Word Study · Strong's G264 · Greek
ἁμαρτάνω
hamartano
ham-ar-tan'-o
Strong's 1890 spelling: hamartánō
“properly, to miss the mark (and so not share in the prize), i.e. (figuratively) to err, especially (morally) to sin”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
properly, to miss the mark (and so not share in the prize), i.e. (figuratively) to err, especially (morally) to sin
Rendered in the KJV as
for your faults, offend, sin, trespass.
- 42occurrencesin the New Testament
- 13 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 33inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 42 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 33
- ἥμαρτον4
- ἁμαρτάνει.2
- ἁμαρτάνει·2
- ἁμαρτάνετε·2
- ἁμαρτάνοντες2
- ἁμαρτήσῃ2
- ἥμαρτον,2
- ἁμάρτανε1
- ἁμαρτάνει1
- ἁμαρτάνει,1
- ἁμαρτάνειν,1
- ἁμαρτάνετε.1
and 21 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 31
- sinning5
- having sinned3
- do sin;2
- have sinned,2
- I have sinned2
- is sinning2
- shall sin2
- [who] having sinned1
- continues to sin;1
- do sin1
- has been sinning.1
- have I sinned.1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 25
- verb · present active, statement · 3rd person singular6
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 1st person singular4
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person plural4
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person singular3
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, subjunctive · 3rd person singular2
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, subjunctive · 3rd person singular2
- verb · present active, command · 2nd person plural2
- verb · present active, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine plural2
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 2nd person singular1
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, subjunctive · 2nd person plural1
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, participle (“the one who…”) · accusative (object) · masculine plural1
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, participle (“the one who…”) · dative (“to / for”) · masculine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- V-PAI-3S · 6
- V-2AAI-1S · 4
- V-2AAI-3P · 4
- V-2AAI-3S · 3
- V-2AAS-3S · 2
- V-AAS-3S · 2
- V-PAM-2P · 2
- V-PAP-NPM · 2
- V-2AAI-2S · 1
- V-2AAS-2P · 1
- V-AAP-APM · 1
- V-AAP-DPM · 1
All 42, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- 1 John10 of 42 · 24%
- Romans7 of 42 · 17%
- 1 Corinthians7 of 42 · 17%
- Luke4 of 42 · 10%
- Matthew3 of 42 · 7%
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Matthew3 occurrences
- Matthew 18:15ἁμαρτήσῃhamartēsēverb · aorist (simple past) active, subjunctive · 3rd person singularIf your brother sins against you, go and confront him privately. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over.here: shall sin
- Matthew 18:21ἁμαρτήσειhamartēseiverb · future active, statement · 3rd person singularThen Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother who sins against me? Up to seven times?”here: will sin
- Matthew 27:4ἥμαρτονhēmartonverb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 1st person singular“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said. “What is that to us?” they replied. “You bear the responsibility.”here: I sinned
Luke4 occurrences
- Luke 15:18ἥμαρτονhēmartonverb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 1st person singularI will get up and go back to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.here: I have sinned
- Luke 15:21ἥμαρτονhēmartonverb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 1st person singularThe son declared, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’here: I have sinned
- Luke 17:3ἁμάρτῃhamartēverb · aorist (simple past) active, subjunctive · 3rd person singularWatch yourselves. If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.here: shall sin
- Luke 17:4ἁμαρτήσῃhamartēsēverb · aorist (simple past) active, subjunctive · 3rd person singularEven if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times returns to say, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”here: he shall sin
John3 occurrences
- John 5:14ἁμάρτανεhamartaneverb · present active, command · 2nd person singularAfterward, Jesus found the man at the temple and said to him, “See, you have been made well. Stop sinning, or something worse may happen to you.”here: do sin
- John 9:2ἥμαρτεν,hēmartenverb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person singularand His disciples asked Him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”here: sinned,
- John 9:3ἥμαρτενhēmartenverb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person singularJesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but this happened so that the works of God would be displayed in him.here: sinned
Romans7 occurrences
- Romans 2:12ἥμαρτον,hēmartonverb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person pluralAll who sin apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who sin under the law will be judged by the law.here: have sinned,
- Romans 2:12ἥμαρτον,hēmartonverb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person pluralAll who sin apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who sin under the law will be judged by the law.here: have sinned,
- Romans 3:23ἥμαρτονhēmartonverb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person pluralfor all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,here: have sinned
- Romans 5:12ἥμαρτον·hēmartonverb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person pluralTherefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned.here: sinned;
- Romans 5:14ἁμαρτήσανταςhamartēsantasverb · aorist (simple past) active, participle (“the one who…”) · accusative (object) · masculine pluralNevertheless, death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who did not sin in the way that Adam transgressed. He is a pattern of the One to come.here: having sinned
- Romans 5:16ἁμαρτήσαντοςhamartēsantosverb · aorist (simple past) active, participle (“the one who…”) · genitive (“of”) · masculine singularAgain, the gift is not like the result of the one man’s sin: The judgment that followed one sin brought condemnation, but the gift that followed many trespasses brought justification.here: having sinned
- Romans 6:15ἁμαρτήσωμεν,hamartēsōmenverb · aorist (simple past) active, subjunctive · 1st person pluralWhat then? Shall we sin because we are not under law, but under grace? Certainly not!here: Shall we sin
1 Corinthians7 occurrences
- 1 Corinthians 6:18ἁμαρτάνει.hamartaneiverb · present active, statement · 3rd person singularFlee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.here: sins.
