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Strong’s number: G266
Greek Lexical Dictionary: Strong’s #266 – ἁμαρτία
Greek Word: ἁμαρτία, ας, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: hamartia
Phonetic Spelling: (ham-ar-tee’-ah)
Quick Definition: a sin, failure
Usage: prop: missing the mark; hence: (a) guilt, sin, (b) a fault, failure (in an ethical sense), sinful deed.
Etymology: from G264 verb hamartanó
NASB Translation: sin (96), sinful (2), sins (75)
New Testament usage
Strong’s #266 – ἁμαρτία 173 times in 150 verses
Mat 1:21; Mat 3:6; Mat 9:2; Mat 9:5; Mat 9:6; Mat 12:31; Mat 26:28; Mar 1:4; Mar 1:5; Mar 2:5; Mar 2:7; Mar 2:9; Mar 2:10; Luk 1:77; Luk 3:3; Luk 5:20; Luk 5:21; Luk 5:23; Luk 5:24; Luk 7:47; Luk 7:48; Luk 7:49; Luk 11:4; Luk 24:47; Joh 1:29; Joh 8:21; Joh 8:24; Joh 8:34; Joh 8:46; Joh 9:34; Joh 9:41; Joh 15:22; Joh 15:24; Joh 16:8; Joh 16:9; Joh 19:11; Joh 20:23; Act 2:38; Act 3:19; Act 5:31; Act 7:60; Act 10:43; Act 13:38; Act 22:16; Act 26:18; Rom 3:9; Rom 3:20; Rom 4:7; Rom 4:8; Rom 5:12; Rom 5:13; Rom 5:20; Rom 5:21; Rom 6:1; Rom 6:2; Rom 6:6; Rom 6:7; Rom 6:10; Rom 6:11; Rom 6:12; Rom 6:13; Rom 6:14; Rom 6:16; Rom 6:17; Rom 6:18; Rom 6:20; Rom 6:22; Rom 6:23; Rom 7:5; Rom 7:7; Rom 7:8; Rom 7:9; Rom 7:11; Rom 7:13; Rom 7:14; Rom 7:17; Rom 7:20; Rom 7:23; Rom 7:25; Rom 8:2; Rom 8:3; Rom 8:10; Rom 11:27; Rom 14:23; 1Co 15:3; 1Co 15:17; 1Co 15:56; 2Co 5:21; 2Co 11:7; Gal 1:4; Gal 2:17; Gal 3:22; Eph 2:1; Col 1:14; 1Th 2:16; 1Ti 5:22; 1Ti 5:24; 2Ti 3:6; Heb 1:3; Heb 2:17; Heb 3:13; Heb 4:15; Heb 5:1; Heb 5:3; Heb 7:27; Heb 8:12; Heb 9:26; Heb 9:28; Heb 10:2; Heb 10:3; Heb 10:4; Heb 10:6; Heb 10:8; Heb 10:11; Heb 10:12; Heb 10:17; Heb 10:18; Heb 10:26; Heb 11:25; Heb 12:1; Heb 12:4; Heb 13:11; Jas 1:15; Jas 2:9; Jas 4:17; Jas 5:15; Jas 5:16; Jas 5:20; 1Pe 2:22; 1Pe 2:24; 1Pe 3:18; 1Pe 4:1; 1Pe 4:8; 2Pe 1:9; 2Pe 2:14; 1Jn 1:7; 1Jn 1:8; 1Jn 1:9; 1Jn 2:2; 1Jn 2:12; 1Jn 3:4; 1Jn 3:5; 1Jn 3:8; 1Jn 3:9; 1Jn 4:10; 1Jn 5:16; 1Jn 5:17; Rev 1:5; Rev 18:4; Rev 18:5.
