ἁμαρτάνω hamartanō

Greek word for “to sin” · Strong’s G264 · used 43 times in 37 verses

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Meaning

ἁμαρτάνω; (present formed from aor.

How it is translated

Glosses given for hamartanō in context, with how often each is used:

• sinning 7
• have sinned 6
• shall sin 4
• sinned 4
• do sin 4
• having sinned 3
• sins 2
• did sin 2
• sin 2
• will sin 1
• have i sinned 1
• shall we sin 1

Where it is used

Also in 1 more book.

Chapters where it is used most

Romans 5 (3), 1 John 3 (3), Matthew 18 (2), Luke 15 (2), Luke 17 (2), John 9 (2), 1 Corinthians 7 (2), 1 John 5 (2), Matthew 27 (1), John 5 (1)

Forms

• ἥμαρτον 8
• ἁμαρτάνει 6
• ἥμαρτεν 3
• ἁμαρτάνετε 3
• ἁμαρτήσῃ 2
• ἁμάρτῃ 2
• ἁμάρτανε 2
• ἁμαρτάνοντες 2
• ἁμαρτήσει 1
• ἁμαρτήσαντας 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with hamartanō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ἐάν ean “if” 9
• ἁμαρτία hamartia “sin” 5
• ἀδελφός adelphos “brother” 5
• ἑπτάκις heptakis “seven times” 2
• γεννάω gennaō “to beget” 3
• ἐνώπιον enōpion “before” 3
• φείδομαι pheidomai “to spare” 2
• θάνατος thanatos “death” 3
• παρθένος parthenos “virgin” 2
• ἀφίημι aphiēmi “to release” 3
• ἐλέγχω elegchō “to rebuke” 2
• γονεύς goneus “parent” 2

Key verses

The verses using hamartanō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 18:15 — Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
• Matthew 27:4 — Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.
• Luke 15:18 — I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,
• John 5:14 — Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.
• Romans 5:12 — Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
• Ephesians 4:26 — Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
• Hebrews 10:26 — For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
• 2 Peter 2:4 — For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
• 1 John 2:1 — My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
• 1 John 3:8 — He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the…
• 1 John 5:16 — If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto…
• 1 John 5:18 — We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.