Gloss
to sin, do wrong; usually to do any act contrary to the will and law of God
Forms of the word
Dictionary
ἁμαρτάνω
Greek transliteration
hamartanō
Simplified transliteration
hamartano
Principal Parts
ἁμαρτήσω, ἥμαρτον ορ ἡμάρτησα, ἡμάρτηκα, -, -
Numbers
Strong's number
264
GK Number
279
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
43
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
v-3a(2a)
Definition
pr. to miss a mark; to be in error, 1 Cor. 15:34; Tit. 3:11; to sin, Jn. 5:14; to be guilty of wrong, Mt. 18:15
Greek-English Concordance for ἁμαρτάνω
| Titus 3:11 | knowing that such a person has been warped and is sinning (hamartanei | ἁμαρτάνει | pres act ind 3 sg), being self-condemned. |
| Hebrews 3:17 | And with whom was he angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned (hamartēsasin | ἁμαρτήσασιν | aor act ptcp dat pl masc), whose bodies fell in the wilderness? |
| Hebrews 10:26 | For if (hamartanontōn | ἁμαρτανόντων | pres act ptcp gen pl masc) we deliberately persist in sin (hamartanontōn | ἁμαρτανόντων | pres act ptcp gen pl masc) after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there is no longer any sacrifice for sins, |
| 1 Peter 2:20 | For what praise is there if, when you do wrong (hamartanontes | ἁμαρτάνοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) and are beaten for it, you endure it? But if when you do good and suffer for it you endure it, this is commendable in God’s sight. |
| 2 Peter 2:4 | For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned (hamartēsantōn | ἁμαρτησάντων | aor act ptcp gen pl masc) but cast them into hell, committing them to chains of utter darkness, there to be kept until the judgment; |
| 1 John 1:10 | If we say that we (hēmartēkamen | ἡμαρτήκαμεν | perf act ind 1 pl) have (hēmartēkamen | ἡμαρτήκαμεν | perf act ind 1 pl) not sinned (hēmartēkamen | ἡμαρτήκαμεν | perf act ind 1 pl), we make him a liar and his word is not in us. |
| 1 John 2:1 | My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you (hamartēte | ἁμάρτητε | aor act subj 2 pl) may (hamartēte | ἁμάρτητε | aor act subj 2 pl) not sin (hamartēte | ἁμάρτητε | aor act subj 2 pl). But if anyone does sin (hamartē | ἁμάρτῃ | aor act subj 3 sg), we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous one. |
| 1 John 3:6 | No one who abides in him keeps on sinning (hamartanei | ἁμαρτάνει | pres act ind 3 sg); no one who continues to sin (hamartanōn | ἁμαρτάνων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) has either seen him or known him. |
| 1 John 3:8 | The one who continues to sin is of the devil, because the devil has (hamartanei | ἁμαρτάνει | pres act ind 3 sg) been (hamartanei | ἁμαρτάνει | pres act ind 3 sg) sinning (hamartanei | ἁμαρτάνει | pres act ind 3 sg) from the beginning. The Son of God appeared for this purpose — that he might destroy the works of the devil. |
| 1 John 3:9 | No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, because God’s seed abides in him. He cannot keep on sinning (hamartanein | ἁμαρτάνειν | pres act inf ), because he has been born of God. |
| 1 John 5:16 | If someone sees his brother committing (hamartanonta | ἁμαρτάνοντα | pres act ptcp acc sg masc) a sin that does not lead to death, he should ask and God will give him life — to those whose sins (hamartanousin | ἁμαρτάνουσιν | pres act ptcp dat pl masc) do not lead to death. There is sin that leads to death; I do not say that he should pray about that. |
| 1 John 5:18 | We know that everyone who has been born of God does (hamartanei | ἁμαρτάνει | pres act ind 3 sg) not continue to sin (hamartanei | ἁμαρτάνει | pres act ind 3 sg), but the one who was born of God protects him and the evil one will not harm him. |
