What does περί · ἁμαρτία mean in the Bible?
περί · ἁμαρτία is a Greek phrase meaning "concerning sin; often used in sin-offering contexts".
Greek · G4012, G266
περὶ ἁμαρτίας
About · a sin (properly abstract)
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περί G4012 about
Pronunciation perí
Concerning/about with causal sense; distinct from ὑπέρ by focusing on the matter itself rather than advocacy.
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ἁμαρτία G266 a sin (properly abstract)
Pronunciation hamartía
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What does περὶ ἁμαρτίας (peri hamartias) mean in the Bible?
περί · ἁμαρτία is a Greek phrase meaning "concerning sin; often used in sin-offering contexts".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G4012, G266?
G4012, G266 is connected to 332 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. concerning sin; often used in sin-offering contexts
Source Gloss
concerning sin; often used in sin-offering contexts
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 332
Matt 2:8 · Matt 3:4 · Matt 4:6 · Matt 6:28 · Matt 8:18 · Matt 9:36 · Matt 11:7 · Matt 11:10 · Matt 12:36 · Matt 15:7 · Matt 16:11 · Matt 17:13 · Matt 18:19 · Matt 19:17 · Matt 20:3 · Matt 20:5 332×
Word Origins
περὶ ἁμαρτίας 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