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ἁμαρτία
hamartía · Greek · Strong's G266 · 173 occurrences
The KJV renders 11 different Hebrew and Greek words as “sin”
What it means
a sin (properly abstract)
from G264 (ἁμαρτάνω);
How the KJV renders it
offence, sin
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“sin”
“offence”
Questions this word decides
- Was Jesus crucified on Wednesday or Friday?
- Is baptism required for salvation?
- Is purgatory taught in scripture?
- Should Christians pray to saints?
- Who wrote the letter to the Hebrews?
- What does John 1:1 mean ('the Word was God')?
Where it appears
173 occurrences in the Greek text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Corinthians 15:3 N-GPF1 Corinthians 15:17 N-DPF1 Corinthians 15:56 N-GSF1 John 1:7 N-GSF1 John 1:8 N-ASF1 John 1:9 N-APF1 John 2:2 N-GPF1 John 2:12 N-NPF1 John 3:4 N-ASF1 John 3:5 N-APF1 John 3:8 N-ASF1 John 3:9 N-ASF1 John 4:10 N-GPF1 John 5:16 N-ASF1 John 5:17 N-NSF1 Peter 2:22 N-ASF1 Peter 2:24 N-APF1 Peter 3:18 N-GPF1 Peter 4:1 N-GSF1 Peter 4:8 N-GPF1 Thessalonians 2:16 N-APF1 Timothy 5:22 N-DPF1 Timothy 5:24 N-NPF2 Corinthians 5:21 N-ASF2 Corinthians 11:7 N-ASF2 Peter 2:14 N-GSF2 Timothy 3:6 N-DPFActs 2:38 N-GPFActs 3:19 N-APFActs 5:31 N-GPFActs 7:60 N-ASFActs 10:43 N-GPFActs 13:38 N-GPFActs 22:16 N-APFActs 26:18 N-GPFColossians 1:14 N-GPFEphesians 2:1 N-DPFGalatians 1:4 N-GPFGalatians 2:17 N-GSFGalatians 3:22 N-ASFHebrews 1:3 N-GPFHebrews 2:17 N-APFHebrews 3:13 N-GSFHebrews 4:15 N-GSFHebrews 5:1 N-GPFHebrews 5:3 N-GPFHebrews 7:27 N-GPFHebrews 8:12 N-GPFHebrews 9:26 N-GSFHebrews 9:28 N-APFHebrews 10:2 N-GPFHebrews 10:3 N-GPFHebrews 10:4 N-APFHebrews 10:6 N-GSFHebrews 10:8 N-GSFHebrews 10:11 N-APFHebrews 10:12 N-GPFHebrews 10:17 N-GPFHebrews 10:18 N-GSFHebrews 10:26 N-GPF
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Greek text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.