Soul Invictus

It's come to my understanding the word that we understand to mean 'sin' is the English translation of the Greek word 'harmatia'. From what I've found, this is defined to mean to "miss the mark". Would be the generally accepted understanding of the Greek translation for this word? Also, I am hoping to learn the Greek and Jewish perspectives as to what "the mark" is, and what constituted "missing" this (which I presume to mean that one fails to achieve or attain one's desired mark)

Regards,

SI

Toto

I have read the same translation of the Hebrew for "sin" - e.g. Missing the Mark

Wallener

Does this help?

http://www.studylight.org/lex/heb/view.cgi?number=02398

In general, "sin" doesn't have the eternal damnation connotations in Judaism that Sunday morning televangelists insist it has in Christianity.

Mathetes

There is an error in the thread title. It is á¼?μαÏ?τία ("hamartia"), with the rho after the second alpha.

Which in a way is ironic, because the actual meaning of the word in Classical Greek is exactly that, "error, mistake". Also, "err the way", or "miss the mark when throwing a spear". It may convey a moral fault in some situations, but in others it is just an error with no moral guilt.

Of course, this is the standard Greek meaning, but it seems that for the Hellenized Jewish community it would mean something close to "sin" in the religious sense. This is the way it is used in the Septuagint.

Here is the entry in the Liddell and Scott dictionary.

In the entry for á¼?μαÏ?τάνω (a related verb) you can take a look at the wide range of meanings of the word.

TruthCounsellor

The mark? Perfection.

TC