ἁμαρτία
hamartia
ἁμαρτία, -ας, ἡ
(ἁμαρτάνω, which see), [in LXX chiefly for חַטָּאת and cogn. forms, also for פֶּשַׁע ,עָוֹן, etc. ;]
prop. a missing the mark; in cl. (see reff. to CR in MM, VGT, see word);
(a) guilt, sin (Plat., Arist., al.);
(b) more freq., from Æsch. down, a fault, failure. In NT (as LXX) always in ethical sense;
1. as a principle and quality of action, = τὸ ἁμαρτάνειν, a sinning, sin: Rom.5:12, 13 20; ὑφ᾽ ἁμαρτίαν εἶναι, Rom.3:9; ἐπιμένειν, Rom.6:1; ἀποθνήσκειν, νεκρὸν εἶναι τῇ ἁ., Rom.6:2, 11; τὴν ἀ. γινώσκειν, Rom.7:7; σῶμα τῆς ἁ., Rom.6:6; ἀπάτη τῆς ἁ., Heb.3:13; personified as a ruling principle, ἁ. βασιλεύει, κυριεύει, etc., Rom.5:21 6:12, 14 7:17, 20; δουλεύειν, Rom.6:6; δοῦλος τῆς ἁ., ib. 17; νόμος τῆς ἁ., Rom.7:23 8:2; δύναμις τῆς ἁ., 1Co.15:56 (cf. Gen.4:7).
2. As a generic term (disting. fr. the specific terms ἁμάρτημα, which see, etc.) for concrete wrongdoing, violation of the divine law, sin: Jhn.8:46, Jas.1:15, al.; ποιεῖν (τὴν) ἁ., Jhn.8:34, 2Co.11:7, 1Jn.3:8; εἴχειν ἁ., Jhn.9:41 15:22, 24 19:11, 1Jn.1:8; in pl. ἁμαρτίαι, sin in the aggregate, 1Th.2:16 (see Milligan, in l.); ποιεῖν ἁμαρτίας, Jas.5:15; πλῆθος ἁμαρτιῶν, Jas.5:20, 1Pe.4:8; ἄφεσις ἁμαρτιῶν, Mat.26:28, Mrk.1:4, al.; ἐν ἁμαρτίαις εἶναι, 1Co.15:17; collectively, αἴρειν τὴν ἁ. τ. κόσμου, Jhn.1:29; ἀποθνήσκειν ἐν τῇ ἁ., Jhn.8:21.
3. = ἁμάρτημα, a sinful deed, a sin: Mat.12:31, Act.7:60, 1Jn.5:16.
SYN.: see: ἁμάρτημα. (AS)
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Concordance 150 verses
- Romans 5:13 ἁμαρτίαἁμαρτία
For sin was in the world before the law was given; but sin is not taken into account when there is no law.
- Romans 5:20 ἁμαρτία
The law came in so that the trespass would increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more,
- Romans 5:21 ἁμαρτία
so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
- Romans 6:1 ἁμαρτίᾳ
What then shall we say? Shall we continue in sin so that grace may increase?
- Romans 6:2 ἁμαρτίᾳ
Certainly not! How can we who died to sin live in it any longer?
- Romans 6:6 ἁμαρτίαςἁμαρτίᾳ
We know that our old self was crucified with Him so that the body of sin might be rendered powerless, that we should no longer be slaves to sin.
- Romans 6:7 ἁμαρτίας
For anyone who has died has been freed from sin.
- Romans 6:10 ἁμαρτίᾳ
The death He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life He lives, He lives to God.
- Romans 6:11 ἁμαρτίᾳ
So you too must count yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.
- Romans 6:12 ἁμαρτία
Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires.
- Romans 6:13 ἁμαρτίᾳ
Do not present the parts of your body to sin as instruments of wickedness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and present the parts of your body to Him as instruments of righteousness.
- Romans 6:14 ἁμαρτία
For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace.
- Romans 6:16 ἁμαρτίας
Do you not know that when you offer yourselves as obedient slaves, you are slaves to the one you obey, whether you are slaves to sin leading to death, or to obedience leading to righteousness?
