268. hamartólos
Strong's Lexicon
hamartólos: Sinner

Original Word: ἁμαρτωλός
Part of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: hamartólos
Pronunciation: hah-mar-to-los'
Phonetic Spelling: (ham-ar-to-los')
Definition: Sinner
Meaning: sinning, sinful, depraved, detestable.

Word Origin: Derived from the Greek word ἁμαρτάνω (hamartanō), meaning "to miss the mark" or "to sin."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - H2400 (חָטָא - chata'): To sin, miss the mark.

- H7563 (רָשָׁע - rasha'): Wicked, guilty, criminal.

Usage: The term "hamartólos" is used in the New Testament to describe individuals who are characterized by sin or who live in a state of sinfulness. It often refers to those who are morally or spiritually estranged from God. In the context of the New Testament, it is used to highlight the need for repentance and redemption through Jesus Christ.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the Jewish culture of the first century, being labeled a "sinner" often carried a social stigma, as it implied a failure to adhere to the Mosaic Law and the traditions of the elders. Tax collectors, prostitutes, and Gentiles were commonly referred to as "sinners" by the Pharisees and other religious leaders. Jesus' association with "sinners" was a point of contention, as He sought to bring the message of salvation to all, regardless of their social or moral standing.

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Cognate: 268 hamartōlós (a substantival adjective, derived from 264 /hamartánō, "to forfeit by missing the mark") – properly, loss from falling short of what God approves, i.e. what is "wide of the mark"; a blatant sinner.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from hamartanó
Definition
sinful
NASB Translation
sinful (4), sinner (12), sinners (31).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 268: ἁμαρτωλός

ἁμαρτωλός, (from the form ἁμάρτω, as φειδωλός from φείδομαι), devoted to sin, a (masculine or feminine) sinner. In the N. T. distinctions are so drawn that one is called ἁμαρτωλός who is,

a. not free from sin. In this sense all men are sinners; as, Matthew 9:13; Mark 2:17; Luke 5:8, 32; Luke 13:2; Luke 18:13; Romans 3:7; Romans 5:(8),19; 1 Timothy 1:15; Hebrews 7:26.

b. pre-eminently sinful, especially wicked; (α.). universally: 1 Timothy 1:9; Jude 1:15; Mark 8:38; Luke 6:32-34; Luke 7:37, 39; Luke 15:7, 10; John 9:16, 24f. John 9:31; Galatians 2:17; Hebrews 12:3; James 4:8; James 5:20; 1 Peter 4:18; ἁμαρτία itself is called ἁμαρτωλός, Romans 7:13. (β.) specifically, of men stained with certain definite vices or crimes, e. g. the tax-gatherers: Luke 15:2; Luke 18:13; Luke 19:7; hence, the combination τελῶναι καί ἁμαρτωλοί, Matthew 9:10; Matthew 11:19; Mark 2:15; Luke 5:30; Luke 7:34; Luke 15:1. heathen, called by the Jews sinners κατ' ἐξοχήν (1 Macc. 1:34 1 Macc. 2:48, 62; Tobit 13:6): Matthew 26:45 (?); Mark 14:41; Luke 24:7; Galatians 2:15. (The word is found often in the Sept., as the equivalent of חֹטֵא and רָשָׁע , and in the O. T. Apocrypha; very seldom in Greek writings, as Aristotle, eth. Nic. 2, 9, p. 1109, 33; Plutarch, de audiend. poët. 7, p. 25 c.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
sinful, sinner.

