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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - ἁμαρτία
ἁμαρτία
G266
Transliteration: hamartía
Pronunciation: ham-ar-tee'-ah
Definition: offence
- Original: ἁμαρτία - Transliteration: Hamartia - Phonetic: ham-ar-tee'-ah
- Definition:
1. equivalent to 264
a. to be without a share in
b. to miss the mark
c. to err, be mistaken
d. to miss or wander from the path of uprightness and honour, to do or go wrong
e. to wander from the law of God, violate God's law, sin
2. that which is done wrong, sin, an offence, a violation of the divine law in thought or in act
3. collectively, the complex or aggregate of sins committed either by a single person or by many
- Origin: from G264" class="dictionary-topic-link">G264 - TDNT entry: 05:27,4 - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: From G264" class="dictionary-topic-link">G264; sin (properly abstract): - offence sin (-ful).