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hamartia G266

ἁμαρτία (hamartia) means “sin” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

ἁμαρτία Greek · G266 171 tagged occurrences in 148 verses

Pronunciation guide: ham-ar-tee'-ah Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G0266

ἁμαρτία · hamartia · sin

ἁμαρτία, -ας, ἡ (ἁμαρτάνω, which see), [in LXX chiefly for חַטָּאת and cogn. forms, also for פֶּשַׁע ,עָוֹן, etc. ;] prop. a missing the mark; in cl. (see reff. to CR in MM, VGT, see word); (a) guilt, sin (Plat., Arist., al.); (b) more freq., from Æsch. down, a fault, failure. In NT (as LXX) always in ethical sense; 1. as a principle and quality of action, = τὸ ἁμαρτάνειν, a sinning, sin: Rom.5:12, 13 20; ὑφ᾽ ἁμαρτίαν εἶναι, Rom.3:9; ἐπιμένειν, Rom.6:1; ἀποθνήσκειν, νεκρὸν εἶναι τῇ ἁ., Rom.6:2, 11; τὴν ἀ. γινώσκειν, Rom.7:7; σῶμα τῆς ἁ., Rom.6:6; ἀπάτη τῆς ἁ., Heb.3:13; personified as a ruling principle, ἁ. βασιλεύει, κυριεύει, etc., Rom.5:21 6:12, 14 7:17, 20; δουλεύειν, Rom.6:6; δοῦλος τῆς ἁ., ib. 17; νόμος τῆς ἁ., Rom.7:23 8:2; δύναμις τῆς ἁ., 1Co.15:56 (cf. Gen.4:7). 2. As a generic term (disting. fr. the specific terms ἁμάρτημα, which see, etc.) for concrete wrongdoing, violation of the divine law, sin: Jhn.8:46, Jas.1:15, al.; ποιεῖν (τὴν) ἁ., Jhn.8:34, 2Co.11:7, 1Jn.3:8; εἴχειν ἁ., Jhn.9:41 15:22, 24 19:11, 1Jn.1:8; in pl. ἁμαρτίαι, sin in the aggregate, 1Th.2:16 (see Milligan, in l.); ποιεῖν ἁμαρτίας, Jas.5:15; πλῆθος ἁμαρτιῶν, Jas.5:20, 1Pe.4:8; ἄφεσις ἁμαρτιῶν, Mat.26:28, Mrk.1:4, al.; ἐν ἁμαρτίαις εἶναι, 1Co.15:17; collectively, αἴρειν τὴν ἁ. τ. κόσμου, Jhn.1:29; ἀποθνήσκειν ἐν τῇ ἁ., Jhn.8:21. 3. = ἁμάρτημα, a sinful deed, a sin: Mat.12:31, Act.7:60, 1Jn.5:16. SYN.: see: ἁμάρτημα. (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

prop: missing the mark; hence: (a) guilt, sin, (b) a fault, failure (in an ethical sense), sinful deed.

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How translators render G266

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
sin 61
sins 55
of sins 12
of sin 9
to sin 9
a sin 3
guilty of sin 2
sin offerings 2
by sins 1
for sins 1
guilt 1
in sin 1
in the sins 1
of sinful 1
of their sins 1
sin that 1
sinful 1
sins away 1
sins to full capacity 1
the sins 1
to be sin 1
whose sin 1
with sins 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
sin 67
sins 58
of sin 15
of sins 15
a sin 3
unto sin 3
from sin 2
the sin 2
the sins 2
an offence 1
from 1
in sin 1
of 1
of sinful 1
of the sins 1
to sin 1
to sins 1
with sins 1

Verses containing G266

Page 2 of 3. 148 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Romans 5:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The law came in so that the trespass would increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more,

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  2. Romans 5:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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  3. Romans 6:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    What then shall we say? Shall we continue in sin so that grace may increase?

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  4. Romans 6:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Certainly not! How can we who died to sin live in it any longer?

