[B-Greek] hAMARTIA, PARAPTWMA, and synonyms
Jim West
jwest at highland.net
Fri May 6 10:42:51 EDT 2005
If you can lay hold of the "Theological Dictionary of the New
Testament", look up the article on "hamartia" and you will have more
information in response to your question than you will ever use! It's
VERY thorough.
Best
Jim
Ted Shoemaker wrote:
>
>Greetings,
>
>James 5:16 might read, in part,
>EXOMOLOGEISQE OUN ALLHLOIS TAS hAMARTIAS . . . .
>or that section might read
>EXOMOLOGEISQE ALLHLOIS TA PARAPTWMATA . . . .
>
>I don't want to digress into textual criticism at this
>point. My question is about hAMARTIA, PARAPTWMA, and
>words with similar meanings. Let's expand the range
>of discussion to include other synonyms which I
>wouldn't know to write here.
>
>Which words definitely mean "moral fault"?
>(i.e. sin, crime, etc.)
>Which words definitely mean "nonmoral failure"?
>(e.g. lack of talent, slip-up, etc.)
>And which words can be interpreted wither way?
>
>Thank you very much!
>
>Ted Shoemaker
>Madison, Wisconsin, US
>
>
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