Words the Bible translates as sin
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 14 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- hamartiaἁμαρτίαsin: an offense against God, whether the wrong deed itself or the guilt it leaves behind
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- Sin as a ruling power: a force that masters, enslaves, and brings death to those under it
- a sin-offering: the sacrifice presented to deal with sin
- hamartanōἁμαρτάνωto sin: to do what is morally wrong, failing the standard God or another person has a right to expect
- ḥattatחַטָּאתsin: an act or pattern of falling short of what God requires, and the guilt it leaves
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- the offering for sin: the animal or rite that purges impurity and clears guilt at the sanctuary
- punishment for sin: the penalty or guilt a wrong brings down on the one who commits it
- ḥataחָטָאto sin, to do wrong: to fall short of what God or a relationship requires, incurring guilt
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- to purify, to cleanse from contamination
- avonעָוֺןiniquity: sin pictured as a crooked thing that clings to the person who did it, carrying within it the deed, the guilt it creates, and the ruin it brings
- peshahפֶּשַׁעrebellion: the deliberate breaking of a bond you were obligated to keep
- paraptōmaπαράπτωμαa wrongdoing: a concrete act in which someone falls away from what is right and breaks faith with God or neighbor
- hamartēmaἁμάρτημαa sinful deed: a single wrong act someone commits, counted as one concrete offense rather than sin as a state or power
- ḥetחֵטְאsin: a wrong that fails a rightful standard, along with the guilt it creates and the penalty it earns
- ptaiōπταίωto stumble: to strike the foot against something and lose one's footing, used for failing morally (sinning) and, at its strongest, for coming to ruin.
- parabasisπαράβασιςthe breaking of a command that was already given: stepping across a line someone had clearly drawn
- ḥata'ahחֲטָאָהsin: a wrong act and the guilt it leaves, usually a grave one whose damage spreads past the person who did it
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- the offering for sin: the sacrifice that clears a wrong away, called by the same word as the wrong itself
- sinסִיןSinnot studied yet
- ḥatiחֲטָיsinnot studied yet
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