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Strong's #265 - ἁμάρτημα
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ἁμάρτ-ημα, ατος, τό, failure, fault, S. Ant. 1261 (lyr.); freq. in Att. Prose, Antipho 3.3.8, Th. 2.65, etc.; midway between ἀδίκημα and ἀτύχημα, Arist. EN 1135b18, Rh. 1374b7; sinful action, opp. κατόρθωμα, Zeno Stoic. 1.54, cf. PTeb. 5.3, etc.; τὸ περὶ τὴν τέχνην λεγόμενον ἁ. Pl. Plt. 296b, cf. Revelation 22:1-21 d; εἴς τινα Id. Lg. 729e; περὶ τὸ σῶμα Id. Grg. 479a.
ἁμάρτημα, (ος, τό (from ἁμαρτέω equivalent to ἁμαρτάνω cf. ἀδίκημα, ἀλίσγημα), a sin, evil deed, ("Differunt ἡ ἁμαρτία et τό ἁμάρτημα ut Latinorum peccatus et peccatum.Nam τό ἁμάρτημα et peccatum proprie malum facinus indicant; contra ἡ ἁμαρτία et peccatus primum peccationem, τό peccare, deinde peccatum, rem consequentem, valent." Fritzsche; see ἁμαρτία, at the end; cf. also Trench, § lxvi.): Mark 3:28, and (L T Tr text WH) 29; Mark 4:12 (where G T Tr text WH omits; L Tr marginal reading brackets τά ἁμάρτημα); Romans 3:25; 1 Corinthians 6:18; 2 Peter 1:9 (R (L WH text Tr marginal reading) ἁμαρτιῶν). In secular authors from Sophocles and Thucydides down; (of bodily defects, Plato, Gorgias 479 a.; ἁμάρτημα μνημονικόν, Cicero, ad Att. 13, 21; ἁμάρτημα γραφικόν, Polybius 34, 3, 11; ὅταν μέν παραλόγως ἡ βλάβη γένηται, ἀτύχημα. ὅταν δέ μή παραλόγως, ἄνευ δέ κακίας, ἁμάρτημα. ὅταν δέ εἰδώς μέν μή προβουλευσας δέ, ἀδίκημα, Aristotle, eth. Nic. 5, 10, p. 1135{b}, 16f).
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ἁμάρτημα , -τος , τό
(< ἁμαρτεῖν , v. supr.),
[in LXX for H2403, H5771 etc.;]
an act of disobedience to divine law (Lft., Notes, 273), a sinful deed, a sin: Mark 3:28-29, Romans 3:25, 1 Corinthians 6:18, 2 Peter 1:9, WH, mg.; αἰώνιων ἀ . (DCG, i, 788a), Mark 3:29 (for exx. from Papyri, v. MM, VGT, s.v.).†
SYN.: ἀγνόημα G51, ἁμαρτία G266, ἀνομία G458, ἀσέβεια G763, ἥττημα G2275, παράβασις G3847, παρακοή G3876, παρανομία G3892, παράπτωμα G3900 (ν . Cremer, 100; Tr., Syn., § lxvi; DB, iv, 532; DCG, l.c.; Westc, Eph., 165 f.).
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In P Oxy I. 34 iii. 13 (cf. under ἁμαρτάνω ) we read τοὺς παραβάντας καὶ τοὺ [ς ] διὰ ἀπειθίαν κ [αὶ ] ὡς ἀφορμὴν ζητοῦντας ἁμαρτημάτω [ν ] τειμωρήσομαι , ";any persons who violate it, whether from mere disobedience or to serve their own nefarious purposes, will receive condign punishment."; The substantive is also found in conjunction with ἀγνόημα (see s.v.) in P Tebt I. 53 (B.C. 118) and BGU IV. 11857 (late i/B.C.) : cf. P Par 63 xiii. 2 ff., a letter of Ptolemy Euergetes II. (B.C. 165), ἀπολελυκότες πάντας τοὺς ἐνεσχημένους ἔν τισιν ἀγνοήμασιν ἢ ἁμαρτήμασιν κτλ . See also BGU IV. 11418, quoted under ἁμαρτάνω , and P Flor II. 16210 (midd. iii/A.D.) τὰ παλαιά σου ἁμαρ [τ ]ήματα ἐπεξελεύσε [ω ]ς τεύξεται .
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