ἁμαρτία
sin
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Full lexicon entry — Thayer's Greek Lexicon
From Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Where this word appears
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Case
- Genitive
- The case of source, possession, or “of” — answers “whose / from what.”
- Nominative
- The case of the subject (and the predicate nominative).
- Accusative
- The case of the direct object and of extent.
- Dative
- The case of the indirect object, means, or location — “to / for / with / in.”
Gender
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one.
5 verses where G266 appears in the Nominative case in the Book of 1 John. Filtered view — show all forms. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Greek form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Greek New Testament; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences of this word are not indexed here.
1 John
- 1 John 2:12 ἁμαρτίαι n nom pl fem I write to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.
- 1 John 3:4 ἁμαρτίαν ἁμαρτία n acc sg fem n nom sg fem Everyone who sins also commits lawlessness. Sin is lawlessness.
- 1 John 3:5 ἁμαρτίας ἁμαρτία n acc pl fem n nom sg fem You know that he was revealed to take away our sins, and in him is no sin.
- 1 John 5:16 ἁμαρτίαν ἁμαρτία n acc sg fem n nom sg fem If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and God will give him life for those who sin not leading to death. There is a sin leading to death. I don't say that he should make a request concerning this.
- 1 John 5:17 ἁμαρτία ἁμαρτία n nom sg fem n nom sg fem All unrighteousness is sin, and there is a sin not leading to death.
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
The Greek noun αμαρτια centers on the idea of “sin.” Its earliest occurrence is Matthew 1:21. Spanning 149 verses in 20 books, it ranks among the common words of the Greek New Testament. Romans dominates its distribution — 39 of 149 verses. Lexicons map it across 3 senses. For the data behind this summary, explore the sense tree and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's G266 catalogs a Greek word from the Greek New Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Greek New Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 149
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 149 distinct verses.
- 20 / 27
- NT books
- The word appears in 20 of 27 New Testament books.
- #93
- by frequency
- Top 100 most frequent Greek words (rank 93 of 5,347 Greek words by occurrence).
View all 149 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the New Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Some books belong to more than one corpus (Luke is in both the Gospels and the Lukan corpus, and so on), so these shares overlap and need not total 100%. Each figure is a share of the word’s 149 distinct verses.
- Pauline corpus 53 verses · 36%
- Gospels 37 verses · 25%
- Johannine 28 verses · 19%
- Hebrews 24 verses · 16%
- General (Catholic) Epistles 24 verses · 16%
- Lukan (Luke–Acts) 19 verses · 13%
- Revelation 3 verses · 2%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Sin 91×, Sins 76×
- American Standard Version: Sin 86×, Sins 70×, 's sins 2×
- Berean Standard Bible: Sin 88×, Sins 72×, Guilty of sin 2×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Sin 93×, Sins 76×, Of 3×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders G266 across 174 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 7 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders G266 across 170 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 10 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders G266 across 168 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 4 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 5 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders G266 across 180 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 4 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in Thayer's
The 3 senses Thayer's distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency or importance). The full entry — with sub-senses — is in the Lexicon Entry tab.
- equivalent to 264
- that which is done wrong, sin, an offence, a violation of the divine law in thought or in act
- collectively, the complex or aggregate of sins committed either by a single person or by many
Word origin
Derived from αμαρτανω (hamartánō) (G264) — to sin.
From G264 ; sin (properly abstract): - offence sin (-ful).
— Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (1890), public domain.
Forms in the corpus
The 7 distinct written forms G266 takes in the Greek New Testament, most frequent first — each parse links to that case’s occurrences in the concordance.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἁμαρτίας hamartías | Noun, Genitive, Singular, Feminine | John 8:34 | 58 |
| ἁμαρτιῶν hamartiō̂n | Noun, Genitive, Plural, Feminine | Matthew 1:21 | 31 |
| ἁμαρτία hamartía | Noun, Nominative, Singular, Feminine | Matthew 12:31 | 28 |
| ἁμαρτίαν hamartían | Noun, Accusative, Singular, Feminine | John 1:29 | 27 |
| ἁμαρτίαι hamartíai | Noun, Nominative, Plural, Feminine | Matthew 9:2 | 12 |
| ἁμαρτίαις hamartíais | Noun, Dative, Plural, Feminine | John 8:24 | 9 |
| ἁμαρτίᾳ hamartía | Noun, Dative, Singular, Feminine | John 8:21 | 7 |
Same root — word family
Other Thayer's entries built from the same root as G266, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
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Septuagint usage
The same Greek word αμαρτια appears 413 times in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), across 378 verses in 25 books.
- 413
- LXX occurrences
- Tagged occurrences of this Greek word in the Septuagint.
