noun · feminine
hamartas
Strong’sG266
a sin
stem hamart-172 times in the New Testamentin 20 of 27 books8 of 10 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
Sin is the basic meaning 1234. The word can also mean guilt 13, and in biblical use it is ethical 1. It can refer to sin as a principle or quality of action, that is, sinning 1, and to sin as an abstract reality 2.
It also denotes concrete wrongdoing, violation of the divine law 1, and a particular sinful deed 1.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by qwen/qwen3.8-max-0902 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
ἁμαρτία, -ας, ἡ
(< ἁμαρτάνω, q.v.), [in LXX chiefly for חַטָּאת and cogn. forms, also for פֶּשַׁע,עָוֹן, etc.;]
SYN.: v.s. ἁμάρτημα.
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G266 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidham-ar-tee'-ah
a sin (properly abstract)
Fromfrom G264;
King Jamesoffence, sin(-ful).
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
a failure, fault, τῶνδ᾽ ἁ. δόμωνRefs 5th c.BC+; ἁ. δόξης error of judgement, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 in Philos. and Religion, guilt, sin, NT+5th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | hamartas28×ἁμαρτία | hamartais12×ἁμαρτίαι |
| object accusative | hamartan27×ἁμαρτίαν | hamartain24×ἁμαρτίας |
| direct address vocative | hamartar | hamartair |
| of, belonging to genitive | hamartau34×ἁμαρτίας | hamartaiu31×ἁμαρτιῶν |
| to, for dative | hamarta7×ἁμαρτίᾳ | hamartai9×ἁμαρτίαις |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
hamarta is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
172 occurrences, 100 of them printed here — the rest are in the reader
hamartas“sin”subjectnominative singular28×, 14 shown
Matthew 12:31dia houtem legamō vi, pantas hamartas kai blasfēmias afiēkiti toi anthrōpoi, tas …Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men …
John 9:41“sin”… nun de legavō hoti Blepanō; tas hamartas vu menatō.… of sin. But since you claim you can see, your guilt remains.”
Romans 5:12… houtem hōsper dia henou anthrōpou tas hamartas eis ton kosmon eiserchata kai dia …Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man …
Romans 5:13achri gar nomou hamartas ate en kosmo, hamartas de ouk …For sin was in the world before the …
Romans 5:13… gar nomou hamartas ate en kosmo, hamartas de ouk ellogotō mē arōntou nomou,… before the law was given; but sin is not taken into account when …
Romans 5:20… tem paraptōmem; hou de pleonazata tas hamartas, huperperisseuata tas charitas,… the trespass would increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more,
Romans 5:21hina hōsper basilata tas hamartas en to thanato, houtōs kai tas …so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace …
Romans 6:12Mē oun basilatōr tas hamartas en te thnēte vu sōme eis …Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so …
Romans 6:14hamartas gar vu ouk kurieuati, ouk gar …For sin shall not be your master, because …
Romans 7:7Tinem oun legani? tos nomos hamartas? mē genetoia; alla tan hamartan ouk …… shall we say? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed, I would not …
Romans 7:8aforman de labarantas tas hamartas dia tau entolau katergazeta en mi …But sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment …
Romans 7:8… mi pantan epithumian, chōris gar nomou hamartas nekras.… desire. For apart from the law, sin is dead.
Romans 7:9… pote; ercharantau de tau entolau tas hamartas anazata,… law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died.
Romans 7:11tas gar hamartas aforman labarantas dia tau entolau exapatata …For sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment …
hamartan“sin”objectaccusative singular27×, 14 shown
John 1:29… amnos tou theou tos airarōntos tan hamartan tou kosmou.… of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
John 8:34“sin”… vi hoti pantos tos poiarōntos tan hamartan doulos atō tau hamartau;… I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.
John 9:41… Ei tuflois ave, ouk an echave hamartan; nun de legavō hoti Blepanō; tas …… you would not be guilty of sin. But since you claim you can …
John 15:22ei mē erchama kai lalama autoi, hamartan ouk echale; nun de profasian ouk …… they would not be guilty of sin. Now, however, they have no excuse …
John 15:24… en autoi heim oudenos allosos poiata, hamartan ouk echale; nun de kai horalē …… they would not be guilty of sin; but now they have seen and …
John 19:11… houtem tos paradōarantos min si megoteran hamartan echatō.… to you is guilty of greater sin.”
