ἁμαρτία

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 ἁμαρτία

   ha-mar-TI-a

   sin
2. sentence🔊 Τὸ οὖν ἀγαθὸν ἐμοὶ ἐγένετο θάνατος μὴ γένοιτο ἀλλὰ ἡ ἁμαρτία ἵνα φανῇ ἁμαρτία διὰ τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ μοι κατεργαζομένη θάνατον ἵνα γένηται καθʼ ὑπερβολὴν ἁμαρτωλὸς ἡ ἁμαρτία διὰ τῆς ἐντολῆς

   to oun a-ga-THON e-MOI e-GHE-ne-to THA-na-tos mê GHE-noi-to al-LA hê ha-mar-TI-a HI-na pha-NÊ ha-mar-TI-a di-A tou a-ga-THOU moi ka-ter-ga-dzo-ME-nê THA-na-ton HI-na GHE-nê-tai kath hy-per-bo-LÊN ha-mar-tô-LOS hê ha-mar-TI-a di-A tês en-to-LÊS

   the therefore good to me became death not may it be but the sin in order that might appear sin through the good to me producing death in order that might become according to excess sinful the sin through the commandment

Exegesis

The adversative alla {ἀλλὰ | allà} introduces the corrective clause with hē hamartía {ἡ ἁμαρτία | hē hamartía} ‘the sin’ as subject.

The first purpose clause hína phanē hamartía {ἵνα φανῇ ἁμαρτία | hína phanḗ hamartía} ‘in order that sin might appear as sin’ sets the goal of revelation.

A second purpose clause hína génētai kath’ huperbolḗn hamartōlòs hē hamartía diá tês entolḗs {ἵνα γένηται καθʼ ὑπερβολὴν ἁμαρτωλὸς ἡ ἁμαρτία διὰ τῆς ἐντολῆς | hína génētai kath’ huperbolḗn hamartōlòs hē hamartía diá tês entolḗs} reveals that through the commandment sin becomes exceedingly sinful. English retains the rhetorical question, emphatic denial, and the dual hína clauses to reflect purpose and result.

Root and etymology

hamart-🔊 ἁμαρτ-alpha–mu–alpha–rho–tau

“to miss, err, sin”

• 🔊 ἁμαρτάνωhamartánōto sin1 John 1:8
• 🔊 ἁμαρτωλόςhamartōlóssinful, sinnerLuke 5:8