Monday, February 8, 2010

”罪“是什么

In Biblical Hebrew, the generic word for sin is het. It means to err, to miss the mark. It does not mean to do evil.

The Greek word hamartia (ἁμαρτία) is usually translated as sin in the New Testament. In Classical Greek, it means "to miss the mark" or "to miss the target" which was also used in Old English archery.