Acts 7:60… Kurior, mē stēaseia autoi houtan tan hamartan; kai houtem legarantos koimita.… voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” And when he had …
Romans 3:9… Ioudaioin tē kai Hellēnoin pantoin hupo hamartan arō,… and Greeks alike are all under sin.
Romans 4:8… andros hou ouk mē logizeteia kurios hamartan.Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord will never count against …
Romans 7:7… nomos hamartas? mē genetoia; alla tan hamartan ouk gnōskama ei mē dia nomou, …… would not have been mindful of sin if not for the law. For …
Romans 7:14… de sarkinos amō, pipraskorēntos hupo tan hamartan.… unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.
Romans 8:3… hamartau kai peri hamartau katakrinata tan hamartan en ta sarka,… offering for sin. He thus condemned sin in the flesh,
Romans 8:10… vi, tem men sōmem nekrem dia hamartan, tem de pneumem zōas dia dikaiosunan.… your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because …
2 Corinthians 5:21ton mē gnōskaranton hamartan huper nu hamartan poiata, hina nis …God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf …
hamartau“sin”of, belonging togenitive singular34×, 15 shown
John 8:34… poiarōntos tan hamartan doulos atō tau hamartau;… who sins is a slave to sin.
John 8:46tinos ek vu elenchatō min peri hamartau? ei alētheian legamō, dia tinem vis …… you can prove Me guilty of sin? If I speak the truth, why …
John 15:22… de profasian ouk echalō peri tau hamartau autoiu.… they have no excuse for their sin.
John 16:8… ercharantos ekeinos elenchati ton kosmon peri hamartau kai peri dikaiosunau kai peri krisiau;… convict the world in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment:
John 16:9peri hamartau men, hoti ouk pisteualō eis min;in regard to sin, because they do not believe in …
Romans 3:20… enōpion autou, dia gar nomou epignōsias hamartau.… the law merely brings awareness of sin.
Romans 5:12… ton kosmon eiserchata kai dia tau hamartau tos thanatos, kai houtōs eis pantoin …… through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on …
Romans 6:6… sustaurita, hina katargiteia tem sōmem tau hamartau, teu mēketi douleuarō nin ta hamarta,… Him so that the body of sin might be rendered powerless, that we …
Romans 6:7tos gar apothnēskarantos dikaiotē apo tau hamartau.… has died has been freed from sin.
Romans 6:16… hupakoan, doulois avō ho hupakouavō, ētoi hamartau eis thanaton ē hupakoau eis dikaiosunan?… obey, whether you are slaves to sin leading to death, or to obedience …
Romans 6:17… to theo hoti ave doulois tau hamartau hupakouava de ek kardiau eis hon …… though you once were slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of …
Romans 6:18eleutherirantois de apo tau hamartau douliva ta dikaiosuna;You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.
Romans 6:20Hote gar doulois ave tau hamartau, eleutherois ave ta dikaiosuna.For when you were slaves to sin, you were free of obligation to …
Romans 6:22nuni de, eleutherirantois apo tau hamartau doulirantois de to theo, echavō ton …… you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God …
Romans 6:23teim gar opsōnieim tau hamartau thanatos, tem de charismem tou theou …For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of …
hamarta“sin”to, fordative singular7×
John 8:21… kai zētavi min, kai en ta hamarta vu apothnēskevi; hopou mis hupagamō vis …… but you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot …
Romans 6:1Tinem oun legani? epimenaneiō ta hamarta, hina tas charitas pleonazateia?… we say? Shall we continue in sin so that grace may increase?
Romans 6:2mē genetoia; hotinois apothnēskana ta hamarta, pōs ēti zōani en auta?… How can we who died to sin live in it any longer?
Romans 6:6… hamartau, teu mēketi douleuarō nin ta hamarta,… should no longer be slaves to sin.