- 378
- verses
- Distinct Septuagint verses containing this word.
- 25 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 25 of the 39 Old Testament books.
Sample Septuagint occurrences
- Genesis 15:16 ἁμαρτία
- Exodus 10:17 ἁμαρτία
- Leviticus 4:3 ἁμαρτία
- Numbers 5:6 ἁμαρτία
- Deuteronomy 5:9 ἁμαρτία
- Joshua 22:20 ἁμαρτία
- 1 Samuel 2:17 ἁμαρτία
- 1 Kings 8:34 ἁμαρτία
- 2 Kings 1:18 ἁμαρτία
- 1 Chronicles 21:3 ἁμαρτία
- 2 Chronicles 6:25 ἁμαρτία
- Ezra 6:17 ἁμαρτία
Septuagint occurrences (same lexeme)
Every verse where the same Strong’s number (G266) appears in the Greek Septuagint — showing the first 50 of 378. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Genesis 15:16 ἁμαρτία In the fourth generation they will come here again, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full."
- Genesis 18:20 ἁμαρτία Yahweh said, "Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous,
- Genesis 20:9 ἁμαρτία Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said to him, "What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? You have done deeds to me that ought not to be done!"
- Genesis 41:9 ἁμαρτία Then the chief cupbearer spoke to Pharaoh, saying, "I remember my faults today.
- Genesis 42:21 ἁμαρτία They said one to another, "We are most assuredly guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he begged us, and we wouldn't listen. Therefore this distress has come on us."
- Genesis 50:17 ἁμαρτία "So you shall tell Joseph, 'Now please forgive the disobedience of your brothers, and their sin, because they did evil to you.' Now, please forgive the disobedience of the servants of the God of your father." Joseph wept when they spoke to him.
- Exodus 10:17 ἁμαρτία Now therefore please forgive my sin again, and pray to Yahweh your God, that he may also take away from me this death."
- Exodus 20:5 ἁμαρτία you shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them, for I, Yahweh your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and on the fourth generation of those who hate me,
- Exodus 28:43 ἁμαρτία They shall be on Aaron, and on his sons, when they go in to the tent of meeting, or when they come near to the altar to minister in the holy place; that they don't bear iniquity, and die: it shall be a statute forever to him and to his descendants after him.
- Exodus 29:14 ἁμαρτία But the flesh of the bull, and its skin, and its dung, you shall burn with fire outside of the camp: it is a sin-offering.
- Exodus 29:36 ἁμαρτία Every day shall you offer the bull of sin-offering for atonement: and you shall cleanse the altar, when you make atonement for it; and you shall anoint it, to sanctify it.
- Exodus 30:10 ἁμαρτία Aaron shall make atonement on its horns once in the year; with the blood of the sin offering of atonement once in the year he shall make atonement for it throughout your generations. It is most holy to Yahweh."
- Exodus 32:21 ἁμαρτία Moses said to Aaron, "What did these people do to you, that you have brought a great sin on them?"
- Exodus 32:30 ἁμαρτία It happened on the next day, that Moses said to the people, "You have sinned a great sin. Now I will go up to Yahweh. Perhaps I shall make atonement for your sin."
- Exodus 32:31 ἁμαρτία Moses returned to Yahweh, and said, "Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made themselves gods of gold.
- Exodus 32:32 ἁμαρτία Yet now, if you will, forgive their sin-- and if not, please blot me out of your book which you have written."
- Exodus 32:34 ἁμαρτία Now go, lead the people to the place of which I have spoken to you. Behold, my angel shall go before you. Nevertheless in the day when I punish, I will punish them for their sin."
- Exodus 34:7 ἁμαρτία keeping loving kindness for thousands, forgiving iniquity and disobedience and sin; and that will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, and on the children's children, on the third and on the fourth generation."
- Exodus 34:9 ἁμαρτία He said, "If now I have found favor in your sight, Lord, please let the Lord go in the midst of us; although this is a stiff-necked people; pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for your inheritance."
- Leviticus 4:3 ἁμαρτία if the anointed priest sins so as to bring guilt on the people, then let him offer for his sin, which he has sinned, a young bull without blemish to Yahweh for a sin offering.
- Leviticus 4:8 ἁμαρτία He shall take all the fat of the bull of the sin offering off of it; the fat that covers the innards, and all the fat that is on the innards,
- Leviticus 4:14 ἁμαρτία when the sin in which they have sinned is known, then the assembly shall offer a young bull for a sin offering, and bring it before the Tent of Meeting.
- Leviticus 4:20 ἁμαρτία Thus shall he do with the bull; as he did with the bull of the sin offering, so shall he do with this; and the priest shall make atonement for them, and they shall be forgiven.
