Strong G264ἁμαρτάνω

to sin

Transliteration
hamartanō
Pronunciation
ham-ar-tan'-o
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

Perhaps from G1 (as a negative particle) and the base of G3313; properly to miss the mark (and so not share in the prize) that is (figuratively) to err especially (morally) to sin: - for your faults offend sin trespass.

Detailed definition

ἁμαρτάνω
(present formed from aor. ἁμαρτεῖν), [in LXX for חָטָא, also for אָשַׁם, רָשַׁע, etc.;]
1. to miss the mark (Hom., Æsch., al.), hence metaphorically (Hom., al.), to err, do wrong

2. In LXX and NT, to violate God's law, to sin (for non-Christian exx., see MM, VGT, see word): absol., Mat.18:25 27:4, Luk.17:3, Jhn.5:14 8:11 9:2-3 Rom.2:12 3:23 5:12, 14 5:16 6:15, 1Co.7:28 7:36 15:34, Eph.4:26, 1Ti.5:20, Tit.3:11, Heb.3:17 10:26, 1Pe.2:20, 2Pe.2:4 2:4 1Jn.1:10 Jn 2:1 Jn 3:6-9 Jn 5:18; with cogn. accusative, ἁ. ἁμαρτίαν (cf. Exo.32:30, חֲטָאָה חָטָא), 1Jn.5:16; before εἰς, Mat.18:21, Luk.15:18, 21 17:4, Act.25:8 (καίσαρα). 1Co.6:18 8:12 (Field, Notes, 173); ἐνώπιον, Luk.15:18, 21; πρὸς θάνατον (cf. Num.18:22, מוּת חֵטְא), 1Jn.5:16 (Cremer, 98, 633).†
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In the Bible

Strong G264 appears in 37 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • sin26
  • sinneth6
  • trespass3
  • hath2
  • have2
  • fault1
  • if1
  • offend1
  • shall1
  • thou1

