προαμαρτάνω
proamartanō · sin before
Greek word · Strong’s number G4258 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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proamartanō (προαμαρτάνω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “sin before”.
Have sinned earlier.
How to say it
pro·a·mar·ta·nō
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
- To have done wrong in the past without changing one's mind afterward.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- those who have sinned before ×1
- those who sinned before ×1
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Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- 2 Corinthians 12:21
that when I come again my God may humble me before you, and I may mourn over many of those who have sinned before and have not changed their minds about the impurity and sexual immorality and debauchery that they practiced.
- 2 Corinthians 13:2
I have said before and I say in advance —as when present the second time, and now absent— to those who sinned before and to all the rest, that if I come again, I will not spare anyone,