hamartōlos

What it means

Someone who has missed the mark: a sinner. In the Gospels it often labels people thought to live outside faithful observance of the law, such as tax collectors, so "tax collectors and sinners" is a phrase for the outcast. Jesus' meals with them are among the clearest signs of what he came to do.

Range of meaning

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

In Mark

• Chapter 2

  "Tax collectors and sinners" (2:15-17).