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Strong's #266: hamartia (pronounced ham-ar-tee'-ah)

from 264; a sin (properly abstract):--offence, sin(-ful).




Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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hamartia

1) equivalent to 264

1a) to be without a share in

1b) to miss the mark

1c) to err, be mistaken

1d) to miss or wander from the path of uprightness and honour,to do or go wrong

1e) to wander from the law of God, violate God' s law, sin

2) that which is done wrong, sin, an offence, a violation of the divine law in thought or in act

3) collectively, the complex or aggregate of sins committed either by a single person or by many

Part of Speech: noun feminine

Relation: from G264

Citing in TDNT: 1:267, 44




Usage:

This word is used 175 times:

1 Peter 3:18: "hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that"
1 Peter 4:1: "in the flesh hath ceased from sin;"
1 Peter 4:8: "charity shall cover the multitude of sins."
2 Peter 1:9: "and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins."
2 Peter 2:14: "of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: a heart"
1 John 1:7: "cleanseth us from all sin."
1 John 1:8: "that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the"
1 John 1:9: "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just"
1 John 1:9: "to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from"
1 John 2:2: "the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours"
1 John 2:12: "unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake."
1 John 3:4: "Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin"
1 John 3:4: "sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the"
1 John 3:5: "to take away our sins; and in him is"
1 John 3:5: "him is no sin."
1 John 3:8: "He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the"
1 John 3:9: "God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth"
1 John 4:10: "Son to be the propitiation for our sins."
1 John 5:16: "his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask,"
1 John 5:16: "unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say"
1 John 5:17: "All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not"
1 John 5:17: "sin: and there is a sin not unto death."
Revelation 1:5: "us from our sins in his own blood,"
Revelation 18:4: "that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive"
Revelation 18:5: "For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God"









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