Rom 6:6 · Rom 6:7 · Rom 6:16 · Rom 6:17 · Rom 6:18 · Rom 6:20 · Rom 6:22 · Rom 6:23 · Rom 7:23 34×
Genitive · Plural · Feminine Matt 1:21 · Matt 26:28 · Mark 1:4 · Luke 1:77 · Luke 3:3 · Luke 24:47 · Acts 2:38 · Acts 5:31 · Acts 10:43 · Acts 13:38 · Acts 26:18 · Rom 7:5 · 1 Cor 15:3 · Gal 1:4 · Col 1:14 · Heb 1:3 31×
Dative · Plural · Feminine John 8:24 · John 9:34 · 1 Cor 15:17 · Eph 2:1 · 1 Tim 5:22 · 2 Tim 3:6 · 1 Pet 2:24 · Rev 18:4 9×
Dative · Singular · Feminine John 8:21 · Rom 6:1 · Rom 6:2 · Rom 6:6 · Rom 6:10 · Rom 6:11 · Rom 6:13 7×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine John 1:29 · John 8:34 · John 9:41 · John 15:22 · John 15:24 · John 19:11 · Acts 7:60 · Rom 3:9 · Rom 4:8 · Rom 7:7 · Rom 7:14 · Rom 8:3 · Rom 8:10 · 2 Cor 5:21 · 2 Cor 11:7 · Gal 3:22 27×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine Matt 3:6 · Matt 9:6 · Mark 1:5 · Mark 2:7 · Mark 2:10 · Luke 5:21 · Luke 5:24 · Luke 7:49 · Luke 11:4 · John 20:23 · Acts 3:19 · Acts 22:16 · Rom 11:27 · 1 Thess 2:16 · Heb 2:17 · Heb 9:28 24×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 41 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
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
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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 Origins
ἁμαρτία / ἁμαρτάνω is built from this root:
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