Septuagint (LXX): 404 times in 368 verses
Gen 15:16; Gen 18:20; Gen 20:9; Gen 41:9; Gen 42:21; Gen 50:17; Exo 10:17; Exo 20:5; Exo 28:43; Exo 29:14; Exo 29:36; Exo 30:10; Exo 32:21; Exo 32:30; Exo 32:31; Exo 32:32; Exo 32:34; Exo 34:7; Exo 34:9; Lev 4:3; Lev 4:8; Lev 4:14; Lev 4:20; Lev 4:21; Lev 4:23; Lev 4:24; Lev 4:25; Lev 4:26; Lev 4:28; Lev 4:29; Lev 4:32; Lev 4:33; Lev 4:34; Lev 4:35; Lev 5:1; Lev 5:5; Lev 5:6; Lev 5:7; Lev 5:8; Lev 5:9; Lev 5:10; Lev 5:11; Lev 5:12; Lev 5:13; Lev 5:17; Lev 6:10; Lev 6:18; Lev 6:23; Lev 7:7; Lev 7:18; Lev 7:37; Lev 8:2; Lev 8:14; Lev 9:2; Lev 9:3; Lev 9:7; Lev 9:8; Lev 9:10; Lev 9:15; Lev 9:22; Lev 10:16; Lev 10:17; Lev 10:19; Lev 12:6; Lev 12:8; Lev 14:13; Lev 14:19; Lev 14:22; Lev 14:31; Lev 15:15; Lev 15:30; Lev 16:3; Lev 16:5; Lev 16:6; Lev 16:9; Lev 16:11; Lev 16:15; Lev 16:16; Lev 16:21; Lev 16:25; Lev 16:27; Lev 16:30; Lev 16:34; Lev 19:8; Lev 19:17; Lev 19:22; Lev 20:17; Lev 20:19; Lev 22:9; Lev 23:19; Lev 24:15; Lev 26:18; Lev 26:21; Lev 26:24; Lev 26:28; Lev 26:39; Lev 26:40; Lev 26:41; Num 5:6; Num 5:7; Num 5:15; Num 5:31; Num 6:11; Num 6:14; Num 6:16; Num 7:16; Num 7:22; Num 7:28; Num 7:34; Num 7:40; Num 7:46; Num 7:52; Num 7:58; Num 7:64; Num 7:70; Num 7:76; Num 7:82; Num 7:87; Num 8:8; Num 8:12; Num 9:13; Num 12:11; Num 14:18; Num 14:19; Num 14:34; Num 15:24; Num 15:25; Num 15:27; Num 15:31; Num 16:26; Num 18:1; Num 18:9; Num 18:22; Num 18:32; Num 27:3; Num 28:15; Num 28:22; Num 28:30; Num 29:5; Num 29:11; Num 29:16; Num 29:19; Num 29:22; Num 29:25; Num 29:28; Num 29:31; Num 29:34; Num 29:38; Num 30:16; Num 32:23; Dt 5:9; Dt 9:18; Dt 9:21; Dt 15:9; Dt 19:15; Dt 21:22; Dt 23:23; Dt 24:15; Dt 24:16; Dt 30:3; Jos 22:20; 1Sa 2:17; 1Sa 12:19; 1Sa 14:38; 1Sa 15:23; 1Ki 8:34; 1Ki 8:35; 1Ki 8:36; 1Ki 12:30; 1Ki 13:34; 1Ki 14:22; 1Ki 15:3; 1Ki 15:26; 1Ki 15:30; 1Ki 15:34; 1Ki 16:13; 1Ki 16:19; 1Ki 16:26; 1Ki 16:31; 1Ki 22:53; 2Ki 1:18; 2Ki 3:3; 2Ki 10:29; 2Ki 10:31; 2Ki 12:17; 2Ki 13:2; 2Ki 13:6; 2Ki 13:11; 2Ki 14:6; 2Ki 14:24; 2Ki 15:9; 2Ki 15:18; 2Ki 15:24; 2Ki 15:28; 2Ki 17:21; 2Ki 17:22; 2Ki 21:16; 2Ki 21:17; 2Ki 24:3; 1Ch 21:3; 2Ch 6:25; 2Ch 6:26; 2Ch 6:27; 2Ch 7:14; 2Ch 25:4; 2Ch 28:13; 2Ch 29:21; 2Ch 29:23; 2Ch 29:24; 2Ch 33:19; 2Ch 36:5; Ezr 6:17; Ezr 8:35; Neh 1:6; Neh 9:2; Neh 9:37; Neh 10:34; Job 1:5; Job 7:21; Job 10:6; Job 13:23; Job 13:26; Job 14:16; Job 22:5; Job 24:20; Job 31:33; Job 34:37; Job 42:9; Job 42:10; Psa 9:36; Psa 18:14; Psa 24:7; Psa 24:11; Psa 24:18; Psa 31:1; Psa 31:2; Psa 31:5; Psa 37:4; Psa 37:19; Psa 39:7; Psa 50:4; Psa 50:5; Psa 50:7; Psa 50:11; Psa 58:4; Psa 58:13; Psa 77:38; Psa 78:9; Psa 84:3; Psa 88:33; Psa 102:10; Psa 108:7; Psa 108:14; Psa 140:4; Pro 5:22; Pro 10:16; Pro 10:19; Pro 12:13; Pro 13:6; Pro 13:9; Pro 14:34; Pro 15:27; Pro 20:9; Pro 21:4; Pro 24:9; Pro 26:11; Pro 26:26; Pro 28:2; Pro 29:16; Pro 29:22; Ecc 10:4; Isa 1:4; Isa 1:14; Isa 1:18; Isa 3:9; Isa 5:18; Isa 6:7; Isa 13:11; Isa 14:21; Isa 22:14; Isa 27:9; Isa 30:1; Isa 30:13; Isa 33:24; Isa 