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  5. Romans 6:6 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    We know that our old self was crucified with Him so that the body of sin might be rendered powerless, that we should no longer be slaves to sin.

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  6. Romans 6:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For anyone who has died has been freed from sin.

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  7. Romans 6:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The death He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life He lives, He lives to God.

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  8. Romans 6:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So you too must count yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.

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  9. Romans 6:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires.

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  10. Romans 6:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Do not present the parts of your body to sin as instruments of wickedness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and present the parts of your body to Him as instruments of righteousness.

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  11. Romans 6:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace.

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  12. Romans 6:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Do you not know that when you offer yourselves as obedient slaves, you are slaves to the one you obey, whether you are slaves to sin leading to death, or to obedience leading to righteousness?

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  13. Romans 6:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But thanks be to God that, though you once were slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were committed.

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  14. Romans 6:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.

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  15. Romans 6:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For when you were slaves to sin, you were free of obligation to righteousness.

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  16. Romans 6:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the fruit you reap leads to holiness, and the outcome is eternal life.

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  17. Romans 6:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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  18. Romans 7:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For when we lived according to the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in our bodies, bearing fruit for death.

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  19. Romans 7:7 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    What then shall we say? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed, I would not have been mindful of sin if not for the law. For I would not have been aware of coveting if the law had not said, “Do not covet.”

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  20. Romans 7:8 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    But sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, produced in me every kind of covetous desire. For apart from the law, sin is dead.

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  21. Romans 7:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Once I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died.

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  22. Romans 7:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through the commandment put me to death.

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  23. Romans 7:13 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    Did that which is good, then, become death to me? Certainly not! But in order that sin might be exposed as sin, it produced death in me through what was good, so that through the commandment sin might become utterly sinful.

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  24. Romans 7:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.

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  25. Romans 7:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In that case, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.

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  26. Romans 7:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.

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  27. Romans 7:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But I see another law at work in my body, warring against the law of my mind and holding me captive to the law of sin that dwells within me.

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  28. Romans 7:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Thanks be to God, through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with my mind I serve the law of God, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.

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  29. Romans 8:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death.

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  30. Romans 8:3 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful man, as an offering for sin. He thus condemned sin in the flesh,

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  31. Romans 8:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness.

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  32. Romans 11:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And this is My covenant with them when I take away their sins.”

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  33. Romans 14:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But the one who has doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith; and everything that is not from faith is sin.

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  34. 1 Corinthians 15:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,

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  35. 1 Corinthians 15:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.

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  36. 1 Corinthians 15:56 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.

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  37. 2 Corinthians 5:21 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.

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  38. 2 Corinthians 11:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Was it a sin for me to humble myself in order to exalt you, because I preached the gospel of God to you free of charge?

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  39. Galatians 1:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    who gave Himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,

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  40. Galatians 2:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But if, while we seek to be justified in Christ, we ourselves are found to be sinners, does that make Christ a minister of sin? Certainly not!

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  41. Galatians 3:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But the Scripture pronounces all things confined by sin, so that by faith in Jesus Christ the promise might be given to those who believe.

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  42. Ephesians 2:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,

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  43. Colossians 1:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

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  44. 1 Thessalonians 2:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    hindering us from telling the Gentiles how they may be saved. As a result, they continue to heap up their sins to full capacity; the utmost wrath has come upon them.

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  45. 1 Timothy 5:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Do not be too quick in the laying on of hands and thereby share in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.

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  46. 1 Timothy 5:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The sins of some men are obvious, going ahead of them to judgment; but the sins of others do not surface until later.

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  47. 2 Timothy 3:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They are the kind who worm their way into households and captivate vulnerable women who are weighed down with sins and led astray by various passions,

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  48. Hebrews 1:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.

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  49. Hebrews 2:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For this reason He had to be made like His brothers in every way, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, in order to make atonement for the sins of the people.

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  50. Hebrews 3:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.

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