ἁμαρτία

hamartia

Greek G0266 Noun, feminine 173 occurrences in 150 verses
ἁμαρτία sin

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

  1. Hebrews 3:13 ἁμαρτίας

    But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.

  2. Hebrews 4:15 ἁμαρτίας

    For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin.

  3. Hebrews 5:1 ἁμαρτιῶν

    Every high priest is appointed from among men to represent them in matters relating to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins.

  4. Hebrews 5:3 ἁμαρτιῶν

    That is why he is obligated to offer sacrifices for his own sins, as well as for the sins of the people.

  5. Hebrews 7:27 ἁμαρτιῶν

    Unlike the other high priests, He does not need to offer daily sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people; He sacrificed for sin once for all when He offered up Himself.

  6. Hebrews 8:12 ἁμαρτιῶν

    For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”

  7. Hebrews 9:26 ἁμαρτίας

    Otherwise, Christ would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of Himself.

  8. Hebrews 9:28 ἁμαρτίαςἁμαρτίας

    so also Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many; and He will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who eagerly await Him.

  9. Hebrews 10:2 ἁμαρτιῶν

    If it could, would not the offerings have ceased? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt the guilt of their sins.

  10. Hebrews 10:3 ἁμαρτιῶν

    Instead, those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins,

  11. Hebrews 10:4 ἁμαρτίας

    because it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.

  12. Hebrews 10:6 ἁμαρτίας

    In burnt offerings and sin offerings You took no delight.

  13. Hebrews 10:8 ἁμαρτίας

    In the passage above He says, “Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not desire, nor did You delight in them” (although they are offered according to the law).

  14. Hebrews 10:11 ἁμαρτίας

    Day after day every priest stands to minister and to offer again and again the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.

  15. Hebrews 10:12 ἁμαρτιῶν

    But when this Priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, He sat down at the right hand of God.

  16. Hebrews 10:17 ἁμαρτιῶν

    Then He adds: “Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more.”

  17. Hebrews 10:18 ἁμαρτίας

    And where these have been forgiven, an offering for sin is no longer needed.

  18. Hebrews 10:26 ἁμαρτιῶν

    If we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains,

  19. Hebrews 11:25 ἁμαρτίας

    He chose to suffer oppression with God’s people rather than to experience the fleeting enjoyment of sin.

  20. Hebrews 12:1 ἁμαρτίαν

    Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set out for us.

  21. Hebrews 12:4 ἁμαρτίαν

    In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.

  22. Hebrews 13:11 ἁμαρτίας

    Although the high priest brings the blood of animals into the Holy Place as a sacrifice for sin, the bodies are burned outside the camp.

  23. James 1:15 ἁμαρτίανἁμαρτία

    Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.

  24. James 2:9 ἁμαρτίαν

    But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.

  25. James 4:17 ἁμαρτία

    Anyone, then, who knows the right thing to do, yet fails to do it, is guilty of sin.

  26. James 5:15 ἁμαρτίας

    And the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick. The Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven.

  27. James 5:16 ἁμαρτίας

    Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.

  28. James 5:20 ἁμαρτιῶν

    consider this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and cover over a multitude of sins.

  29. 1 Peter 2:22 ἁμαρτίαν

    “He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth.”

  30. 1 Peter 2:24 ἁμαρτίαςἁμαρτίαις

    He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”

  31. 1 Peter 3:18 ἁμαρτιῶν

    For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,

  32. 1 Peter 4:1 ἁμαρτίας

    Therefore, since Christ suffered in His body, arm yourselves with the same resolve, because anyone who has suffered in his body is done with sin.

  33. 1 Peter 4:8 ἁμαρτιῶν

    Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.

  34. 2 Peter 1:9 ἁμαρτιῶν

    But whoever lacks these traits is nearsighted to the point of blindness, having forgotten that he has been cleansed from his past sins.

  35. 2 Peter 2:14 ἁμαρτίας

    Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children with hearts trained in greed.

  36. 1 John 1:7 ἁμαρτίας

    But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.

  37. 1 John 1:8 ἁμαρτίαν

    If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

  38. 1 John 1:9 ἁμαρτίαςἁμαρτίας

    If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

  39. 1 John 2:2 ἁμαρτιῶν

    He Himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.

  40. 1 John 2:12 ἁμαρτίαι

    I am writing to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven through His name.

  41. 1 John 3:4 ἁμαρτίανἁμαρτία

    Everyone who practices sin practices lawlessness as well. Indeed, sin is lawlessness.

  42. 1 John 3:5 ἁμαρτίαςἁμαρτία

    But you know that Christ appeared to take away sins, and in Him there is no sin.

  43. 1 John 3:8 ἁμαρτίαν

    The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the very start. This is why the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the devil.

  44. 1 John 3:9 ἁμαρτίαν

    Anyone born of God refuses to practice sin, because God’s seed abides in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God.

  45. 1 John 4:10 ἁμαρτιῶν

    And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.

  46. 1 John 5:16 ἁμαρτίανἁμαρτία

    If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he should ask God, who will give life to those who commit this kind of sin. There is a sin that leads to death; I am not saying he should ask regarding that sin.

  47. 1 John 5:17 ἁμαρτίαἁμαρτία

    All unrighteousness is sin, yet there is sin that does not lead to death.

  48. Revelation 1:5 ἁμαρτιῶν

    and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by His blood,

  49. Revelation 18:4 ἁμαρτίαις

    Then I heard another voice from heaven say: “Come out of her, My people, so that you will not share in her sins or contract any of her plagues.

  50. Revelation 18:5 ἁμαρτίαι

    For her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.

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