What does πιπράσκω · ἁμαρτία mean in the Bible?
πιπράσκω · ἁμαρτία is a Greek phrase meaning "sold under sin; under sin's power as a slave".
Greek · G4097, G266
πεπραμένος ὑπὸ τὴν ἁμαρτίαν
To sell · a sin (properly abstract)
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πιπράσκω G4097 to sell
Pronunciation pipráskō
Sell goods or persons; metaphorically, to surrender to sin's control through deliberate transaction.
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ἁμαρτία G266 a sin (properly abstract)
Pronunciation hamartía
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What does πεπραμένος ὑπὸ τὴν ἁμαρτίαν (pepramenos hypo tēn hamartian) mean in the Bible?
πιπράσκω · ἁμαρτία is a Greek phrase meaning "sold under sin; under sin's power as a slave".
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for G4097, G266?
G4097, G266 is connected to 9 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. sold under sin; under sin's power as a slave
Source Gloss
sold under sin; under sin's power as a slave
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 3 Aligned forms 9 Tenses Aorist, Perfect, Imperfect, Present Voices Passive, Active
Tenses
Voices
Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 3×
Aorist Passive Matt 18:25 · Matt 26:9 · Mark 14:5 3×
Indicative states a fact or reality 3×
Perfect Active Matt 13:46 1×
Aorist Passive John 12:5 1×
Imperfect Active Acts 2:45 1×
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 3×
Present Passive Acts 4:34 1×
Aorist Passive Acts 5:4 1×
Perfect Passive Rom 7:14 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 9 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 5 perfect 2 imperfect 1 present 1
Voice
passive 7 active 2
Mood
indicative 3 participle 3 infinitive 3
NT Occurrences
Matthew 13:46 πέπρακεν perfect active indicative resultant Matthew 18:25 πραθῆναι aorist passive infinitive infinitive Matthew 26:9 πραθῆναι aorist passive infinitive infinitive Mark 14:5 πραθῆναι aorist passive infinitive infinitive John 12:5 ἐπράθη aorist passive indicative completed Acts 2:45 ἐπίπρασκον imperfect active indicative background Acts 4:34 πιπρασκομένων present passive participle participle Acts 5:4 πραθὲν aorist passive participle participle Romans 7:14 πεπραμένος perfect passive participle participle
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)
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