hamartēma · sin

What it means

hamartēma (ἁμάρτημα) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “sin”.

A wrong committed.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. A specific act of disobedience.

From Abbott-Smith (1922)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• sins ×3
• sin ×2

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Mark×2
• Romans×1
• 1 Corinthians×1
• 2 Peter×1

• Mark 3:28

  Truly I tell you, all things will be forgiven the sons of men, the sins and the blasphemies, whatever they blaspheme;

• Mark 3:29

  but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin.”

• Romans 3:25

  whom God put forward as a cover of expiation through faith, in his blood, for a demonstration of his righteousness, because of the passing over of the sins committed beforehand

• 1 Corinthians 6:18

  Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man commits is outside the body, but the one who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body.

• 2 Peter 1:9

  For whoever lacks these things is blind, shortsighted, having forgotten the cleansing of his former sins.