From hamartano; sinful, i.e. A sinner -- sinful, sinner.

see GREEK hamartano

Forms and Transliterations
αμαρτωλοι αμαρτωλοί ἁμαρτωλοί ἁμαρτωλοὶ αμαρτωλοις αμαρτωλοίς ἁμαρτωλοῖς αμαρτωλον αμαρτωλόν ἁμαρτωλὸν αμαρτωλος αμαρτωλός ἁμαρτωλός ἁμαρτωλὸς αμαρτωλού αμαρτωλους αμαρτωλούς ἁμαρτωλούς ἁμαρτωλοὺς αμαρτωλω αμαρτωλώ ἁμαρτωλῷ αμαρτωλων αμαρτωλών ἁμαρτωλῶν αμάσητος αματταρί αμαυρά αμαυρόν αμαυρούσθαι αμαυρωθήσεται ημαυρώθησαν amartolo amartōlō amartoloi amartōloi amartolois amartōlois amartolon amartōlon amartōlōn amartolos amartōlos amartolous amartōlous hamartolo hamartōlō hamartoloi hamartoloí hamartoloì hamartolôi hamartōloi hamartōloí hamartōloì hamartōlō̂i hamartolois hamartoloîs hamartōlois hamartōloîs hamartolon hamartolòn hamartolôn hamartōlon hamartōlòn hamartōlōn hamartōlō̂n hamartolos hamartolós hamartolòs hamartōlos hamartōlós hamartōlòs hamartolous hamartoloús hamartoloùs hamartōlous hamartōloús hamartōloùs
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Matthew 9:10 Adj-NMP
GRK: τελῶναι καὶ ἁμαρτωλοὶ ἐλθόντες συνανέκειντο
NAS: tax collectors and sinners came
KJV: and sinners came
INT: tax collectors and sinners having come were reclining [at table] with

Matthew 9:11 Adj-GMP
GRK: τελωνῶν καὶ ἁμαρτωλῶν ἐσθίει ὁ
NAS: with the tax collectors and sinners?
KJV: publicans and sinners?
INT: tax collectors and sinners eats the

Matthew 9:13 Adj-AMP
GRK: δικαίους ἀλλὰ ἁμαρτωλούς
NAS: to call the righteous, but sinners.
KJV: but sinners to
INT: righteous [ones] but sinners

Matthew 11:19 Adj-GMP
GRK: φίλος καὶ ἁμαρτωλῶν καὶ ἐδικαιώθη
NAS: of tax collectors and sinners!' Yet
KJV: of publicans and sinners. But wisdom
INT: a friend and of sinners And was justified

Matthew 26:45 Adj-GMP
GRK: εἰς χεῖρας ἁμαρτωλῶν
NAS: into the hands of sinners.
KJV: into the hands of sinners.
INT: into [the] hands of sinners

Mark 2:15 Adj-NMP
GRK: τελῶναι καὶ ἁμαρτωλοὶ συνανέκειντο τῷ
NAS: tax collectors and sinners were dining
KJV: publicans and sinners sat also
INT: tax collectors and sinners were reclining [at table] with

Mark 2:16 Adj-GMP
GRK: μετὰ τῶν ἁμαρτωλῶν καὶ τελωνῶν
NAS: that He was eating with the sinners and tax
KJV: and sinners, they said
INT: with the sinners and tax collectors

Mark 2:16 Adj-GMP
GRK: τελωνῶν καὶ ἁμαρτωλῶν ἐσθίει
NAS: with tax collectors and sinners?
KJV: publicans and sinners?
INT: tax collectors and sinners he eats

Mark 2:17 Adj-AMP
GRK: δικαίους ἀλλὰ ἁμαρτωλούς
NAS: to call the righteous, but sinners.
KJV: but sinners to
INT: righteous [ones] but sinners

Mark 8:38 Adj-DFS
GRK: μοιχαλίδι καὶ ἁμαρτωλῷ καὶ ὁ
NAS: adulterous and sinful generation,
KJV: and sinful generation;
INT: adulterous and sinful also the

Mark 14:41 Adj-GMP
GRK: χεῖρας τῶν ἁμαρτωλῶν
NAS: into the hands of sinners.
KJV: into the hands of sinners.
INT: hands of sinners

Luke 5:8 Adj-NMS
GRK: ὅτι ἀνὴρ ἁμαρτωλός εἰμι κύριε
NAS: for I am a sinful man,
KJV: for I am a sinful man, O Lord.
INT: for a man sinful am I Lord

