Definition

properly, to miss the mark (and so not share in the prize), i.e. (figuratively) to err, especially (morally) to sin

Etymology

perhaps from G1 (Α) (as a negative particle) and the base of G3313 (μέρος);

Where the KJV renders it

• for your faults
• offend
• sin
• trespass

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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