Romans 6:10hem gar apothnēskata, ta hamarta apothnēskata efapax; hem de zōatō, zōatō …… death He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life …
Romans 6:11… logizovōr heautoin arō nekroin men ta hamarta zōarōntoin de to theo en Christo …… too must count yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ …
Romans 6:13… teim meleim vu hopleim adikiau ta hamarta, alla parastēavar heautoin to theo hōsei …… the parts of your body to sin as instruments of wickedness, but present …
hamartais“sins”subjectnominative plural12×
Matthew 9:2… paralutiko; Tharsasōr, teknem; afiēkolō su tais hamartais.… the paralytic, “Take courage, son; your sins are forgiven.”
Matthew 9:5… atō eukopoterem, legara; Afiēkolō su tais hamartais, ē legara; Egerasōr kai peripatasōr?Which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get …
Mark 2:5… to paralutiko; Teknem, afiēkolō su tais hamartais.… said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”
Mark 2:9… legara to paralutiko; Afiēkolō su tais hamartais, ē legara; Egerasōr kai airasar ton …… to say to a paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get …
Luke 5:20… autoiu legata; Anthrōpor, afiēkolē si tais hamartais su.… their faith, He said, “Friend, your sins are forgiven.”
Luke 5:23… atō eukopoterem, legara; Afiēkolē si tais hamartais su, ē legara; Egerasōr kai peripatasōr?Which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get …
Luke 7:47heu charin, legamō si, afiēkolē tais hamartais autau tais pollais, hoti agapata pollem; …Therefore I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven, for she has …
Luke 7:48legata de auta; Afiēkolē su tais hamartais.Then Jesus said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.”
Romans 4:7… tais anomiais kai hoiu epikaluptila tais hamartais,… whose lawless acts are forgiven, whose sins are covered.
1 Timothy 5:24Tinoiu anthrōpoiu tais hamartais prodēlais alō, proagarōntais eis krisian, tinoi …The sins of some men are obvious, going …
1 John 2:12… vi, teknieim, hoti afiēkolē vi tais hamartais dia tem onomem autou;… to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven through His name.
Revelation 18:5hoti kollila autau tais hamartais achri tou ouranou, kai mnēmoneuata tos …For her sins are piled up to heaven, and …
hamartain“sins”objectaccusative plural24×, 14 shown
Matthew 3:6… Iordano potamo hupo autou exomologorōntois tain hamartain autoiu.Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in …
Matthew 9:6… tou anthrōpou epi tau gēau afiēkarō hamartain tote legatō to paralutiko; Egerirantos airasar …… has authority on earth to forgive sins...” Then He said to the paralytic …
Mark 1:5… en to Iordano potamo exomologorōntois tain hamartain autoiu.… the countryside of Judea. Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in …
Mark 2:7… houtōs lalatō? blasfēmatō; tinos dunotō afiēkarō hamartain ei mē henos tos theos?… He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
Mark 2:10… tou anthrōpou epi tau gēau afiēkarō hamartain legatō to paralutiko;… has authority on earth to forgive sins...” He said to the paralytic,
Luke 5:21… houtos hos lalatō blasfēmiain? tinos dunotō hamartain afiēkara ei mē monos tos theos?… who speaks blasphemy? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
Luke 5:24… exousian echatō epi tau gēau afiēkarō hamartain legata to paraluorēnto; Si legamō, egerasōr …… authority on the earth to forgive sins…” He said to the paralytic, “I …
Luke 7:49… heautoi; Tinos houtos atō hos kai hamartain afiēkatō?… Who is this who even forgives sins?”
Luke 11:4kai afiēkasar ni tain hamartain nu, kai gar autois afiēkanō panto …And forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who …
John 20:23an tinoiu afiēkaveia tain hamartain afiēkolē autoi; an tinoiu krataveiō kratolē.If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgiven; if you withhold …
Acts 3:19… epistrefavar pros tem exaleifira vu tain hamartain,… and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,
Acts 22:16… mellasō? anastēarantos baptizesar kai apolouesar tain hamartain su epikalerantos tem onomem autou.… up, be baptized, and wash your sins away, calling on His name.’
