In original New Testament Language (Greek) what does the word sin mean?

Answer 1

According to what I've heard, it's a word something like "hamartae" (can't remember exactly!) that means "missing the mark"--as in shooting an arrow that falls short of the target.

Answer 2

The New Testament uses several different words for sin. The most commonly used word is hamartia, which was originally an archery term meaning "to miss the mark." The NT uses the word to refer to anything that is contrary to God's standards or which may cause a person to transgress God's standards.

Answer 3

A sin is any thought or action that falls short of God's will. God is perfect, and anything we do that falls short of His perfection is sin.

The Bible actually uses a number of examples or "word pictures" to illustrate what this means. For example, it tells us that sin is like an archer who misses the target. He draws back his bow and sends the arrow on its way—but instead of hitting the bull's-eye, it veers off course and misses the mark. The arrow may only miss it a little bit or it may miss it a great deal—but the result is the same: The arrow doesn't land where it is supposed to.

The same is true of sin. God's will is like the center of that target—and when we sin, we fall short of His will or miss the mark. And this is something we do every day; as the Bible says, "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23). Even when we aren't aware of it, we commit sin by the things we do (or fail to do), or by the way we think.

This is why we need Christ, for only He can forgive us all our sins, and only He can help us live the way we should. We can't forgive ourselves, nor can we change our hearts and make ourselves better in God's eyes. But when we know Christ, He takes away our sins and comes to live within us by His Spirit. Does He live today in your heart?

Answer 4

The Greek word is "hamartia", and its most literal meaning is "a missing of the mark". It is used in the Bible to refer to doing something wrong, but also to not doing something that is right. That is, we commit a sin.

It is also used to refer to a prinicple or power within people that draws them towards doing things that are wrong. That is, .we are all born with a sin nature

It can also refer to a force that is at work within the world, release by the committing of "sin", which causes death, evil and destruction around us. That is, Jesus has come to free us from sin.

Answer 5

A) The original New Testament language was NOT classic Greek, it was Koine. Except where it was Aramaic.

B) But the others are right. "Sin" IS "missing the mark" in Koine as well as classic Greek.

Answer 6

This is just one of the greek words for sin. Below is a link to the website.

http://66.218.69.11/search/cache?ei=UTF-8&p=sin+greek&fr=ush-ans&u=www.biblefacts.org/lang/greek_sin.html&w=sin+greek&d=KObSHf4-PP5R&icp=1&.intl=us

Going beyond the will of God
1 Thessalonians 4:6 (overstepping or trespass)

In Josephus and Philo literature "going beyond the head of the risen Lord."

Answer 7

hamartanō (greek)
1) to be without a share in

2) to miss the mark

3) to err, be mistaken

4) to miss or wander from the path of uprightness and honour, to do or go wrong

5) to wander from the law of God, violate God's law, sin

Answer 8

the original Hebrew use and meaning of the word "sin" was actually an archery term, meaning "to miss the mark". literally, to fail at something "aimed" at.

Answer 9

The original language was GODSPEAK which only one guy could understand, so some other guys got together and made stuff up while listening to GODSPEAK and drinking wine. Cool.