Synonym for: Sin.

See Definition for \amartia\ 266 See Definition for \amarthma\ 265 See Definition for \asebeia\ 763 See Definition for \parakoh\ 3876 See Definition for \anomia\ 458 See Definition for \paranomia\ 3892 See Definition for \parabasiv\ 3847 See Definition for \paraptwma\ 3900 See Definition for \agnohma\ 51 See Definition for \htthma\ 2275

\amartia\ meant originally the missing of a mark. When applied to moral things the idea is similar, it is missing the true end of life, and so it is used as a general term for sin. It means both the act of sinning and the result, the sin itself.

\amarthma\ means only the sin itself, not the act, in its particular manifestations as separate deeds of disobedience to a divine law.

\asebeia\ is ungodliness, positive and active irreligion, a condition of direct opposition to God.

\parakoh\ is strictly failing to hear, or hearing carelessly and inattentively. The sin is in this failure to hear when God speaks, and also in the active disobedience which ordinarily follows.

\anomia\ is lawlessness, contempt of law, a condition or action not simply without law, as the etymology might indicate, but contrary to law. The law is usually by implication the Mosaic law.

\paranomia\ occurs only once, 2Pe 2:16, and is practically equivalent to \anomia\.

\parabasiv\ is transgression, the passing beyond some assigned limit. It is the breaking of a distinctly recognized commandment. It consequently means more than \amartia\.

\paraptwma\ is used in different senses, sometimes in a milder sense, denoting an error, a mistake, a fault; and sometimes meaning a trespass, a willful sin.

\agnohma\ occurs only once, Heb 9:7. It indicates error, sin which to a certain extent is the result of ignorance.

\htthma\ denotes being worsted, defeated. In an ethical sense it means a failure in duty, a fault.

All these different words may occasionally but not usually be used simply to describe the same act from different points of view. The fundamental meanings of these words may well be summed up in the language of Trench:

Sin "may be regarded as the missing of a mark or aim: it is then \amartia\ or \amarthma\; the overpassing or transgressing of a line: it is then \parabasiv\; the disobedience to a voice: in which case it is \parakoh\; the falling where one should have stood upright: this will be \paraptwma\; ignorance of what one ought to have known: this will be \agnohma\; diminishing of that which should have been rendered in full measure, which is \htthma\; non-observance of a law, which is \anomia\ or \paranomia\."