Word study · Greek

hamartia

sin

Say it: ham-ar-TEE-ah (approximate)

ἁμαρτία

What it means

Sin, missing the mark. In John 8 Jesus says that everyone who commits sin is a bondservant of sin (8:34) and warns that unbelief means dying in one's sins (8:21, 8:24).

Range of meaning

  • SinMissing the mark.
  • OffenseA wrong against God or others.

In John

  • Chapter 8

    "Everyone who commits sin is the bondservant of sin" (8:21, 8:24, 8:34, 8:46).

  • Chapter 9

    "Who sinned?" and "Your sin remains" (9:2, 9:34, 9:41).