38:17; Isa 40:2; Isa 43:24; Isa 44:22; Isa 50:1; Isa 53:4; Isa 53:5; Isa 53:6; Isa 53:10; Isa 53:11; Isa 53:12; Isa 55:7; Isa 57:17; Isa 59:2; Isa 59:3; Isa 59:12; Isa 64:6; Isa 64:8; Isa 65:2; Isa 65:7; Isa 66:4; Jer 5:25; Jer 14:7; Jer 15:13; Jer 16:10; Jer 16:18; Jer 18:23; Jer 27:20; Jer 37:14; Jer 37:16; Jer 38:30; Jer 38:34; Jer 39:18; Jer 40:8; Jer 43:3; Lam 1:8; Lam 3:39; Lam 4:13; Eze 3:20; Eze 16:51; Eze 16:52; Eze 18:14; Eze 18:24; Eze 21:29; Eze 23:49; Eze 28:17; Eze 28:18; Eze 33:14; Eze 33:16; Eze 36:19; Eze 39:23; Eze 40:39; Eze 42:13; Eze 43:10; Eze 43:19; Eze 43:21; Eze 43:22; Eze 43:25; Eze 44:29; Eze 45:17; Eze 45:22; Eze 45:23; Eze 45:25; Eze 46:20; Dan 4:27; Dan 8:12; Dan 8:13; Dan 8:23; Dan 9:20; Dan 9:24; Hos 4:8; Hos 8:11; Hos 8:13; Hos 9:9; Hos 13:12; Amos 3:2; Amos 5:12; Mic 1:5; Mic 1:13; Mic 3:8; Mic 6:7; Mic 6:13; Mic 7:19; Zec 14:19.
Englishman’s Concordance: ἁμαρτία (hamartia)
Lexicons
Thayer’s G266: to be without a share in; to miss the mark; to err, be mistaken; to miss or wander from the path of uprightness and honour, to do or go wrong; to wander from the law of God, violate God’s law, sin; that which is done wrong, sin, an offense, a violation of the divine law in thought or in act; collectively, the complex or aggregate of sins committed either by a single person or by many
Strong’s G266: offense, sin, sinful.
Mounce G266: sin, wrongdoing; usually any act contrary to the will and law of God
Related words: G264 hamartanó (verb) ;;; G265 hamartéma (noun) ;;; G268 hamartólos (adj);
Hebrew Equivalent Words: Strong#: 817 (aw‑shawm’) ;;; 1870 ‑ דֶּרֶךְ (deh’‑rek) ;;;; 2248 ‑ חֲבוּלָה (khab‑oo‑law’) ;;;; 2398 ‑ חָטָא (khaw‑taw’) ;;;; 2403 ‑ חַטָּאָה (khat‑taw‑aw’, khat‑tawth’) ;;;; 2483 ‑ חֳלִי (khol‑ee’) ;;;; 2932 ‑ טֻמְאָה (toom‑aw’) ;;;; 4284 ‑ מַחֲשֶׁבֶת (makh‑ash‑aw‑baw’, makh‑ash‑eh’‑beth) ;;;; 4878 ‑ מְשֻׁבָה (mesh‑oo‑baw’, mesh‑oo‑baw’) ;;;; 5771 ‑ עָווֹן (aw‑vone’, aw‑vone’) ;;;; 5931 ‑ עִלָּה (il‑law’) ;;;; 5949 ‑ עֲלִלָה (al‑ee‑law’, al‑ee‑law’) ;;;; 6586 ‑ פָּשַׁע (paw‑shah’) ;;;; 6588 ‑ פֶּשַׁע (peh’‑shah) ;;;; 7200 ‑ רָאָה (raw‑aw’) ;;;; 7561 ‑ רָשַׁע (raw‑shah’) ;;;; 8441 ‑ תּוֹעֵבָה (to‑ay‑baw’, to‑ay‑baw’).
PreceptsAustin: hamartia;
PreceptsAustin: hamartano (verb)
Reference Works
01 What is life & death and why should I care?
02 What is justification and why do I need it?
11 2 Peter 2:17-22 Freedom, slavery and sin
16 Matthew 5:1-3 Poor in Spirit
17 Matthew 5:4 Those who mourn
19 Matthew 5:6 Hunger & thirst for righteousness
24 Matthew 5:17-20 Surpassing the Pharisees
08 Romans 6:1–14 Grace and Slavery to Sin
11 Romans 8.1-12 Deliverance from Sin
12 Romans 8:12-25 Grief over Sin
06 Colossians 2:16-23 Passing Judgment
Righteous vs. the wicked in the Psalms
06 Holy Spirit in the Old Testament: A New Heart
13 Why do you call me good? Mark 10:17-31
02 What’s easiest to say? Mark 2:1-12
Wayne Grudem lectures on the Doctrine of Sin (Chp 24)
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