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ἁμαρτάνω

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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., Matthew 18:25; 27:4, Luke 17:3, John 5:14; 8:11; 9:2-3, Romans 2:12; 3:23; 5:12, 14; 5:16; 6:15, 1 Corinthians 7:28; 7:36; 15:34, Ephesians 4:26, 1 Timothy 5:20, Titus 3:11, Hebrews 3:17; 10:26, 1 Peter 2:20, 2 Peter 2:4; 2:4, 1 John 1:10, John 2:1, John 3:6-9, John 5:18; with cogn. accusative, ἁ. ἁμαρτίαν (cf. Exodus 32:30, חֲטָאָה חָטָא), 1 John 5:16; before εἰς, Matthew 18:21, Luke 15:18, 21; 17:4, Acts 25:8 (καίσαρα). 1 Corinthians 6:18; 8:12 (Field, Notes, 173); ἐνώπιον, Luke 15:18, 21; πρὸς θάνατον (cf. Numbers 18:22, מוּת חֵטְא), 1 John 5:16 (Cremer, 98, 633).

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

43 total
  1. Matthew 18:15ἁμαρτήσῃ · sins
    If your brother sins against you, go and confront him privately. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over.
  2. Matthew 18:21ἁμαρτήσει · who sins
    Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother who sins against me? Up to seven times?”
  3. Matthew 27:4Ἥμαρτον · I have sinned
    “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said. “What is that to us?” they replied. “You bear the responsibility.”
  4. Luke 15:18ἥμαρτον · I have sinned
    I will get up and go back to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.
  5. Luke 15:21ἥμαρτον · I have sinned
    The son declared, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’
  6. Luke 17:3ἁμάρτῃ · sins
    Watch yourselves. If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.
  7. Luke 17:4ἁμαρτήσῃ · he sins
    Even if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times returns to say, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”
  8. John 5:14ἁμάρτανε · sinning
    Afterward, Jesus found the man at the temple and said to him, “See, you have been made well. Stop sinning, or something worse may happen to you.”
  9. John 8:11ἁμάρτανε · sin
    “No one, Lord,” she answered. “Then neither do I condemn you,” Jesus declared. “Now go and sin no more.”
  10. John 9:2ἥμαρτεν · sinned
    …and His disciples asked Him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”
  11. John 9:3ἥμαρτεν · sinned
    Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but this happened so that the works of God would be displayed in him.
  12. Acts 25:8ἥμαρτον · I have committed no offense
    Then Paul made his defense: “I have committed no offense against the law of the Jews or against the temple or against Caesar.”
  13. Romans 2:12ἥμαρτον · sin; ἥμαρτον · sin
    All who sin apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who sin under the law will be judged by the law.
  14. Romans 3:23ἥμαρτον · have sinned
    …for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
  15. Romans 5:12ἥμαρτον · sinned
    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.
  16. Romans 5:14ἁμαρτήσαντας · did not sin
    Nevertheless, death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who did not sin in the way that Adam transgressed. He is a pattern of the One to come.
  17. Romans 5:16ἁμαρτήσαντος · sin
    Again, the gift is not like the result of the one man’s sin: The judgment that followed one sin brought condemnation, but the gift that followed many trespasses brought justification.
  18. Romans 6:15ἁμαρτήσωμεν · Shall we sin
    What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law, but under grace? Certainly not!
  19. 1 Corinthians 6:18ἁμαρτάνει · sins
    Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.
  20. 1 Corinthians 7:28ἥμαρτες · you have not sinned; ἥμαρτεν · she has not sinned
    But if you do marry, you have not sinned. And if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this.
  21. 1 Corinthians 7:36ἁμαρτάνει · he is not sinning
    However, if someone thinks he is acting inappropriately toward his betrothed, and if she is beyond her youth and they ought to marry, let him do as he wishes; he is not sinning; they should get married.
  22. 1 Corinthians 8:12ἁμαρτάνοντες · By sinning; ἁμαρτάνετε · you sin
    By sinning against your brothers in this way and wounding their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.
  23. 1 Corinthians 15:34ἁμαρτάνετε · stop sinning
    Sober up as you ought, and stop sinning; for some of you are ignorant of God. I say this to your shame.
  24. Ephesians 4:26ἁμαρτάνετε · sin
    “Be angry, yet do not sin.” Do not let the sun set upon your anger,
  25. 1 Timothy 5:20ἁμαρτάνοντας · persist in sin
    But those who persist in sin should be rebuked in front of everyone, so that the others will stand in fear of sin.
  26. Titus 3:11ἁμαρτάνει · sinful
    …knowing that such a man is corrupt and sinful; he is self-condemned.
  27. Hebrews 3:17ἁμαρτήσασιν · sinned
    And with whom was God angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?
  28. Hebrews 10:26ἁμαρτανόντων · go on sinning
    If we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains,
  29. 1 Peter 2:20ἁμαρτάνοντες · for doing wrong
    How is it to your credit if you are beaten for doing wrong and you endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God.
  30. 2 Peter 2:4ἁμαρτησάντων · when they sinned
    For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;
  31. 1 John 1:10ἡμαρτήκαμεν · we have not sinned
    If we say we have not sinned, we make Him out to be a liar, and His word is not in us.
  32. 1 John 2:1ἁμάρτητε · you will not sin; ἁμάρτῃ · does sin
    My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate before the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.
  33. 1 John 3:6ἁμαρτάνει · keeps on sinning; ἁμαρτάνων · continues to sin
    No one who remains in Him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has seen Him or known Him.
  34. 1 John 3:8ἁμαρτάνει · has been sinning
    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.
  35. 1 John 3:9ἁμαρτάνειν · go on sinning
    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.
  36. 1 John 5:16ἁμαρτάνοντα · committing; ἁμαρτάνουσιν · commit [this kind of] sin
    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.
  37. 1 John 5:18ἁμαρτάνει · does not keep on sinning
    We know that anyone born of God does not keep on sinning; the One who was born of God protects him, and the evil one cannot touch him.