ἁμαρτία hamartia

Greek word for “sin” · Strong’s G266 · used 173 times in 150 verses

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Meaning

ἁμαρτία, -ας, ἡ; (ἁμαρτάνω, which see);

How it is translated

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

• sin 94
• sins 76
• sin? 2
• our sins 1

Where it is used

Also in 8 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Romans 6 (15), Romans 7 (11), Hebrews 10 (10), Mark 2 (4), Luke 5 (4), John 8 (4), Romans 5 (4), 1 John 3 (4), Matthew 9 (3), Luke 7 (3)

Forms

• ἁμαρτίας 58
• ἁμαρτιῶν 32
• ἁμαρτία 28
• ἁμαρτίαν 27
• ἁμαρτίαι 12
• ἁμαρτίαις 9
• ἁμαρτίᾳ 7

Words used with it

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

• ἀφίημι aphiēmi “to release” 21
• ἄφεσις aphesis “forgiveness” 12
• νόμος nomos “law” 16
• περί peri “about” 16
• θάνατος thanatos “death” 12
• προσφέρω prospherō “to bring to” 8
• δικαιοσύνη dikaiosunē “righteousness” 9
• θυσία thusia “sacrifice” 7
• εἰ ei “if” 13
• ἑαυτοῦ heautou “themself” 11
• παραλυτικός paralutikos “paralytic” 5
• ὑπέρ huper “above/for” 8

Key verses

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

• Luke 24:47 — And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
• John 1:29 — The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
• Acts 3:19 — Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
• Acts 26:18 — To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance…
• Romans 5:20 — Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:
• 2 Corinthians 5:21 — For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
• Hebrews 1:3 — Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged…
• James 5:16 — Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
• 1 Peter 2:24 — Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
• 1 Peter 3:18 — For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the…
• 1 John 1:7 — But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
• Revelation 1:5 — And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and…

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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.