ἀγνόημα
agnóēma · G51 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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to sin through ignorance, to sin without knowing that one has sinned
Sin which is committed as the result of ignorance
ExamplesHebrews 9:7 but into the second, only the high priest enters once a year, not without taking blood which he offers for himself and for the sins of the people committed in ignorance.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- λαόςpeople 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ὑπέρfor 2
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- παράπτωμα paráptōma · G3900 · transgression, sin
- παράπτωμα refers to a transgression or fault, often with connotations of an unintentional slip or error. While broader than ἀγνόημα (which specifically emphasizes the ignorance component), it overlaps in denoting sins that are shortcomings rather than deliberate rebellion.
In the other Testament 2 words
- שְׁגָגָה shᵉgâgâh · H7684 · unintentional sin, error, mistake
- Hebrew šᵊḡāḡâ is the standard OT term for an inadvertent sin or error committed in ignorance, semantically equivalent to Greek ἀγνόημα as a thing done unknowingly. Both refer to sins committed without deliberate intent due to lack of knowledge.
- שְׁגִיאָה shᵉgîyʼâh · H7691 · error, mistake
- Hebrew šᵊḡîʾâ denotes an error or mistake, particularly one committed unintentionally, parallel to ἀγνόημα as a shortcoming arising from ignorance.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To sin through ignorance, to sin without knowing that one has sinned88.302
- This noun denotes a sin committed without full awareness, as in Hebrews 9:7's reference to the blood the high priest offers for the sins of the people committed in ignorance.
Word family 25 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (τος τό, a sin (strictly, that committed through ignorance or thoughtlessness (A. V.…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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