Definitions
The meaning of Sin in the Bible
(From Easton's Bible Dictionary)
is "any want of conformity unto or transgression of the law of God" (I John 3:4; Romans 4:15), in the inward state and habit of the soul, as well as in the outward conduct of the life, whether by omission or commission (Romans 6:12-17; 7:5-24). It is "not a mere violation of the law of our constitution, nor of the system of things, but an offence against a personal lawgiver and moral governor who vindicates his law with penalties. The soul that sins is always conscious that his sin is (1) intrinsically vile and polluting, and (2) that it justly deserves punishment, and calls down the righteous wrath of God. Hence sin carries with it two inalienable characters, (1) ill-desert, guilt (reatus); and (2) pollution (macula).", Hodge's Outlines. From the fact of the universal sinfulness of men. "There is no man that sinneth not" (I Kings 8:46; Isaiah 53:6; Psalms 130:3; Romans 3:19,22,23; Galatians 3:22). From the total depravity of man. All men are declared to be destitute of any principle of spiritual life; man's apostasy from God is total and complete (Job 15:14-16; Genesis 6:5,6). From its early manifestation (Psalms 58:3; Proverbs 22:15). It is proved also from the necessity, absolutely and universally, of regeneration (John 3:3; 2co 5:17). From the universality of death (Romans 5:12-20). Various kinds of sin are mentioned, "Presumptuous sins," or as literally rendered, "sins with an uplifted hand", i.e., defiant acts of sin, in contrast with "errors" or "inadvertencies" (Psalms 19:13). "Secret", i.e., hidden sins (19:12); sins which escape the notice of the soul. "Sin against the Holy Ghost" (q.v.), or a "sin unto death" (Matthew 12:31,32; I John 5:16), which amounts to a wilful rejection of grace. Sin, a city in Egypt, called by the Greeks Pelusium, which means, as does also the Hebrew name, "clayey" or "muddy," so called from the abundance of clay found there. It is called by Ezekel (Ezekiel 30:15) "the strength of Egypt, "thus denoting its importance as a fortified city. It has been identified with the modern Tineh, "a miry place," where its ruins are to be found. Of its boasted magnificence only four red granite columns remain, and some few fragments of others.
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