STRONGS G268:
ἁμαρτωλός,
-όν, (from the form
ἁμάρτω, as
φείδωλός from
φείδομαι),
devoted to sin, a (masculine or feminine)
sinner.
In the
N. T. distinctions are so drawn that one is called
ἁμαρτωλός who is,
a. not free from sin. In this sense all men are sinners; as,
Matthew 9:13;
Mark 2:17;
Luke 5:8,
32;
Luke 13:2;
Luke 18:13;
Romans 3:7;
Romans 5:(8),
19;
1 Timothy 1:15;
Hebrews 7:26.
b. pre-eminently sinful, especially wicked;
α. universally:
1 Timothy 1:9;
Jude 1:15;
Mark 8:38;
Luke 6:32-34;
Luke 7:37,
39;
Luke 15:7,
10;
John 9:16,
24f.
John 9:31;
Galatians 2:17;
Hebrews 12:3;
James 4:8;
James 5:20;
1 Peter 4:18;
ἁμαρτία itself is called
ἁμαρτωλός,
Romans 7:13.
β. specifically, of men stained with certain definite vices or crimes,
e. g. the tax-gatherers:
Luke 15:2;
Luke 18:13;
Luke 19:7; hence, the combination
τελῶναι καὶ ἁμαρτωλοί,
Matthew 9:10;
Matthew 11:19;
Mark 2:15;
Luke 5:30;
Luke 7:34;
Luke 15:1. heathen, called by the Jews sinners
κατ’ ἐξοχήν (1 Macc. 1:34; 1 Macc. 2:48, 62; Tobit 13:6):
Matthew 26:45 [?];
Mark 14:41;
Luke 24:7;
Galatians 2:15. (The word is found often in the
Sept., as the equivalent of
חֹטֵא and
רָשָׁע, and in the
O. T. Apocrypha; very seldom in Greek writings, as Aristotle, eth. Nic. 2, 9, p. 1109
a, 33; Plutarch, de audiend. poët. 7, p. 25 c.)
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