Luke 5:30 Adj-GMP
GRK: τελωνῶν καὶ ἁμαρτωλῶν ἐσθίετε καὶ
NAS: with the tax collectors and sinners?
KJV: publicans and sinners?
INT: tax collectors and sinners do you eat and

Luke 5:32 Adj-AMP
GRK: δικαίους ἀλλὰ ἁμαρτωλοὺς εἰς μετάνοιαν
NAS: the righteous but sinners to repentance.
KJV: but sinners to
INT: righteous [ones] but sinners to repentance

Luke 6:32 Adj-NMP
GRK: γὰρ οἱ ἁμαρτωλοὶ τοὺς ἀγαπῶντας
NAS: is [that] to you? For even sinners love
KJV: ye? for sinners also love
INT: indeed sinners those who love

Luke 6:33 Adj-NMP
GRK: καὶ οἱ ἁμαρτωλοὶ τὸ αὐτὸ
NAS: is [that] to you? For even sinners do
KJV: ye? for sinners also do even
INT: For even sinners the same

Luke 6:34 Adj-NMP
GRK: ἐστίν καὶ ἁμαρτωλοὶ ἁμαρτωλοῖς δανίζουσιν
NAS: is [that] to you? Even sinners lend
KJV: ye? for sinners also lend
INT: is it even sinners to sinners lend

Luke 6:34 Adj-DMP
GRK: καὶ ἁμαρτωλοὶ ἁμαρτωλοῖς δανίζουσιν ἵνα
NAS: lend to sinners in order
KJV: also lend to sinners, to receive
INT: even sinners to sinners lend that

Luke 7:34 Adj-GMP
GRK: τελωνῶν καὶ ἁμαρτωλῶν
NAS: of tax collectors and sinners!'
KJV: of publicans and sinners!
INT: of tax collectors and of sinners

Luke 7:37 Adj-NFS
GRK: τῇ πόλει ἁμαρτωλός καὶ ἐπιγνοῦσα
NAS: who was a sinner; and when she learned
KJV: which was a sinner, when she knew that
INT: the city a sinner And she having known

Luke 7:39 Adj-NFS
GRK: αὐτοῦ ὅτι ἁμαρτωλός ἐστιν
NAS: is touching Him, that she is a sinner.
KJV: for she is a sinner.
INT: him for a sinner she is

Luke 13:2 Adj-NMP
GRK: Γαλιλαῖοι οὗτοι ἁμαρτωλοὶ παρὰ πάντας
NAS: Galileans were [greater] sinners than
KJV: Galilaeans were sinners above all
INT: Galileans these sinners beyond all

Luke 15:1 Adj-NMP
GRK: καὶ οἱ ἁμαρτωλοὶ ἀκούειν αὐτοῦ
NAS: the tax collectors and the sinners were coming near
KJV: and sinners for to hear
INT: and the sinners to hear him

Luke 15:2 Adj-AMP
GRK: ὅτι Οὗτος ἁμαρτωλοὺς προσδέχεται καὶ
NAS: receives sinners and eats
KJV: This man receiveth sinners, and eateth
INT: This [man] sinners receives and

Luke 15:7 Adj-DMS
GRK: ἐπὶ ἑνὶ ἁμαρτωλῷ μετανοοῦντι ἢ
NAS: over one sinner who repents than
KJV: one sinner that repenteth,
INT: over one sinner repenting [more] than

Strong's Greek 268
47 Occurrences


ἁμαρτωλῷ — 5 Occ.
ἁμαρτωλῶν — 13 Occ.
ἁμαρτωλοὶ — 12 Occ.
ἁμαρτωλοῖς — 2 Occ.
ἁμαρτωλὸν — 1 Occ.
ἁμαρτωλός — 9 Occ.
ἁμαρτωλούς — 5 Occ.















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