First verses

  1. Matthew 18:15
    Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
  2. Matthew 18:21
    Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?
  3. Matthew 27:4
    Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.
  4. Luke 15:18
    I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,
  5. Luke 15:21
    And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.
  6. Luke 17:3
    Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.
  7. Luke 17:4
    And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.
  8. John 5:14
    Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.
  9. John 8:11
    She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.
  10. John 9:2
    And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?
  11. John 9:3
    Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.
  12. Acts 25:8
    While he answered for himself, Neither against the law of the Jews, neither against the temple, nor yet against Cesar, have I offended any thing at all.
  13. Romans 2:12
    For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law;
  14. Romans 3:23
    For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
  15. Romans 5:12
    Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
  16. Romans 5:14
    Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam’s transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.
  17. Romans 5:16
    And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification.
  18. Romans 6:15
    What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.
  19. 1 Corinthians 6:18
    Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
  20. 1 Corinthians 7:28
    But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἁμαρτάνω [ᾰμ.. ᾰν]:
future ἁμαρτήσομαι[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.512, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.55, etc.;)] later -ήσω [NT+2nd c.AD+ (NT.Matt.18.21, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 59.20, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 7.653)], (δι-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “παραγγελίαι” 9)], (ἐξ-) [Refs ([prev. author])]Acut. (Sp.)[Refs (13:)]aorist 2 ἥμαρτον[Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus)], Attic dialect; Epic dialect ἤμβροτον, but only indicative; Aeolic dialect 3rd.pers.singular ἄμβροτε[Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in E. Diehl, 1.5)], infinitive ἀμβρότην[Refs (“IG” 12(2).1.15 (from Mytilene))]; optative ἁμάρτοιν (for ἁμάρτοιμι) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 55 (uncertain))]: aorist 1 ἡμάρτησα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 115.4 (uncertain), “Anthologia Graeca” 7.339 (6th c.AD: Palladas Epigrammaticus or 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista), 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 2.14)]: perfect ἡμάρτηκα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.79, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 961, etc.)], Attic dialect:—passive, aorist ἡμαρτήθην[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.65, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Vectigalibus” 4.37)]: perfect ἡμάρτημαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 439, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.77, etc.)]: pluperfect ἡμάρτητο[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.18, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 31.20)]:—miss the mark, especially of spear thrown, absolutely, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.287, etc.; ἔρριψεν, οὐδ᾽ ἥμαρτε 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 80: with _genitive_, φωτὸς ἁ. 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.372; also τῶν μεγάλων ψυχῶν ἱεὶς οὐκ ἂν ἁμάρτοις 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 155)]; ἁ. τῆς ὁδοῦ miss road, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 961; τοῦ σκοποῦ 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.4.5.)]
2 generally, fail of one's purpose, go wrong, absolutely, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.155, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1194, etc.: with _genitive_, οὔ τι νοήματος ἤμβροτεν ἐσθλοῦ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.292)]; μύθων ἡμάρτανε failed of good speech, [Refs (11.511)]; γνώμης, ἐλπίδων, βουλήσεως ἁ., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.207, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 498, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.33, 92)]; ἁ. τοῦ χρησμοῦ mistake it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.71: with _accusative_, ἁ. τὸ ἀληθές 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.139 (codices, τἀληθέος Schäfer).)]
3 fail of having, be deprived of, mostly with genitive, χειρῶν ἐξ Ὀδυσῆος ἁμαρτήσεσθαι ὀπωπῆς that I should lose my sight by Ulysses' hands, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.512; τοῦ ῥυσίου θ᾽ ἥμαρτε 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 535; ἁ. πιστῆς ἀλόχου 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 879, compare 144:)] —once with _neuter_ adjective, οὐ γὰρ εἰκὸς.. ἐμὲ ὑμῶν ἁμαρτεῖν τοῦτό γ᾽ 'tis not seemly that I should ask this of you in vain, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 231:—rare in Prose, ἡμάρτομεν τῆς Βοιωτίης 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.7.β,compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.50)]; δυοῖν κακοῖν οὐκ ἦν ἁμαρτεῖν (i.e. either one or the other) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.20, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1320:)] —so μηδὲ δυοῖν φθάσαι ἁμάρτωσιν, ἢ.. ἢ.. fail to be before-hand in one of two things, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.33.)]
4 rarely, fail to do, neglect, φίλων ἡμάρτανε δώρων[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.68; ξυμμαχίας ἁμαρτών 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 213.)]
II absolutely, do wrong, err, sin, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.501, 7th-6th c.BC(?): Semonides Iambographus 7.111, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 262, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1207, etc.; ἄκοντες ἡμαρτάνομεν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 336e, compare 340e)], etc.:—with participle, ἥμαρτε χρηστὰ μωμένη[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1136; πρόθυμος ὢν ἥμαρτες 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1630, compare 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.2.1: with _dative_ _of things_, ἁ. ῥήματι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 489b; ἐν λόγοις [prev. author] “R.” 396a; τοιαῦθ᾽ ἁμαρτάνουσιν ἐν λόγοις ἔπη 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1096:—with cognate _accusative_, ἁμαρτίαν ἁ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1249, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 320: with _neuter_)]adjective or pronoun, αὐτὸς ἐγὼ τόδε γ᾽ ἤμβροτον I erred in this, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.154; πόλλ᾽ ἁμαρτών 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 915; ἀνθρώπινα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.1.40: in Prose more frequently ἁ. περί τινος)] or τι do wrong in a matter, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 891e, “Phdr.” 242e; ἐπί τινι 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.91 (codices))]; ἁ. εἴς τινα sin against.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.138, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 968)]; ἐπὶ τὴν ἔλλειψιν, ἐπὶ τὸ πλεῖον, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1126b1, 1118b16; περί τινα 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.2.7; τινί LXX.Judg.10.10.)]
II.2 passive, ἡμαρτήθη ὁ ἐς Σικελίαν πλοῦς[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.65, etc.: in)]perfect participle, τἀμὰ δ᾽ ἡμαρτημένα my plans are frustrate, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 621; τῶν περὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα ἐς τὰ θεῖα ἁμαρτανομένων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 759c; ἀπειρίἁ αὐτὸ μᾶλλον ἢ ἀδικία ἡμαρτῆσθαι 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.5:—τὰ ἡμαρτημένα, τὰ ἁμαρτηθέντα, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 439, 1269, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.8.20.)]
II.3 ἁμαρτανόμενος, as adjective, wrong, mistaken, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 37d, +others; αἱ ἡμαρτημέναι πολιτεῖαι [prev. author] “R.” 449a, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1275b1, 1301a36)]; and of persons, ἡμαρτημένοι mistaken, [Refs ([prev. author] “EN” 1125a19.)]