- 1 Corinthians 7:28ἥμαρτες·hēmartesverb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 2nd person singularBut if you do marry, you have not sinned. And if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this.here: you did sin;
- 1 Corinthians 7:28ἥμαρτεν·hēmartenverb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person singularBut if you do marry, you have not sinned. And if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this.here: she did sin;
- 1 Corinthians 7:36ἁμαρτάνει,hamartaneiverb · present active, statement · 3rd person singularHowever, if someone thinks he is acting inappropriately toward his betrothed, and if she is beyond her youth and they ought to marry, let him do as he wishes; he is not sinning; they should get married.here: he does sin,
- 1 Corinthians 8:12ἁμαρτάνοντεςhamartanontesverb · present active, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine pluralBy sinning against your brothers in this way and wounding their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.here: sinning
- 1 Corinthians 8:12ἁμαρτάνετε.hamartaneteverb · present active, statement · 2nd person pluralBy sinning against your brothers in this way and wounding their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.here: you sin.
- 1 Corinthians 15:34ἁμαρτάνετε·hamartaneteverb · present active, command · 2nd person pluralSober up as you ought, and stop sinning; for some of you are ignorant of God. I say this to your shame.here: do sin;
Ephesians1 occurrence
Hebrews2 occurrences
- Hebrews 3:17ἁμαρτήσασινhamartēsasinverb · aorist (simple past) active, participle (“the one who…”) · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluralAnd with whom was God angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?here: having sinned
- Hebrews 10:26ἁμαρτανόντωνhamartanontōnverb · present active, participle (“the one who…”) · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluralIf we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains,here: sin
1 John10 occurrences
- 1 John 1:10ἡμαρτήκαμεν,hēmartēkamenverb · perfect (done, and it stands) active, statement · 1st person pluralIf we say we have not sinned, we make Him out to be a liar, and His word is not in us.here: we have sinned,
- 1 John 2:1ἁμάρτητε·hamartēteverb · aorist (simple past) active, subjunctive · 2nd person pluralMy little children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate before the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.here: you may sin;
- 1 John 2:1ἁμάρτῃ,hamartēverb · aorist (simple past) active, subjunctive · 3rd person singularMy little children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate before the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.here: shall sin,
- 1 John 3:6ἁμαρτάνει·hamartaneiverb · present active, statement · 3rd person singularNo one who remains in Him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has seen Him or known Him.here: sins;
- 1 John 3:6ἁμαρτάνωνhamartanōnverb · present active, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine singularNo one who remains in Him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has seen Him or known Him.here: is sinning
- 1 John 3:8ἁμαρτάνει.hamartaneiverb · present active, statement · 3rd person singularThe one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the very start. This is why the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the devil.here: has been sinning.
- 1 John 3:9ἁμαρτάνειν,hamartaneinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)Anyone born of God refuses to practice sin, because God’s seed abides in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God.here: to continue sinning,
- 1 John 5:16ἁμαρτάνονταhamartanontaverb · present active, participle (“the one who…”) · accusative (object) · masculine singularIf anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he should ask God, who will give life to those who commit this kind of sin. There is a sin that leads to death; I am not saying he should ask regarding that sin.here: sinning
- 1 John 5:16ἁμαρτάνουσινhamartanousinverb · present active, participle (“the one who…”) · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluralIf anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he should ask God, who will give life to those who commit this kind of sin. There is a sin that leads to death; I am not saying he should ask regarding that sin.here: sinning
- 1 John 5:18ἁμαρτάνει·hamartaneiverb · present active, statement · 3rd person singularWe know that anyone born of God does not keep on sinning; the One who was born of God protects him, and the evil one cannot touch him.here: continues to sin;