Sinful
ἁμαρτωλόςStrong’s G0268hamartōlos
Appears in 45 verses of the New Testament
In short
Hamartōlos is the Greek word usually translated “sinners”, “sinful” and “sinner”. It appears in 45 verses of the New Testament.
“Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,”
Meaning
Usually translated “sinners”, “sinful” and “sinner”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- sinners 24
- sinful 7
- a sinner 6
- sinner 4
- of sinners 3
- to sinners 2
- a sinful 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 17
- Matthew 5
- Mark 5
- John 4
- Romans 4
- Galatians 2
11 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Timothy 1:15In contextThis is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.
- Jude 1:15In contextTo execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
- Matthew 9:10And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples.
- Matthew 9:11And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?
- Matthew 9:13But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
- Matthew 11:19The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.
Greek dictionary
ἁμαρτωλός hamartōlos · sinful
ἁμαρτωλός, -όν (ἁμαρτάνω), [in LXX chiefly for רָשָׁע ;] sinful, a sinner: of all men, 1Ti.1:15; of those especially wicked, 1Ti.1:9, 1Pe.4:18; p1., Mat.9:10-13 11:19 26:45, al. (see MM, VGT, see word; Cremer, 102, 634) (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “sinful” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SIN'FUL, adjective
[from sin.]
- Tainted with sin; wicked; iniquitous; criminal; unholy; as sinful men. Isaiah 1:4“Ah, sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity!” Isaiah 1:4
- Containing sin, or consisting in sin; contrary to the laws of God; as sinful actions; sinful thoughts; sinful words.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.