hamartia

What it means

Sin, missing the mark. In Romans sin is almost a power, as in "under sin" (3:9); the word is used about forty-eight times.

Range of meaning

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

In Romans

• Chapter 3

  "They are all under sin" (3:9, 3:20, 3:23).

• Chapter 4

  "Blessed is the man whom the Lord will not count of sin" (4:7-8).

• Chapter 5

  "Through one man sin entered into the world" (5:12-21).

• Chapter 6

  "Dead to sin, but alive to God" (6:1-23).

• Chapter 7

  "Sin dwells in me" (7:7-25).