Romans 11:27… para mu diathēkas, hotan afairemeia tain hamartain autoiu.… them when I take away their sins.”
1 Thessalonians 2:16… sōzileia, eis tem anaplērara autoiu tain hamartain pantote. fthanata de epi autoin tas …… they continue to heap up their sins to full capacity; the utmost wrath …
hamartaiu“sins”of, belonging togenitive plural31×, 15 shown
Matthew 1:21… sōzati ton laon autou apo taiu hamartaiu autoiu.… will save His people from their sins.”
Matthew 26:28… tem peri polloiu ekchorōntem eis afesian hamartaiu;… for many for the forgiveness of sins.
Mark 1:4… erēma kērussarōntos baptismem metanoiau eis afesian hamartaiu.… of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
Luke 1:77… sōtērēau to lao autou en afesia hamartaiu autoiu,… salvation through the forgiveness of their sins,
Luke 3:3… Iordanou kērussarōntos baptismem metanoiau eis afesian hamartaiu,… of repentance for the forgiveness of sins,
Luke 24:47… te onome autou metanoian kai afesian hamartaiu eis panteim teim ethneim archerantois apo …… His name repentance and forgiveness of sins will be proclaimed to all nations …
Acts 2:38… onome Iēsu Christou eis afesian taiu hamartaiu vu, kai labevi tan dōrean teu …… Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift …
Acts 5:31… dōara metanoian to Israēl kai afesian hamartaiu;… to grant repentance and forgiveness of sins to Israel.
Acts 10:43houto pantois tois profētois marturalō, afesian hamartaiu labara dia teu onomeu autou panton …… believes in Him receives forgiveness of sins through His name.”
Acts 13:38… adelfoir, hoti dia houtou vi afesias hamartaiu katangelotō, kai apo panteiu heiu ouk …… that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you.
Acts 26:18… ton theon, teu labara autoin afesian hamartaiu kai klēron en toi hagiazorēntoi pistia …… that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified …
Romans 7:5… en ta sarka, teim pathēmeim taiu hamartaiu teim dia tou nomou energote en …… lived according to the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were …
1 Corinthians 15:3… paralabama, hoti Christos apothnēskata huper taiu hamartaiu nu kata tain grafain,… importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
Galatians 1:4tou dōarantou heauton huper taiu hamartaiu nu hopōs exaireteia nin ek tou …who gave Himself for our sins to rescue us from the present …
Colossians 1:14… echanō tan apolutrōsian, tan afesian taiu hamartaiu;… we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
hamartai“sins”to, fordative plural9×
John 8:24… oun vi hoti apothnēskevi en tai hamartai vu; ean gar mē pisteuaveia hoti …… that you would die in your sins. For unless you believe that I …
John 8:24… hoti mis amō, apothnēskevi en tai hamartai vu.… He, you will die in your sins.”
John 9:34apokrinila kai legala auto; En hamartai sis gennisa holos, kai sis didaskasō …… replied, “You were born in utter sin, and you are instructing us?” And …
1 Corinthians 15:17… pistias vu, ēti avō en tai hamartai vu.… futile; you are still in your sins.
Ephesians 2:1… arōntoin nekroin tei paraptōmei kai tai hamartai vu,… were dead in your trespasses and sins,
1 Timothy 5:22cheirain tacheōs mēdeno epitithasōr, mēde koinōnasōr hamartai allotriai; siauton hagnon tērasōr.… hands and thereby share in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.
2 Timothy 3:6… tain oikiain kai aichmalōtizarōntois gunaikarieim sōreuorēnteim hamartai, agorōnteim epithumiai poikilai,… women who are weighed down with sins and led astray by various passions,
1 Peter 2:24“sins”… autou epi tem xulem, hina tai hamartai apogenerantois ta dikaiosuna zōaneia; hou to …… sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you …
Revelation 18:4… ek autau, hina mē sunkoinōnaveia tai hamartai autau, kai ek taiu plēgaiu autau …… you will not share in her sins or contract any of her plagues.