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ἀνὴρ ἁμαρτωλός

Sinful · a man (properly as an individual male)

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ἁμαρτωλός G268 sinful
Pronunciation hamartōlós
Designates someone as wicked or estranged from God, not merely imperfect; often contrasts righteous persons
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ἀνήρ G435 a man (properly as an individual male)
Pronunciation anḗr
Emphasizes individual male identity; distinguished from woman, boy, or humanity generally; often marks adult male status
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What does ἀνὴρ ἁμαρτωλός (anēr hamartōlos) mean in the Bible?

ἁμαρτωλός · ἀνήρ is a Greek word meaning "a sinful man".

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Meaning

a sinful man
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Nominative · Plural · Masculine Matt 9:10 · Mark 2:15 · Luke 6:32 · Luke 6:33 · Luke 6:34 · Luke 13:2 · Luke 15:1 · Rom 5:19 · Gal 2:15 · Gal 2:17 · Jude 1:15 11×
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Luke 5:8 · John 9:16 · John 9:24 · John 9:25 · Rom 3:7 · 1 Pet 4:18 6×
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Luke 7:37 · Luke 7:39 · Rom 7:13 3×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Matt 9:11 · Matt 11:19 · Matt 26:45 · Mark 2:16 · Mark 14:41 · Luke 5:30 · Luke 7:34 · Luke 24:7 · John 9:31 · Rom 5:8 · Heb 7:26 · Heb 12:3 13×
Dative · Singular · Masculine Luke 15:7 · Luke 15:10 · Luke 18:13 · Luke 19:7 4×
Dative · Plural · Masculine Luke 6:34 · 1 Tim 1:9 2×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Mark 8:38 1×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Matt 9:13 · Mark 2:17 · Luke 5:32 · Luke 15:2 · 1 Tim 1:15 5×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Jas 5:20 1×
Vocative · Plural · Masculine Jas 4:8 1×
47 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

Luke 15 — The Joy of God over the Lost Being Found Luke 18 — Persistent Faith, Humble Mercy, and the King on the Road to Jerusalem Luke 19 — The Son of Man Seeks the Lost, Receives the Kingly Kingdom, and Weeps over Jerusalem Luke 5 — The Authority of Jesus to Call, Cleanse, Forgive, and Make New Luke 6 — The Lord of the Sabbath Forms a Kingdom People Luke 7 — The Compassionate Lord Who Heals, Raises, Confirms, and Forgives Mark 14 — The Son of Man Handed Over: Anointing, Supper, Gethsemane, Betrayal, Trial, and Denial Mark 2 — The Son of Man Has Authority: Forgiveness, Fellowship, and Lordship Mark 8 — Seeing Jesus Clearly: Bread, Blindness, Confession, Cross, and Discipleship Matthew 11 — The Messiah Question, the Rejected Generation, and Rest for the Weary Matthew 9 — Authority to Forgive, Mercy for Sinners, and Compassion for the Harvest Romans 5 — Peace with God, Rejoicing in Grace, and Life Through the One Man Jesus Christ Romans 7 — Released from the Law, Exposed by the Law, and Crying Out for Deliverance

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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