- Leviticus 4:21 ἁμαρτία He shall carry forth the bull outside the camp, and burn it as he burned the first bull. It is the sin offering for the assembly.
- Leviticus 4:23 ἁμαρτία if his sin, in which he has sinned, is made known to him, he shall bring as his offering a goat, a male without blemish.
- Leviticus 4:24 ἁμαρτία He shall lay his hand on the head of the goat, and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt offering before Yahweh. It is a sin offering.
- Leviticus 4:25 ἁμαρτία The priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering. He shall pour out the rest of its blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering.
- Leviticus 4:26 ἁμαρτία All its fat he shall burn on the altar, like the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin, and he will be forgiven.
- Leviticus 4:28 ἁμαρτία if his sin, which he has sinned, is made known to him, then he shall bring for his offering a goat, a female without blemish, for his sin which he has sinned.
- Leviticus 4:29 ἁμαρτία He shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering, and kill the sin offering in the place of burnt offering.
- Leviticus 4:32 ἁμαρτία "'If he brings a lamb as his offering for a sin offering, he shall bring a female without blemish.
- Leviticus 4:33 ἁμαρτία He shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering, and kill it for a sin offering in the place where they kill the burnt offering.
- Leviticus 4:34 ἁμαρτία The priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering; and all the rest of its blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar.
- Leviticus 4:35 ἁμαρτία All its fat he shall take away, like the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn them on the altar, on the offerings of Yahweh made by fire; and the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin that he has sinned, and he will be forgiven.
- Leviticus 5:1 ἁμαρτία "'If anyone sins, in that he hears the voice of adjuration, he being a witness, whether he has seen or known, if he doesn't report it, then he shall bear his iniquity.
- Leviticus 5:5 ἁμαρτία It shall be, when he is guilty of one of these, he shall confess that in which he has sinned:
- Leviticus 5:6 ἁμαρτία and he shall bring his trespass offering to Yahweh for his sin which he has sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a goat, for a sin offering; and the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin.
- Leviticus 5:7 ἁμαρτία "'If he can't afford a lamb, then he shall bring his trespass offering for that in which he has sinned, two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, to Yahweh; one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering.
- Leviticus 5:8 ἁμαρτία He shall bring them to the priest, who shall first offer the one which is for the sin offering, and wring off its head from its neck, but shall not sever it completely.
- Leviticus 5:9 ἁμαρτία He shall sprinkle some of the blood of the sin offering on the side of the altar; and the rest of the blood shall be drained out at the base of the altar. It is a sin offering.
- Leviticus 5:10 ἁμαρτία He shall offer the second for a burnt offering, according to the ordinance; and the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin which he has sinned, and he shall be forgiven.
- Leviticus 5:11 ἁμαρτία "'But if he can't afford two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, then he shall bring his offering for that in which he has sinned, the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a sin offering. He shall put no oil on it, neither shall he put any frankincense on it, for it is a sin offering.
- Leviticus 5:12 ἁμαρτία He shall bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take his handful of it as the memorial portion, and burn it on the altar, on the offerings of Yahweh made by fire. It is a sin offering.
- Leviticus 5:13 ἁμαρτία The priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin that he has sinned in any of these things, and he will be forgiven; and the rest shall be the priest's, as the meal offering.'"
- Leviticus 5:17 ἁμαρτία "If anyone sins, and does any of the things which Yahweh has commanded not to be done; though he didn't know it, yet he is guilty, and shall bear his iniquity.
- Leviticus 6:10 ἁμαρτία The priest shall put on his linen garment, and he shall put on his linen breeches upon his body; and he shall remove the ashes from where the fire has consumed the burnt offering on the altar, and he shall put them beside the altar.
- Leviticus 6:18 ἁμαρτία Every male among the children of Aaron shall eat of it, as their portion forever throughout your generations, from the offerings of Yahweh made by fire. Whoever touches them shall be holy.'"
- Leviticus 6:23 ἁμαρτία Every meal offering of a priest shall be wholly burned. It shall not be eaten."
- Leviticus 7:7 ἁμαρτία "'As is the sin offering, so is the trespass offering; there is one law for them. The priest who makes atonement with them shall have it.
- Leviticus 7:18 ἁμαρτία If any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings is eaten on the third day, it will not be accepted, neither shall it be imputed to him who offers it. It will be an abomination, and the soul who eats any of it will bear his iniquity.
These are occurrences of the same Greek lexeme (G266) in the Septuagint — not a translation of any one Hebrew word. The store carries no word-level Hebrew↔Greek alignment, so no Hebrew original is asserted here. Counts come from the recovered LXX Strong's tagging — high-frequency vocabulary is well covered, while rare or late forms may be untagged — so they reflect tagged occurrences and may slightly undercount.
