hamartōlos

What it means

A sinner. In Luke it is used of people the religious leaders consider outside the community: tax collectors (5:30, 7:34), the woman in Simon's house (7:37, 7:39), and Peter himself, who says, "I am a sinful man" (5:8). Jesus says he came to call sinners to repentance (5:32).

Range of meaning

• SinnerOne who has sinned.
• OutcastSomeone seen as outside the faithful community.

In Luke

• Chapter 5

  "I am a sinful man" (5:8), and "tax collectors and sinners" (5:30-32).

• Chapter 7

  "A friend of tax collectors and sinners" (7:34), and "a woman who was a sinner" (7:37, 7:39).

• Chapter 15

  "This man welcomes sinners" (15:1-2), and "one sinner who repents" (15:7, 15:10).

• Chapter 18

  "A sinner" (18:13).