- Romans 6:17 ἁμαρτίας
But thanks be to God that, though you once were slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were committed.
- Romans 6:18 ἁμαρτίας
You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.
- Romans 6:20 ἁμαρτίας
For when you were slaves to sin, you were free of obligation to righteousness.
- Romans 6:22 ἁμαρτίας
But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the fruit you reap leads to holiness, and the outcome is eternal life.
- Romans 6:23 ἁμαρτίας
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- Romans 7:5 ἁμαρτιῶν
For when we lived according to the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in our bodies, bearing fruit for death.
- Romans 7:7 ἁμαρτίαἁμαρτίαν
What then shall we say? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed, I would not have been mindful of sin if not for the law. For I would not have been aware of coveting if the law had not said, “Do not covet.”
- Romans 7:8 ἁμαρτίαἁμαρτία
But sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, produced in me every kind of covetous desire. For apart from the law, sin is dead.
- Romans 7:9 ἁμαρτία
Once I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died.
- Romans 7:11 ἁμαρτία
For sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through the commandment put me to death.
- Romans 7:13 ἁμαρτίαἁμαρτίαἁμαρτία
Did that which is good, then, become death to me? Certainly not! But in order that sin might be exposed as sin, it produced death in me through what was good, so that through the commandment sin might become utterly sinful.
- Romans 7:14 ἁμαρτίαν
We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.
- Romans 7:17 ἁμαρτία
In that case, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.
- Romans 7:20 ἁμαρτία
And if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.
- Romans 7:23 ἁμαρτίας
But I see another law at work in my body, warring against the law of my mind and holding me captive to the law of sin that dwells within me.
- Romans 7:25 ἁμαρτίας
Thanks be to God, through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with my mind I serve the law of God, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.
- Romans 8:2 ἁμαρτίας
For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death.
- Romans 8:3 ἁμαρτίαςἁμαρτίαςἁμαρτίαν
For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful man, as an offering for sin. He thus condemned sin in the flesh,
- Romans 8:10 ἁμαρτίαν
But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness.
- Romans 11:27 ἁμαρτίας
And this is My covenant with them when I take away their sins.”
- Romans 14:23 ἁμαρτία
But the one who has doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith; and everything that is not from faith is sin.
- 1 Corinthians 15:3 ἁμαρτιῶν
For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
- 1 Corinthians 15:17 ἁμαρτίαις
And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.
- 1 Corinthians 15:56 ἁμαρτίαἁμαρτίας
The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
- 2 Corinthians 5:21 ἁμαρτίανἁμαρτίαν
God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
- 2 Corinthians 11:7 ἁμαρτίαν
Was it a sin for me to humble myself in order to exalt you, because I preached the gospel of God to you free of charge?
- Galatians 1:4 ἁμαρτιῶν
who gave Himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,
- Galatians 2:17 ἁμαρτίας
But if, while we seek to be justified in Christ, we ourselves are found to be sinners, does that make Christ a minister of sin? Certainly not!
- Galatians 3:22 ἁμαρτίαν
But the Scripture pronounces all things confined by sin, so that by faith in Jesus Christ the promise might be given to those who believe.
- Ephesians 2:1 ἁμαρτίαις
And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,
- Colossians 1:14 ἁμαρτιῶν
in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:16 ἁμαρτίας
hindering us from telling the Gentiles how they may be saved. As a result, they continue to heap up their sins to full capacity; the utmost wrath has come upon them.
- 1 Timothy 5:22 ἁμαρτίαις
Do not be too quick in the laying on of hands and thereby share in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.
- 1 Timothy 5:24 ἁμαρτίαι
The sins of some men are obvious, going ahead of them to judgment; but the sins of others do not surface until later.
- 2 Timothy 3:6 ἁμαρτίαις
They are the kind who worm their way into households and captivate vulnerable women who are weighed down with sins and led astray by various passions,
- Hebrews 1:3 ἁμαρτιῶν
The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.
- Hebrews 2:17 ἁμαρτίας
For this reason He had to be made like His brothers in every way, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, in order to make atonement for the sins of the people.