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συνείδησιν ἁμαρτιῶν

Conscience · a sin (properly abstract)

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συνείδησις G4893 conscience
Pronunciation syneídēsis
Inner moral awareness that accuses or approves one's actions through self-judgment.
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ἁμαρτία G266 a sin (properly abstract)
Pronunciation hamartía
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What does συνείδησιν ἁμαρτιῶν (syneidēsin hamartiōn) mean in the Bible?

συνείδησις · ἁμαρτία is a Greek word meaning "conscience-awareness of sins".

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Meaning

conscience-awareness of sins
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Nominative · Singular · Feminine 1 Cor 8:7 · 1 Cor 8:10 · Titus 1:15 3×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Rom 2:15 · Rom 9:1 · 1 Cor 10:29 · 2 Cor 1:12 · 1 Tim 1:5 · Heb 10:22 · 1 Pet 3:21 7×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Acts 23:1 · 1 Tim 3:9 · 2 Tim 1:3 3×
Dative · Plural · Feminine 2 Cor 5:11 1×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Acts 24:16 · Rom 13:5 · 1 Cor 8:12 · 1 Cor 10:25 · 1 Cor 10:27 · 1 Cor 10:28 · 1 Cor 10:29 · 2 Cor 4:2 · 1 Tim 1:19 · 1 Tim 4:2 · Heb 9:9 · Heb 9:14 · Heb 10:2 · Heb 13:18 · 1 Pet 2:19 · 1 Pet 3:16 16×
30 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.

1 Corinthians 8 — Knowledge, Love, and the Weak Brother in a World of Idols Acts 22 — Paul’s Defense: Christ Appears, Sends, and Preserves His Witness Acts 23 — The Lord Stands Near Paul and Preserves His Witness Acts 24 — Paul Before Felix: Resurrection Hope, Clear Conscience, and Coming Judgment Acts 26 — Paul Before Agrippa: The Risen Christ Sends Light to Jews and Gentiles Ephesians 2 — Made Alive by Grace and Made One in Christ John 15 — The True Vine, Abiding Fruitfulness, Christlike Love, and the World’s Hatred John 16 — The Spirit’s Convicting Witness, the Disciples’ Sorrow Turned to Joy, and Christ’s Victory over the World John 19 — The Crucified King: Behold the Man, Behold Your King, It Is Finished, and the Pierced Son John 20 — The Risen Lord: Empty Tomb, Eyewitness Faith, Peace, Mission, Spirit, Thomas, and the Purpose of the Gospel John 8 — The Light of the World, True Freedom, and the I AM Before Abraham John 9 — The Man Born Blind, the Light of the World, and the Blindness of Religious Unbelief Luke 11 — Prayer, Kingdom Conflict, True Hearing, and the Exposure of Hypocrisy Luke 24 — The Risen Christ Opens the Scriptures, Commissions Witnesses, and Ascends in Blessing Luke 5 — The Authority of Jesus to Call, Cleanse, Forgive, and Make New Mark 2 — The Son of Man Has Authority: Forgiveness, Fellowship, and Lordship Matthew 1 — The Genealogy and Birth of Jesus the Messiah Matthew 26 — The Betrayal, Passover, Gethsemane, Trial, and Denial of Jesus Matthew 3 — The Forerunner, the Kingdom, and the Beloved Son Matthew 9 — Authority to Forgive, Mercy for Sinners, and Compassion for the Harvest Romans 11 — The Remnant, the Grafted Gentiles, and the Mercy of God Toward Israel Romans 13 — Submission to Governing Authorities, Love as the Fulfillment of the Law, and Life in the Light of the Coming Day Romans 14 — Receiving One Another, Honoring the Lord, and Pursuing Peace in Matters of Conscience Romans 2 — God’s Righteous Judgment and the Exposure of Religious Presumption Romans 3 — All Under Sin and the Righteousness of God Revealed Through Faith in Christ Romans 5 — Peace with God, Rejoicing in Grace, and Life Through the One Man Jesus Christ Romans 6 — Dead to Sin and Alive to God in Christ Jesus Romans 7 — Released from the Law, Exposed by the Law, and Crying Out for Deliverance Romans 8 — No Condemnation, Life in the Spirit, and the Unbreakable Love of God in Christ Romans 9 — God’s Faithfulness, Sovereign Mercy, and Israel’s Stumbling Over Christ

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

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