ἁμαρτάνω
(pres. formed from aor. ἁμαρτεῖν), [in LXX for חטא, also for אשׁם, רשׁע, etc.;]
1. to miss the mark (Hom., Æsch., al.), hence metaph. (Hom., al.), to err, do wrong.
2. In LXX and NT, to violate God's law, to sin (for non-Christian exx., v. MM, VGT, s.v.): absol., Mt 18:2527:4, Lk 17:3, Jo 5:148:119:2, 3, Ro 2:123:235:12, 14,166:15, I Co 7:28,3615:34, Eph 4:26, I Ti 5:20, Tit 3:11, He 3:1710:26, I Pe 2:20, II Pe 2:42:4I Jo 1:102:13:6,895:18; c. cogn. acc., ἁ. ἁμαρτίαν (cf. Ex 32:30, חֲטָאָהחָטָא), I Jo 5:16; seq. εἰς, Mt 18:21, Lk 15:18, 2117:4, Ac 25:8 (καίσαρα). I Co 6:188:12 (Field, Notes, 173); ἐνώπιον, Lk 15:18, 21; πρὸς θάνατον (cf. Nu 18:22, חֵטְא לָמוּת), I Jo 5:16 (Cremer, 98, 633).†