Acts 25:8:19Acts.25.8.W19TAB
ἥμαρτον
hêmarton
“I sinned”
- Transliteration
- HÊ-mar-ton
- Extended
- HAY-mahr-tohn
- IPA
- /ˈhɛː.mar.ton/
Meaning by language
- English
- I sinned
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Alphabet Analysis
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
HÊ-mar-ton
- sentence
tou PAU-lou a-po-lo-gou-ME-nou HO-ti OU-te eis ton NO-mon tôn ee-ou-dai-ON OU-te eis to hi-e-RON OU-te eis KAI-sa-RA ti HÊ-mar-ton
Exegesis
The main verb hemarton {ἥμαρτον | hḗmarton} appears at the end, aorist active indicative first person singular, with the object ti {τι | ti} “anything,” yielding the sense “I have committed no offense in any respect.” English must relocate the finite verb earlier in the sentence and supply natural negatives (“have committed no offense,” “have done nothing wrong”) while preserving the threefold “neither/nor” or “nothing … or … or …” pattern to reflect the total denial across religious and civil spheres.
Root and etymology
hamartanōalpha with rough breathing–mu–alpha–rho–tau–alpha–nu–omega
“to miss the mark, to do wrong, to sin”
In context — Acts 25:8
As Paul was making his defense, he said, “Neither against the law of the Jews nor against the temple nor against Caesar have I committed any offense.”
About this coordinate
Acts 25:8:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of Acts 25:8, so the Greek word ἥμαρτον (hêmarton) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Acts.25.8.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.25.8.W19.S1) and character.