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ἁμαρτία

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sin

Used 173 times in the tagged text.

What it means

  • as a principle and quality of action, = τὸ ἁμαρτάνειν, a sinning, sin
  • As a generic term
  • = ἁμάρτημα, a sinful deed, a sin
Full dictionary entry (technical)
  • 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)

Same idea, other words · Sin

Scripture pictures sin as missing the mark, twisting what is straight, crossing a line and lawlessness. No one word covers it.

Where it appears

  • Matthew7
  • Mark6
  • Luke11
  • John17
  • Acts8
  • Romans48
  • 1 Corinthians4
  • 2 Corinthians3
  • Galatians3
  • Ephesians1
  • Colossians1
  • 1 Thessalonians1
  • 1 Timothy2
  • 2 Timothy1
  • Hebrews25
  • James7
  • 1 Peter6
  • 2 Peter2
  • 1 John17
  • Revelation3

Every use · 51–100 of 173 · BSB

  1. Romans 3:20ἁμαρτίας.of sin.

    Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law. For the law merely brings awareness of sin.

  2. Romans 4:7ἁμαρτίαι·sins;

    “Blessed are they whose lawless acts are forgiven, whose sins are covered.

  3. Romans 4:8ἁμαρτίαν.¶sin.

    Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord will never count against him.”

  4. Romans 5:12ἁμαρτίαsin

    Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned.

  5. Romans 5:12ἁμαρτίαςsin

    Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned.

  6. Romans 5:13ἁμαρτίαsin

    For sin was in the world before the law was given; but sin is not taken into account when there is no law.

  7. Romans 5:13ἁμαρτίαsin

    For sin was in the world before the law was given; but sin is not taken into account when there is no law.

  8. Romans 5:20ἁμαρτία,sin,

    The law came in so that the trespass would increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more,

  9. Romans 5:21ἁμαρτίαsin

    so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

  10. Romans 6:1ἁμαρτίᾳin sin

    What then shall we say? Shall we continue in sin so that grace may increase?

  11. Romans 6:2ἁμαρτίᾳ,to sin,

    Certainly not! How can we who died to sin live in it any longer?

  12. Romans 6:6ἁμαρτίαςof sin

    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.

  13. Romans 6:6ἁμαρτίᾳ.to sin.

    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.

  14. Romans 6:7ἁμαρτίας.sin.

    For anyone who has died has been freed from sin.

  15. Romans 6:10ἁμαρτίᾳto sin

    The death He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life He lives, He lives to God.

  16. Romans 6:11ἁμαρτίᾳto sin

    So you too must count yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.

  17. Romans 6:12ἁμαρτίαsin

    Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires.

  18. Romans 6:13ἁμαρτίᾳ,to sin,

    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.

  19. Romans 6:14ἁμαρτίαSin

    For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace.

  20. Romans 6:16ἁμαρτίαςof sin

    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?

  21. Romans 6:17ἁμαρτίας,of sin,

    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.

  22. Romans 6:18ἁμαρτίαςsin

    You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.

  23. Romans 6:20ἁμαρτίας,of sin,

    For when you were slaves to sin, you were free of obligation to righteousness.

  24. Romans 6:22ἁμαρτίαςsin

    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.

  25. Romans 6:23ἁμαρτίαςof sin

    For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

  26. Romans 7:5ἁμαρτιῶνof sins

    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.

  27. Romans 7:7ἁμαρτία;sin?

    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.”

  28. Romans 7:7ἁμαρτίανsin

    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.”

  29. Romans 7:8ἁμαρτίαsin

    But sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, produced in me every kind of covetous desire. For apart from the law, sin is dead.

  30. Romans 7:8ἁμαρτίαsin

    But sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, produced in me every kind of covetous desire. For apart from the law, sin is dead.

  31. Romans 7:9ἁμαρτίαsin

    Once I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died.

  32. Romans 7:11ἁμαρτίαsin

    For sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through the commandment put me to death.

  33. Romans 7:13ἁμαρτία,sin,

    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.

  34. Romans 7:13ἁμαρτία,sin,

    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.

  35. Romans 7:13ἁμαρτίαsin

    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.

  36. Romans 7:14ἁμαρτίαν.sin.

    We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.

  37. Romans 7:17ἁμαρτία.sin.

    In that case, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.

  38. Romans 7:20ἁμαρτία.sin.

    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.

  39. Romans 7:23ἁμαρτίαςof sin

    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.

  40. Romans 7:25ἁμαρτίας.¶of sin.

    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.

  41. Romans 8:2ἁμαρτίαςof sin

    For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death.

  42. Romans 8:3ἁμαρτίαςof sin

    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,

  43. Romans 8:3ἁμαρτίαςsin

    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,

  44. Romans 8:3ἁμαρτίανsin

    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,

  45. Romans 8:10ἁμαρτίανsin

    But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness.

  46. Romans 11:27ἁμαρτίαςsins

    And this is My covenant with them when I take away their sins.”

  47. Romans 14:23ἁμαρτίαsin

    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.

  48. 1 Corinthians 15:3ἁμαρτιῶνsins

    For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,

  49. 1 Corinthians 15:17ἁμαρτίαιςsins

    And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.

  50. 1 Corinthians 15:56ἁμαρτία,sin,

    The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.

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