Vocabulary Form
ἁμαρτία, -ας, ἡ
Definition

Sin

 

Erasmian
Modern
Root
ἁμαρτια
Frequency
173
GK
281
Cognates

Hamartiology is the study of sin.

Mnemonic Singing

Melt the clouds of sin and darkness,
drive the dark of doubt away.

Song
Verse

“How can we who died to ἁμαρτία go on living in it?” (Rom 6:2)

Notes

This word describes both a specific act of sin ("a sin") as well as the concept itself ("sin," "sinfulness").

Biblical Concordance

Romans 7:17 So now it is no longer I myself doing it, but sin (hamartia | ἁμαρτία | nom sg fem) living in me.
Romans 7:20 Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but sin (hamartia | ἁμαρτία | nom sg fem) that lives in me.
Romans 7:23 but I see a different law in my members; it wages war against the law of my mind and makes me captive to the law of sin (hamartias | ἁμαρτίας | gen sg fem) dwelling in my members.
Romans 7:25 Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin (hamartias | ἁμαρτίας | gen sg fem).
Romans 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin (hamartias | ἁμαρτίας | gen sg fem) and of death.
Romans 8:3 For what the law could not do, weak as it was through the flesh, God, by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful (hamartias | ἁμαρτίας | gen sg fem) flesh and as a sin (hamartias | ἁμαρτίας | gen sg fem) offering, condemned sin (hamartian | ἁμαρτίαν | acc sg fem) in the flesh,
Romans 8:10 But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin (hamartian | ἁμαρτίαν | acc sg fem), the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
Romans 11:27 “And this will be my covenant with them, when I take away their sins.” (hamartias | ἁμαρτίας | acc pl fem)
Romans 14:23 But the one who doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith; and whatever is not from faith is sin (hamartia | ἁμαρτία | nom sg fem).
1 Corinthians 15:3 For I passed on to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins (hamartiōn | ἁμαρτιῶν | gen pl fem) according to the Scriptures,
1 Corinthians 15:17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is useless; you are still in your sins (hamartiais | ἁμαρτίαις | dat pl fem).
1 Corinthians 15:56 The sting of death is sin (hamartia | ἁμαρτία | nom sg fem), and the power of sin (hamartias | ἁμαρτίας | gen sg fem) is the law.
2 Corinthians 5:21 He made him who knew no sin (hamartian | ἁμαρτίαν | acc sg fem) to be a sin-offering (hamartian | ἁμαρτίαν | acc sg fem) for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
2 Corinthians 11:7 Or did I commit a sin (hamartian | ἁμαρτίαν | acc sg fem) in humbling myself so that you could be exalted, because I proclaimed the gospel of God to you without a charge?
Galatians 1:4 who gave himself for our sins (hamartiōn | ἁμαρτιῶν | gen pl fem) in order to rescue us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,
Galatians 2:17 But if, while seeking to be justified in Christ, we ourselves have also been found to be sinners, is Christ then a servant of sin (hamartias | ἁμαρτίας | gen sg fem)? Of course not!
Galatians 3:22 But the Scripture confined everything under sin (hamartian | ἁμαρτίαν | acc sg fem), so that what was promised through faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.
Ephesians 2:1 And you were dead by reason of your trespasses and sins (hamartiais | ἁμαρτίαις | dat pl fem),
Colossians 1:14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins (hamartiōn | ἁμαρτιῶν | gen pl fem).
1 Thessalonians 2:16 who prevent us from speaking to the Gentiles that they might be saved. Their goal has always been to complete the full number of their sins (hamartias | ἁμαρτίας | acc pl fem). But God’s wrath has caught up with them at last!
1 Timothy 5:22 Do not lay hands on anyone quickly or share in the sins (hamartiais | ἁμαρτίαις | dat pl fem) of others; keep yourself pure.
1 Timothy 5:24 The sins (hamartiai | ἁμαρτίαι | nom pl fem) of some people are conspicuous, going before them into judgment, but they also follow after some.
2 Timothy 3:6 For some of these are creeping into the homes and capturing weak women who have been burdened with sins (hamartiais | ἁμαρτίαις | dat pl fem), being led astray by various passions,
Hebrews 1:3 This Son is the radiance of his glory and the exact representation of his nature, and although sustaining all there is by the word of his power, yet made purification for sins (hamartiōn | ἁμαρτιῶν | gen pl fem), and then sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,
Hebrews 2:17 Therefore he was obligated to become like his brothers in every respect, so that he could become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make propitiation for the sins (hamartias | ἁμαρτίας | acc pl fem) of the people.