What does ἀναμάρτητος (anamártētos) mean in the Bible?
ἀναμάρτητος (anamártētos): Free from sin or moral fault; applies to Christ's sinlessness and the moral purity required of believers.
Greek · G361
ἀναμάρτητος
Sinless
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ἀναμάρτητος G361
Pronunciation anamártētos
What does ἀναμάρτητος (anamártētos) mean in the Bible?
ἀναμάρτητος (anamártētos): Free from sin or moral fault; applies to Christ's sinlessness and the moral purity required of believers.
Full entry for ἀναμάρτητος (G361) · Open the biblical lexicon
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How does the BSB render G361?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include without sin (1).
Where does ἀναμάρτητος (anamártētos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at John 8:7. Its strongest book concentrations include John (1).
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 without sin 1× John 8:7
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First aligned row John 8:7
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
John 1
Source forms
ἀναμάρτητος 1x anamartētos John 8:7
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x John 8:7
Evidence Summary
HolinessJustice
Greek word. Free from sin or moral fault; applies to Christ's sinlessness and the moral purity required of believers.
Strong's G361
Lexical occurrences 0 verses Greek text appearances 1 time Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Acts 15:12-21 Source Gloss
sinless
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Free from sin or moral fault; applies to Christ's sinlessness and the moral purity required of believers.
(ἁμαρτεῖν), [in LXX: Deu.29:19 (18) 2Ma.8:4 2Mac 12:42 * ;]
1without missing, unerring (Xen.).
2In moral sense, faultless (Plat.), without sin: Jhn.8:7 (see Cremer, 102, 634; MM, VGT, see word).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
John 8:7 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
ἀναμάρτητος anamarthtov
without blame, faultless
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.
Sampled Scripture Occurrences
Representative Scripture witnesses for this entry: passage, original form, and sense in context.
New Testament Witnesses
To build again or restore.
without sin
Additional Occurrences
John 8:1-11 ἀναμάτητος anamártētos
without sin
Word Origins
ἀναμάρτητος is built from these roots:
Why This Word Matters
Reveals universal guilt and disqualifies self-righteous judgment. Acts 15:12-21
Reveals universal guilt before divine holiness. John 7:53–8:11
Signals restoration of David’s fallen tent in messianic fulfillment.
Canonical Themes
Holiness Justice
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