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

James 5:15 and the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins (hamartias | ἁμαρτίας | acc pl fem), he will be forgiven.
James 5:16 Therefore confess your sins (hamartias | ἁμαρτίας | acc pl fem) to one another and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The active prayer of a righteous person has great power.
James 5:20 he should know that the one who brings a sinner back from the error of his way will save that person’s soul from death and cover a multitude of sins (hamartiōn | ἁμαρτιῶν | gen pl fem).
1 Peter 2:22 He did not commit sin (hamartian | ἁμαρτίαν | acc sg fem), nor was deceit found in his mouth.
1 Peter 2:24 He himself bore our sins (hamartias | ἁμαρτίας | acc pl fem) in his body on the tree so that we, having died to sins (hamartiais | ἁμαρτίαις | dat pl fem), might live to righteousness. By his wounds you were healed.
1 Peter 3:18 Because Christ also suffered once for our sins (hamartiōn | ἁμαρτιῶν | gen pl fem), the righteous on behalf of the unrighteous, that he might lead you to God. He was put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit,
1 Peter 4:1 Therefore since Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same way of thinking, that is, that the one who has suffered in the flesh has finished with sin (hamartias | ἁμαρτίας | gen sg fem),
1 Peter 4:8 Above all, maintain a fervent love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins (hamartiōn | ἁμαρτιῶν | gen pl fem).
2 Peter 1:9 For the one who does not have these qualities is blind; he is nearsighted, having forgotten that he was cleansed from his past sins (hamartiōn | ἁμαρτιῶν | gen pl fem).
2 Peter 2:14 They have eyes full of adultery that do not stop sinning (hamartias | ἁμαρτίας | gen sg fem). They seduce unstable souls and have hearts well trained in greed. Accursed brood!
1 John 1:7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin (hamartias | ἁμαρτίας | gen sg fem).
1 John 1:8 If we say that we are without sin (hamartian | ἁμαρτίαν | acc sg fem), we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us.
1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins (hamartias | ἁμαρτίας | acc pl fem), he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins (hamartias | ἁμαρτίας | acc pl fem) and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
1 John 2:2 He is the propitiation for our sins (hamartiōn | ἁμαρτιῶν | gen pl fem), and not for ours only, but also for those of the entire world.
1 John 2:12 I am writing to you, my children, because your sins (hamartiai | ἁμαρτίαι | nom pl fem) are forgiven on account of his name.
1 John 3:4 Everyone who makes a practice of sinning (hamartian | ἁμαρτίαν | acc sg fem) is also breaking the law; indeed, sin (hamartia | ἁμαρτία | nom sg fem) is lawlessness.
1 John 3:5 And you know that he appeared to take away our sins (hamartias | ἁμαρτίας | acc pl fem), and that there is no sin (hamartia | ἁμαρτία | nom sg fem) in him.
1 John 3:8 The one who continues to sin (hamartian | ἁμαρτίαν | acc sg fem) is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning 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 (hamartian | ἁμαρτίαν | acc sg fem), because God’s seed abides in him. He cannot keep on sinning, because he has been born of God.
1 John 4:10 In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son as a propitiation for our sins (hamartiōn | ἁμαρτιῶν | gen pl fem).
1 John 5:16 If someone sees his brother committing a sin (hamartian | ἁμαρτίαν | acc sg fem) that does not lead to death, he should ask and God will give him life — to those whose sins do not lead to death. There is sin (hamartia | ἁμαρτία | nom sg fem) that leads to death; I do not say that he should pray about that.
1 John 5:17 All wrongdoing is sin (hamartia | ἁμαρτία | nom sg fem), but there is sin (hamartia | ἁμαρτία | nom sg fem) that does not lead to death.
Revelation 1:5 and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the world. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins (hamartiōn | ἁμαρτιῶν | gen pl fem) by his blood
Revelation 18:4 Then I heard another voice from heaven saying, “Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins (hamartiais | ἁμαρτίαις | dat pl fem), and lest you receive her plagues;
Revelation 18:5 for her sins (hamartiai | ἁμαρτίαι | nom pl fem) are heaped up as high as heaven, and God has remembered her crimes.