Hamartanō ἁμαρτάνω

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Hamartanō
ἁμαρτάνω
Transliterationhamartanō
Strong's numberG264
LanguageGreek
Part of speechverb
Glossto sin
Occurrences43 in 37 verses
Most frequent in1 John (7)

Hamartanō (Greek ἁμαρτάνω, Strong's G264) is a Greek verb meaning “to sin”. It occurs 43 times in 37 verses of the New Testament.

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).†
(AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVsin (16), sinned (13), sinneth (7), i have sinned (2), hath (2), shall trespass (1), shall (1), trespass (1), he trespass (1), offended (1), had (1), hast (1), and 3 other renderings
BSBsin (5), sinned (4), sins (3), i have sinned (3), sinning (2), go on sinning (2), who sins (1), he sins (1), i have committed no offense (1), have sinned (1), did not sin (1), shall we sin (1), and 17 other renderings

Topics

Verses

Every verse with Hamartanō, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

Luke

John

Acts

Romans

1 Corinthians

Ephesians

1 Timothy

Titus

Hebrews

1 Peter

2 Peter

1 John

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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