ἁμαρτία: Difference between revisions

|astxt=[[ἁμαρτία]], -ας, ἡ (< [[ἁμαρτάνω]], q.v.), [in LXX [[chiefly]] for חַטָּאת and cogn. forms, [[also]] for פֶּשַׁע ,עָוֹן, etc.;] <br />[[prop]]. a [[missing]] the [[mark]]; in cl. (v. reff. to CR in MM, VGT, s.v.);<br /><b class="num">(a)</b>[[guilt]], [[sin]] (Plat., Arist., al.); <br /><b class="num">(b)</b>[[more]] freq., [[from]] Æsch. [[down]], a [[fault]], [[failure]]. In NT (as LXX) [[always]] in [[ethical]] [[sense]]; <br /><b class="num">1.</b>as a [[principle]] and [[quality]] of [[action]], = τὸ ἁμαρτάνειν, a sinning, [[sin]]: Ro 5:12, 13 20; ὑφ’ ἁμαρτίαν [[εἶναι]], Ro 3:9; ἐπιμένειν, Ro 6:1; ἀποθνήσκειν, νεκρὸν [[εἶναι]] τῇ ἁ., Ro 6:2, 11; τὴν ἀ. γινώσκειν, Ro 7:7; [[σῶμα]] τῆς ἁ., Ro 6:6; [[ἀπάτη]] τῆς ἁ., He 3:13; personified as a [[ruling]] [[principle]], ἁ. βασιλεύει, κυριεύει, etc., Ro 5:216:12, 14 7:17, 20; δουλεύειν, Ro 6:6; [[δοῦλος]] τῆς ἁ., ib. 17; [[νόμος]] τῆς ἁ., Ro 7:23 8:2; [[δύναμις]] τῆς ἁ., I Co 15:56 (cf. Ge 4:7). <br /><b class="num">2.</b>As a generic [[term]] (disting. fr. the [[specific]] terms [[ἁμάρτημα]], q.v., etc.) for [[concrete]] wrongdoing, [[violation]] of the [[divine]] [[law]], [[sin]]: Jo 8:46, Ja 1:15, al.; ποιεῖν (τὴν) ἁ., Jo 8:34, II Co 11:7, I Jo 3:8; εἴχειν ἁ., Jo 9:41 15:22, 24 19:11, I Jo 1:8; in pl. ἁμαρτίαι, [[sin]] in the aggregate, I Th 2:16 (v. Milligan, in l.); ποιεῖν ἁμαρτίας, Ja 5:15; [[πλῆθος]] ἁμαρτιῶν, Ja 5:20, I Pe 4:8; [[ἄφεσις]] ἁμαρτιῶν, Mt 26:28, Mk 1:4, al.; ἐν ἁμαρτίαις [[εἶναι]], I Co 15:17; [[collectively]], αἴρειν τὴν ἁ. τ. κόσμου, Jo 1:29; ἀποθνήσκειν ἐν τῇ ἁ., Jo 8:21. <br /><b class="num">3.</b>= [[ἁμάρτημα]], a [[sinful]] [[deed]], a [[sin]]: Mt 12:31, Ac 7:60, I Jo 5:16. SYN.: v.s. [[ἁμάρτημα]].