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

Hebrews 3:13 But encourage one another every day, as long as it is called “today,” that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin (hamartias | ἁμαρτίας | gen sg fem).
Hebrews 4:15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to feel our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in every way just as we are — yet without sin (hamartias | ἁμαρτίας | gen sg fem).
Hebrews 5:1 For every high priest, being chosen from among men, is appointed on behalf of men to represent them in matters related to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins (hamartiōn | ἁμαρτιῶν | gen pl fem).
Hebrews 5:3 That is why he is obligated to offer sacrifice for his own sins (hamartiōn | ἁμαρτιῶν | gen pl fem), just as he does for the sins of the people.
Hebrews 7:27 He has no need to offer up daily sacrifices, like those other high priests, first for their own sins (hamartiōn | ἁμαρτιῶν | gen pl fem) and then for the sins of the people, for this he did once for all when he offered up himself.
Hebrews 8:12 For I will be gracious toward their iniquities and I will never again remember their sins.” (hamartiōn | ἁμαρτιῶν | gen pl fem)
Hebrews 9:26 for then he would have had to suffer again and again since the foundation of the world. But as it is, he has appeared once for all at the climax of the ages to put away sin (hamartias | ἁμαρτίας | gen sg fem) by his sacrifice.
Hebrews 9:28 so also Christ, after having been offered once to bear the sins (hamartias | ἁμαρτίας | acc pl fem) of many, will appear a second time to those who are eagerly awaiting him, without reference to sin (hamartias | ἁμαρτίας | gen sg fem) but for salvation.
Hebrews 10:2 For otherwise would they not have ceased being offered, since the worshipers, once cleansed, would have no consciousness of sins (hamartiōn | ἁμαρτιῶν | gen pl fem)?
Hebrews 10:3 But in these sacrifices there is a reminder of sins (hamartiōn | ἁμαρτιῶν | gen pl fem) year after year.
Hebrews 10:4 For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins (hamartias | ἁμαρτίας | acc pl fem).
Hebrews 10:6 You did not take pleasure in whole burnt offerings and sin-offerings.
Hebrews 10:8 After he said what I just quoted, “You did not take pleasure in whole burnt offerings and sin-offerings (namely those offered according to the law),
Hebrews 10:11 Furthermore, every priest stands day after day performing his religious duties, offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins (hamartias | ἁμαρτίας | acc pl fem).
Hebrews 10:12 But when this priest had offered a single sacrifice for sins (hamartiōn | ἁμαρτιῶν | gen pl fem) for all time, he sat down at the right hand of God,
Hebrews 10:17 then he says, “Their sins (hamartiōn | ἁμαρτιῶν | gen pl fem) and their lawless acts I will never again remember.”
Hebrews 10:18 Now where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer any offering for sin (hamartias | ἁμαρτίας | gen sg fem).
Hebrews 10:26 For if we deliberately persist in sin after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there is no longer any sacrifice for sins (hamartiōn | ἁμαρτιῶν | gen pl fem),
Hebrews 11:25 choosing rather to suffer hardship along with the people of God than to enjoy the transient pleasure of sin (hamartias | ἁμαρτίας | gen sg fem).
Hebrews 12:1 Therefore since we ourselves have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every impediment, and the sin (hamartian | ἁμαρτίαν | acc sg fem) that so easily distracts, and let us run with endurance the race that is prescribed for us,
Hebrews 12:4 You have not yet resisted to the point of bloodshed as you struggle against sin (hamartian | ἁμαρτίαν | acc sg fem).
Hebrews 13:11 For while the blood of those animals whose blood is brought into the Most Holy Place by the high priest as a sacrifice for sin (hamartias | ἁμαρτίας | gen sg fem), their bodies are burned outside the camp.
James 1:15 Then desire, when it has conceived, gives birth to sin (hamartian | ἁμαρτίαν | acc sg fem); and sin (hamartia | ἁμαρτία | nom sg fem), when it is full-grown, brings forth death.
James 2:9 But if you show favoritism, you are committing sin (hamartian | ἁμαρτίαν | acc sg fem) and are convicted by the law as transgressors.
James 4:17 So the person who knows what is right to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin (hamartia | ἁμαρτία | nom sg fem).